Dr. Nam Jinhee
<b>Department: </b>Applied Business Studies<br><b>Research Area: </b>My focus in this program is to develop a creative project that designs clothing and accessories for a specific target market, using emerging technologies including digital printing, 3D printing, laser cutting, and AI-based design and image generation.
Department: Applied Business Studies
Research Focus: My focus in this program is to develop a creative project that designs clothing and accessories for a specific target market, using emerging technologies including digital printing, 3D printing, laser cutting, and AI-based design and image generation.
Potential Student Project(s):
Students may design projects using the emerging technologies of their choice (digital printing, 3D printing, laser cutting, and AI-based design). They will also write an abstract (2 pages, double space) that documents the entire design process; faculty will guide this process. This approach supports the development of high-quality designs. Example projects include: an evening dress using digitally printed fabrics and/or laser-cut details; accessories developed with 3D-printing techniques; and a mini collection or fashion-show concept assisted by AI. They can combine multiple technologies into one project as well.
Attributes/skills/background sought in undergraduate:
Depending on the technologies they want to use, the attributes, skills, and background sought from students will vary:
- Clothing/Dress Development: Sewing skills.
- Digitally Printed Fabric: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator (other graphic software is also acceptable).
- 3D Printing Techniques: Experience with 3D software is preferred, but assistance can be provided if not.
- Drawing Skills: It would be great to have a student who enjoys drawing manually or digitally; however, this will not be a requirement.
Mentoring Plan:
The student researcher will work 5 hours per week on the project including a 1-on-! interaction with the professor for at least 1 hour per week.
We are going to have a weekly meeting in my office (an online meeting will be available upon students’ request). The specific plan will be developed after meeting with the students.
Contact: 765-702-5371, AT 206 H