Proceedings of the International Colloquium in Textile Engineering, Fashion, Apparel and Design 2014

1. Production of Bicomponent Polymer Droplets by Electrospraying
2. Characteristics of Electrospun PVA-Aloe veraNanofibres Produced via Electrospinning
3. Puncture Strength of Natural Rubber Latex Coated Unidirectional Fabric After Heat Ageing
4. Modeling Plain Woven Composite Model with Isotropic Behavior
5. The Effect of Fabric Weave on the Tensile Strength of Woven Kenaf Reinforced Unsaturated Polyester Composite
6. Yarn Pull-Out and Shear Behaviour of Kevlar 29 Fabrics Coated with Natural Rubber Latex
7. Tensile Strength and Evenness of Kenaf/Polyester Blended Rotor-Spun Yarn
8. SMART Textiles: The Use of Embedded Technology on Tactile Textiles as Therapy for the Elderly
9. Thermal Energy Storage of Polyester Fabric Coated with Paraffin Liquid as Microencapsulated Phase Change Material (PCM)
10. Fabric Mechanical Properties: Human Versus Machine Interpretation
11. Upper Fitness Personal Assistant: Body-Guts
12. Surface Appearance Changes of Bio-finished Knitted Fabric
13. The Performance of Tenun Pahang Using Various Weft Yarn
14. Utilization of Eco-Colourant from Green Seaweed on Textile Dyeing
15. Dyeing of Polyester Using Natural Colorant fromMelastoma
16. Microwave-Enzyme-Assisted Extraction and Dyeing of Lichen Species: Parmotrema praesorediosum
17. Microwave-Assisted Extraction as a Rapid Extraction to Produce Natural Dyes fromPycnoporus sanguineusMushroom
18. Dyeing Properties and Absorption Study of Natural Dyes from Seaweeds,Kappaphycus alvarezii
19. Reducing the Effluent Pollution by Using Trisodium Nitrilotriacetate in Batch Process of Dyeing Cotton Fabric with Fiber-Reactive Dyes
20. Fastness Properties and Color Analysis of Natural Colorants from Actinomycetes Isolates on Silk Fabric
21. Dyeing of Polyester and Polyester Microfibre with Natural Dye from Bacteria Source

The book is a collection of academic papers from a conference that focuses on significant issues, fundamental and applied research advances on a range of topics in the areas of textile engineering, apparel, fashion and design. Among others, the book will update the readers on recent research in technical and functional textiles; future trends and visions for textile, apparel and fashion; global business, marketing and management in textile and apparel; education and training in textile and apparel and design, fashion, footwear product and materials innovation.