Andre West

About

Andre West is a Professor and Director of The Zeis Textiles Extension at the Wilson College of Textiles at North Carolina State University. He has over 40 years of experience in the apparel industry, encompassing fashion trend forecasting, fashion design, textile design, manufacturing, retailing, and academic research and teaching. His research primarily focuses on integrating technology into the textile and apparel industry, including consumer-oriented customization, 3-D virtual garment creation, AI-driven generative design, 3-D body scanning, and whole-garment knitwear. He has established a holistic approach to his work, exemplified by founding The Greater Good Textile Group, a student-led initiative dedicated to sustainability and ethical treatment of industry workers. His international collaborations include designing mosquito-resistant clothing without harmful chemicals, supported by grants from the Department of Defense and other agencies. His recent research emphasizes developing sustainable fabrications and a circular textile economy, exploring the use of hemp as an alternative fiber for military and commercial clothing to reduce environmental impact. His contributions extend to advancing textile technologies and promoting sustainability within the industry.

Research topics

• Composite material
• Materials science
• Biology
• Biomedical engineering
• Law
• Cell biology
• Ecology
• Anatomy
• Toxicology
• Medicine

Selected publications

• Poly(ε-Caprolactone) Resorbable Auxetic Designed Knitted Scaffolds for Craniofacial Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

  Bioengineering · 2020 · 22 citations

  Craniofacial microsomia is a congenital deformity caused by asymmetric development of the skull (cranium) and face before birth. Current treatments include corrective surgery and replacement of the deformed structure using autograft tissue, which results in donor site morbidity. An alternative therapy can be achieved by developing a resorbable scaffold for skeletal muscle regeneration which will help restore the symmetry and function of the facial muscles and reduce donor site morbidity. Two res…

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• Acquiring Accurate Body Measurements on a Smartphone from Supplied Colored Garments for Online Apparel Purchasing Platforms and E-Retailers

  2018-09-30 · 11 citations

  articleOpen access

  Return rates for e-retail fashion companies are significantly higher than in-store sales. Twenty to fifty percent of online clothing sales are returned. Apparel retailers are haunted by returns based on sizing issues, with $62.4 billion in returns attributed to poor choices by the consumer in the USA. However, over the next ten years online sales are predicted to double, compounding the problem exponentially.

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• A Brief Review of Mechanical Recycling of Textile Waste

  Textiles · 2025-09-27 · 10 citations

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  The fast fashion industry has significantly increased global textile demand, driving a surge in fiber production. However, only a minimal portion of this fiber comes from recycled sources. In the United States alone, a vast amount of textile waste is generated annually, with over half ending up in landfills, contributing to environmental degradation and global warming. These developments underscore the urgent need for scalable and efficient textile recycling solutions to address both economic an…

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• Systematic investigation and evaluation of modified ring yarns by feeding three-roving strands

  Textile Research Journal · 2022-11-23 · 10 citations

  article

  Spinning is one of the major steps in textiles to convert staple fibers from either natural or synthetic sources into continuous and twisted yarns, and ring spinning has always been the dominant yarn technology since its invention. Recently, many ring-based modifications have been developed to improve yarn productivity and properties. In this work, a modified ring spinning technique has been developed by feeding three-roving strands into a conventional ring frame for producing yarns with better…

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• Development of an Insecticide-Free Trapping Bednet to Control Mosquitoes and Manage Resistance in Malaria Vector Control: A New Way of Thinking

  Insects · 2020-10-26 · 10 citations

  articleOpen access

  Mosquito-borne malaria kills 429,000 people each year with the problem being acute in sub-Saharan Africa. The successes gained with long-lasting pyrethroid-treated bednets are now in jeopardy because of wide-spread, pyrethroid resistance in mosquitoes. Using crowd modeling theory normalized for standard bednet architecture, we were able to design an attract-trap-kill technology for mosquitoes that does not require insecticides. Using three-dimensional polyester knitting and heat fixation, trap f…

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Frequent coauthors

• Kun Luan

  34 shared

• Marian McCord

  North Carolina State University

  18 shared

• Emiel DenHartog

  North Carolina State University

  17 shared

• Cynthia L. Istook

  Wilson College

  17 shared

• R. Michael Roe

  North Carolina State University

  12 shared

• Jiayin Li

  Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence

  12 shared

• Charles S. Apperson

  North Carolina State University

  10 shared

• Grayson Cave

  North Carolina State University

  10 shared

Labs

• Zeis Textiles ExtensionPI

Education

• Ed.D.

  Argosy University

  2032

• Master of Fine Arts, Visual Arts

  Miami International University of Art & Design

  2009

• Bachelor of Science, Textiles

  University of Huddersfield

  1982

Awards & honors

• Greater Good Textile Group

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