Pennsylvania Advanced Textile Research and Innovation Center
BioMEDICAL TEXTILE STRUCTURES LAB
The Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) through the Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority awarded $1,255,500 to Philadelphia University to establish the Pennsylvania Advanced Textile Research and Innovation Center (PATRIC). A collaboration of Philadelphia University, Drexel University and the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, PATRIC is located at and administered by Philadelphia University.
The primary goal of PATRIC is to provide leading-edge expertise in research, development and testing of advanced material systems – primarily textiles – that support industrial growth in a range of biomedical and human protection applications. The Center will promote the development of technologies and commercialization through applied research driven by the needs of an initial group of eight industry partners within the Commonwealth. Additional partnerships will be formed with companies throughout the northeast U.S.
The Biomedical Textile Structures lab currently has a Mageba® four batten Jacquard loom, Herzog® flat and circular braiders and a Kato-Tech nanospinner. Additionally, textile testing facilities, including a scanning electron microscope, are available at the Grundy Material Evaluation Laboratory.
Contact: Dr. David Brookstein Dr. Muthu Govindaraj
215 951 2750 or 215 951 2684
