Research

At the Applied Sustainable Product Innovation and Resilient Engineering (ASPIRE) Lab our goal is to:

-Optimize secondhand clothing textile recycling and material properties characterization;

-Co-design with end users and workers to improve the product life cycle and supply chain;

-Innovate quantitative and qualitative sustainability assessment techniques; and

-Catalyze engineers to collaborate with health and social science experts to utilize interdisciplinary approaches to improve sustainability.

Check out more about our research and researchers below:

Snuggle Time

Inclusive Toy Design

Recycled Geotextiles

Student Researchers