system. Students also have use of silkscreens and squeegees in a variety of sizes.

An additional lab that students have access to is the 3-D Prototyping Lab. It contains MACs and a PC laptop, pattern cutting tables, conference table, vinyl cutter, a heat press, Epson Photo printer, Glowforge laser cutter with an air filter, Formlabs 3-D additive laser printer with two wash tanks and an UltiMaker 3-D filament printer.

TEXTILE SCIENCE FACILITIES

The Textile Science labs are on the fifth floor of the main building and are comprised of three rooms: 512A, 512B, and 513. Room 512A contains a Kenmore washer and dryer, a heat press, a stove top, and a microwave. This equipment is used to test consumer wash and dry standards, apply color or print to fabric and apparel, and activate dyes. Room 512B houses an SP III Light Box which is used for color analysis and scale, as well as a Spectrophotometer which is used to measure color and quality. Room 513 holds the textile testing equipment. Students utilize a quick wash, Perspirometer, electric crockmeter, Martindale, flammability chamber, digital Elmendorf, textile scales, fabric cutters, microscopes, Elmendorf tear tester, sun tester, and a jet press. The students use the aforementioned equipment to test the abilities of fabrics such as consumer wash standards, reactions to body heat and perspiration, colorfastness, resistance to abrasion and pilling. This equipment is also used to measure the fabrics ability to withstand flame and the ability to ignite based on industry standards, as well as the tear strength of fabric. Fabric is also weighed and examined in order to classify yarn fibers, testing the resistance to aging and sunlight, and also to apply color and print to fabric and apparel. Several programs of study utilize the labs.

FACILITY AND EQUIPMENT USE BY MAJOR

APPAREL INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT

The Apparel Industry Management Program offers three pattern rooms and two sewing rooms at the Hope Street Annex. Manual pattern drafting and sewing are taught at this facility for both Apparel Industry Management and Merchandise Product Development majors. The equipment at this facility includes drafting tables, dress forms, irons, ironing boards, rabbit punches, single needle sewing machines, overlock sewing machines, coverstitch sewing machines, merrow machines, blindstitch sewing machine, coverstitch sewing machine, buttonhole machine, punch, and rolling racks. Students utilize the full suite of equipment in the Textile Testing Lab for their studies in fabric management and quality assurance. The program requires training on computer-aided patternmaking system Gerber Accumark. There are two dedicated labs for the Gerber Accumark system and a separate room has a Gerber Cutter. In addition, software is being added to these labs to teach 3-D pattern drafting. These labs are used by Apparel Industry Management, Fashion Design, Menswear, and Apparel Technical Design majors. The

equipment includes the following: Accumark software, digitizing tables, digitizing pens, silhouette tables, large plotters, small plotters, projectors, and a cutter with computer and cutting software.

PC Labs are used for Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CLO 3-D Design, FastFit360, Logility® PLM, Logility® SCM, and ERP software.

APPAREL TECHNICAL DESIGN

In addition to standard equipment (see Computer Facilities), Apparel Technical Design students are required to be trained in the use of computer-aided patternmaking systems to develop proficiency in patternmaking and pattern correction skills. The system used is Gerber Accumark. There are two dedicated labs and a separate room for the Gerber cutter. All spaces are shared with students in the Apparel Industry Management, Menswear, and Fashion Design majors. The full package of equipment includes the following: Accumark software, digitizing tables, digitizing pens, silhouette tables, large plotters, small plotters, projectors, and a cutter with computer and cutting software. 3-D patternmaking software is also available to the student in select PC labs to allow for experimentation with the design and production of virtual garments. PC labs are used for Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, CLO 3-D Design, and Logility® PLM.

The students in this major also utilize the full suite of equipment and dye chemicals available in the Textile Testing and Dye labs for their studies in fabric management, denim design and quality assurance.

BEAUTY MARKETING & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT / BEAUTY BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

In addition to standard equipment (see Computer Facilities), the Beauty Marketing & Product Development students have access to a fragrance organ used in their Fundamentals of Fragrance class in order to mix oils and create fragrances, bulk ingredients to blend beauty products in Principles of Beauty Science, and samples of the latest product innovations in Fundamentals of Skin Care & Wellness. Students in the Bachelor in Beauty Business Management program utilize merchandising fixtures in the Merchandising in the Beauty Environment class.

DESIGN

In the Bachelor of Arts in Design program, students have access to the 3-D Prototyping Lab which contains MACs and a PC laptop, pattern cutting tables, conference table, vinyl cutter, a heat press, Epson Photo printer, Glowforge laser cutter with an air filter, Formlabs 3-D additive laser printer with two wash tanks, and an UltiMaker 3-D filament printer.

DIGITAL MEDIA / DIGITAL CINEMA

FIDM's Digital Media and Digital Cinema majors are based in the Digital Media Center, built expressly to house both FIDM Productions and the primary Digital Media lab. The majors also use an additional lab dedicated solely to Digital Media, Digital Cinema,