Textile Engineering (BS): Chemical Processing Concentration
To see more about what you will learn in this program, visit the Learning Outcomes website!
The B.S. in Textile Engineering (administered jointly by the Wilson College of Textiles and the College of Engineering) is an interdisciplinary curriculum drawing on diverse science and engineering principles. Textile engineering students develop a unique background, through the curriculum, undergraduate research opportunities, summer internship experiences, and design projects ranging from the development of artificial arteries to the design of novel high-tech sporting and personal protective equipment. Textile engineers also design computer information systems that can integrate a worldwide distribution program eliminating a company’s reliance on regional stockpiles or streamline an industrial process using Six Sigma quality which can result in saving millions of dollars. The program offers small class sizes with personal attention from faculty. With the focus on interdisciplinary research, the opportunities for textile engineers have never been brighter. Students in this degree program will participate in the TE/TT Capstone Design Program, where projects are sponsored by industry partners and government agencies.
The Textile Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, https://www.abet.org. The TE program: Chemical Processing concentration is designed to combine both Textile and Chemical Engineering to develop chemical process improvement engineers for industries dealing with fibers and polymers.
- Minors in associated engineering fields (e.g., Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, and Materials Science) as well as foreign language minors are strongly encouraged as part of the academic plan.
- For exceptional students, dual degree programs with Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering provide a bachelor degree in two engineering majors with one additional semester of course work.
- Our courses deal with the application of scientific and engineering principles to the design and control of all aspects of fiber, textile, and apparel processes, products, and machinery
For more details about the program, see description under the College of Engineering and the TECS TE website.
Contact
Dr. Philip Bradford
Associate Professor and Textile Engineering Program Director
Department of TECS
919.515.1866
philip_bradford@ncsu.edu
Plan Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orientation | |||
| T 101 | Strategies for Success in the Wilson College of Textiles | 1 | |
| E 101 | Introduction to Engineering & Problem Solving 1 | 1 | |
| E 115 | Introduction to Computing Environments | 1 | |
| Mathematical & Physical Science | |||
| MA 141 | Calculus I 1 | 4 | |
| MA 241 | Calculus II 1 | 4 | |
| MA 242 | Calculus III | 4 | |
| MA 341 | Applied Differential Equations I | 3 | |
| CH 101 & CH 102 | Chemistry - A Molecular Science and General Chemistry Laboratory 1 | 4 | |
| CH 201 & CH 202 | Chemistry - A Quantitative Science and Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory | 4 | |
| PY 205 & PY 206 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists I and Physics for Engineers and Scientists I Laboratory 1 | 4 | |
| PY 208 & PY 209 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists II and Physics for Engineers and Scientists II Laboratory | 4 | |
| Major Requirements | |||
| E 102 | Engineering in the 21st Century | 2 | |
| TE 110 | Computer-Based Modeling for Engineers 1 | 3 | |
| TE 200 | Introduction to Polymer Science and Engineering | 3 | |
| TE 201 | Fiber Science | 4 | |
| TE 205 | Analog and Digital Circuits | 4 | |
| TE 301 | Engineering Textile Structures I: Linear Assemblies | 3 | |
| TE 302 | Textile Manufacturing Processes and Systems II | 4 | |
| TE 303 | Thermodynamics for Textile Engineers | 3 | |
| or CHE 315 | Chemical Process Thermodynamics | ||
| TE 401 | Textile Engineering Design I | 4 | |
| TE 402 | Textile Engineering Design II | 4 | |
| TE 404 | Textile Engineering Quality Improvement | 3 | |
| TE 424 | Textile Engineering Quality Improvement Laboratory | 1 | |
| PCC 301 & PCC 304 | Technology of Dyeing and Finishing and Technology of Dyeing & Finishing Laboratory | 4 | |
| ST 370 | Probability and Statistics for Engineers | 3 | |
| MAE 206 | Engineering Statics | 3 | |
| or CE 214 | Engineering Mechanics-Statics | ||
| GC 120 | Foundations of Graphics | 3 | |
| Economics - Select one of the following: | 3 | ||
| Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | |||
| Principles of Microeconomics | |||
| Fundamentals of Economics | |||
| Concentration Requirements | |||
| CHE 205 | Chemical Process Principles | 4 | |
| CHE 225 | Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis | 3 | |
| CHE 311 | Transport Processes I | 3 | |
| CHE 435 | Process Systems Analysis and Control | 3 | |
| Concentration Elective | 3 | ||
| Choose from one of the following | |||
| Polymer Engineering | |||
| Mechanics of Tissues & Implants Requirements | |||
| Polymeric Biomaterials Engineering | |||
| Clothing Comfort and Personal Protection Science | |||
| Human Physiology for Clothing and Wearables | |||
| Textile Composites | |||
| Polymeric Biomaterials Engineering | |||
| Polymer Physics | |||
| Special Studies In Textile Engineering and Science | |||
| Textile Information Systems Design | |||
| Transport Processes II | |||
| Thermodynamics of Chemical and Phase Equilibria | |||
| Chemical Engineering Lab I | |||
| Chemical Processing of Electronic Materials | |||
| GEP Courses | |||
| Acad Writing Research 1 | 4 | ||
| GEP Humanities | 6 | ||
| GEP Social Sciences | 3 | ||
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 2 | ||
| GEP US Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 3 | ||
| GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 3 | ||
| GEP Global Knowledge (verify requirement) | |||
| Foreign Language Proficiency (verify requirement) | |||
| Total Hours | 125 | ||
| 1 | C- or better |
Concentration Elective
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| BME 466 | Polymeric Biomaterials Engineering | 3 | |
| BME 566 | Polymeric Biomaterials Engineering | 3 | |
| CHE 312 | Transport Processes II | 3 | |
| CHE 475 | Advances in Pollution Prevention: Environmental Management for the Future | 3 | |
| CHE 575 | Advances in Pollution Prevention: Environmental Management for the Future | 3 | |
| TE 440 | Textile Information Systems Design | 4 | |
| TE 463 | Polymer Engineering | 3 | |
| TE 466 | Polymeric Biomaterials Engineering | 3 | |
| TE 540 | Textile Information Systems Design | 4 | |
| TE 565 | Textile Composites | 3 | |
| TE 566 | Polymeric Biomaterials Engineering | 3 | |
| TMS 565 | Textile Composites | 3 |
Acad Writing Research
| Code | Title | Hours | Counts towards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acad Writing Research | |||
| ENG 101 | Academic Writing and Research | 4 | |
| FLE 101 | Academic Writing and Research | 4 | |
| Transfer Sequence | |||
| ENG 1GEP | 100 Level English Composition | 3 | |
| ENG 202 | Disciplinary Perspectives in Writing | 3 | |
Semester Sequence
This is a sample.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall Semester | Hours | |
| CH 101 | Chemistry - A Molecular Science 1 | 3 |
| CH 102 | General Chemistry Laboratory 1 | 1 |
| E 101 | Introduction to Engineering & Problem Solving 1 | 1 |
| E 115 | Introduction to Computing Environments | 1 |
| ENG 101 | Academic Writing and Research 1 | 4 |
| MA 141 | Calculus I 1 | 4 |
| T 101 | Strategies for Success in the Wilson College of Textiles | 1 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| CH 201 | Chemistry - A Quantitative Science | 3 |
| CH 202 | Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory | 1 |
| MA 241 | Calculus II 1 | 4 |
| PY 205 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists I 1 | 3 |
| PY 206 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists I Laboratory | 1 |
| TE 200 | Introduction to Polymer Science and Engineering | 3 |
| E 102 | Engineering in the 21st Century | 2 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| CHE 205 | Chemical Process Principles 2 | 4 |
| TE 110 | Computer-Based Modeling for Engineers | 3 |
| PY 208 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists II | 3 |
| PY 209 | Physics for Engineers and Scientists II Laboratory | 1 |
| MA 242 | Calculus III | 4 |
| GEP Humanities | 3 | |
| Hours | 18 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| TE 201 | Fiber Science | 4 |
| MAE 206 or CE 214 | Engineering Statics or Engineering Mechanics-Statics | 3 |
| CHE 225 | Introduction to Chemical Engineering Analysis 2 | 3 |
| MA 341 | Applied Differential Equations I | 3 |
| GEP Social Sciences | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| ST 370 | Probability and Statistics for Engineers | 3 |
| CHE 311 | Transport Processes I 2 | 3 |
| TE 301 | Engineering Textile Structures I: Linear Assemblies | 3 |
| TE 303 or CHE 315 | Thermodynamics for Textile Engineers or Chemical Process Thermodynamics | 3 |
| GEP Humanities | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| TE 205 | Analog and Digital Circuits | 4 |
| TE 302 | Textile Manufacturing Processes and Systems II | 4 |
| TE 404 | Textile Engineering Quality Improvement | 3 |
| TE 424 | Textile Engineering Quality Improvement Laboratory | 1 |
| GC 120 | Foundations of Graphics | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall Semester | ||
| TE 401 | Textile Engineering Design I | 4 |
| PCC 301 | Technology of Dyeing and Finishing | 3 |
| PCC 304 | Technology of Dyeing & Finishing Laboratory | 1 |
| Concentration Elective | 3 | |
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 1 | |
| GEP US Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring Semester | ||
| TE 402 | Textile Engineering Design II | 4 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Fundamentals of Economics | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Introduction to Agricultural & Resource Economics | ||
| GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives | 3 | |
| GEP Health and Exercise Studies | 1 | |
| CHE 435 | Process Systems Analysis and Control | 3 |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Total Hours | 125 | |
| 1 | Must be completed with grade of C-or higher for matriculation. |
| 2 | Must be completed with grade of C-or higher for major requirements. |