The global market for textile industry is highly competitive nowadays. Quality control in production process in textile industry has been a key factor for retaining existence in such competitive market. Automated textile inspection systems are very useful in this respect, because manual inspection is time consuming and not accurate enough. Hence, automated textile inspection systems have been d...

the current curriculum for both medical and engineering students does not include any serious program for research and technology development, by which capable students can become a man of research and a man with high-tech skills as soon as possible. however, there are opportunities for several good experiences in iranian universities such as “research student clubs,” [2,3] which show that ther...

The importance of vocabulary learning has been underlined in the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) because non-English majors who require reading English texts in their fields of study have to expand their English vocabulary knowledge much more efficiently than ordinary ESL/EFL learners. Since academic vocabulary instruction in Iranian universities is realized through the use of Gene...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of knowledge management infrastructure (KMI) on the development of product and process innovation of Iraqi textile industry and exploring. Literature suggests that organizations must choose the best way to implement knowledge management. However, there has been a lack of an integrated implementation framework for knowledge management infras...

1 Roger Parsons, University of Tennessee, College of Engineering, Engineering Fundamentals Division, 105A Estabrook Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996-2353 [email protected] 2 Christopher Pionke, University of Tennessee, College of Engineering, Engineering Fundamentals Division, 104B Estabrook Hall, Knoxville, TN 379962353 [email protected] 3 Elaine Seat, University of Tennessee, College of Engineering, En...

In this chapter we focus on image segmentation techniques for some very special images — textile images. They are generated from the color halftoning technique in textile and printing production lines. In contrast with natural color images, textile images have some very distinctive features: (1) generally there are a few dominant colors in a textile image, whereas there may exist hundreds of si...

This paper presents the results of one portion of a larger program conducted at the University of Oklahoma to introduce students to engineering and design through the use of a virtual city called ‘Sooner City’. This particular module is used to introduce the students to traffic engineering through an easily-understood, internet-based learning environment. Since most freshman engineering student...

Existing research has shown that visual input significantly contributes to learning, therefore, it is paramount to use visual tools to help demonstrate engineering concepts. One of these tools, digital image analysis, can help effectively communicate complex concepts to students in a simple and understandable format as a supplement to traditional lecturing, while simultaneously enabling student...

Engineering educators often create slides for classroom presentations to instruct students. In turn, engineering students often create slides for classroompresentations to demonstratewhat they have learned.Given howoften presentation slides are projected and viewed by engineering educators and students, those slides should follow principles of multimedia learning to foster high audience compreh...

For many years, Higher education institutions have been engaging with sustainability, many focussing on environmental ones. In this context, two phenomena have arisen that have, usually, been studied separately: (1) engineering schools have been at the forefront of sustainability efforts; and (2) women have tended to be more concerned about of environmental sustainability than men are. This pap...