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COURSES

The courses taken in a typical TE degree program include Textile Engineering Systems, Textile Engineering Design, Mechanics of Fibrous Structures, Textile Engineering Quality Improvement, Textile Information Systems Design, Polymer Engineering, Polymeric Biomaterials Engineering, Mechanics of Tissues & Implants Requirements, Fabric Building Mechanisms, Special Topics in Textile Engineering, Dynamics of Fabric Production Systems, Textile Composites , Polymeric Biomaterials Engineering, Industrial Textiles, Textile Applications in Medicine, Engineering Economics , Basic Electronics of Textile Manufacturing and Quality Testing Machinery, Dyeing , Printing and other methods of textile coloration, and Industrial Planning and Organisation (Moi University, 1991.

Throughout the Textile Engineering curriculum, students take classes from other engineering and disciplines including: Mechanical, Chemical, Materials and Industrial Engineering Disciplines. The TE Curriculum provides a broad base of fundamental engineering courses as a foundation for studies in textile engineering. Students also learn such fundamental courses as Thermodynaics, Materials Science, Industrial Management, Applied Mechnaics, and Engineering Drawing and Design.


JOB PROFILE

A Textile Engineer therefore works with textile materials: fibres, yarns, fabrics, and finishes. Most Textile Engineers work on product research and development, either improving current textile based products or creating new products. They may also be involved with finding uses for new fibres, yarns, fabrics, or textile finishes.


CAREER AND SALARIES

Fresh Textile Engineers in the recent past have been able to demand an attractive salary, particularly in India due to the textile business looking up. The boom in the business has been possible due to the opening of the world trade barriers. Pays have shot up to make the textile engineer among one of the highest paid in all engineering and technology branches.

Man-Made Textile Technology is one of the recent specialization courses started in a few universities in India.