Active research is being carried out in the textile sustainability research group on various areas of sustainable textile which include new fiber development, new fabric development, new garment development, new textile specialty chemical development, new machine development, new process development, value addition, IT based textile solutions, energy conservations, recycling of textile, indigenous bio based carbon development, sustainability training and support in certifications like ZDHC, STeP, Higg Index etc. Textile sustainability working group is supported by strong and active UET textile sustainability research group and by BSc Textile Engineering Program, MSc Textile and Materials Engineering Program and PhD Textile Engineering Program. Below is the textile sustainability research group areas.
Group Areas
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Department is annually organizing following three mega events of textile since 2018, which is the biggest gathering of textile industry and university representatives on textile sustainability in Pakistan.
- International conference on sustainable textile
- SDC-UK Pakistan chapter textile student competition on sustainable color
- Top Pakistani textile brands exhibition on sustainability