RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — November 15, 2021 — The AATCC Future Leaders Award recognizes promising young professionals in the fields of textiles, apparel, and related material sciences, provides acknowledgement and recognition to enhance their careers, engages these young professionals in the work of the Association, and brings their insights and needs to the forefront. These young professionals are the future of our industry and the future leaders of AATCC.
获奖者由每个AATCC兴趣组确定；兴趣组最多可以选择两个人获得此奖项。
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Award recipients:
Chemical Applications Interest Group
Renuka Dhandapani是北卡罗来纳州Cary Inc.的纺织化学研究经理。2007年科罗拉斯堡科罗拉多州立大学的设计和销售博士学位和博士学位。她于2013年获得佐治亚大学的纺织科学。作为一名学生，她在2008年和2010年获得了AATCC基金会学生研究支持Grant的接受者。2011年。Renuka自2014年以来一直是以下测试方法委员会的成员：服装湿加工技术；统计咨询；家庭洗涤技术；评估最终使用性能的材料和产品；和抗菌活性。2016年，她加入了电子集成的纺织品测试方法委员会。她还担任国际测试方法委员会，并且是外观保留测试方法委员会主席。 She is a member of the Technical Committee on Research and an Associate Editor of the AATCC Journal of Research. She has authored or co-authored nine papers.
布莱恩·爱德华兹（Brian Edwards）是田纳西州金斯波特（Kingsport）的伊士曼化学（Eastman Chemical）的高级开发科学家。在此之前，他曾是巴塔哥尼亚（Patagonia）的物质创新工程师。布莱恩赢得了学士学位在2008年的聚合物和颜色化学中2010年的纺织化学学院和博士学位在北卡罗来纳州罗利州北卡罗来纳州立大学（NC State University），在北卡罗来纳州州立大学（NC State），他是Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity的成员。Brian自2016年以来一直是AATCC的成员，并参加了几次AATCC会议和委员会会议。
概念2消费者©兴趣组
Stacy Chadwell is a Lab Services manager at Shawmut Corp. in Burlington, N.C. Prior to this, she worked at Intertek North America and Kayser-Roth Corporation. She graduated with her B.S. in Polymer and Color Chemistry from N.C. State University in 2009. While a student at N.C. State, she was a recipient of the AATCC Piedmont Section Scholarship; she also interned at AATCC, assisting in the lab. Stacy joined AATCC as a student member in 2009 and became a senior member in 2010. She currently serves on Home Laundering Technology; Dimensional Change; Evaluation of Materials & Products for End Use Performance; Colorfastness to Water; Thermal Regulation; and Electronically Integrated Textiles Test Method Committees. She has also served as secretary of the Concept 2 Consumer© Interest Group since 2017.
Alyssa McNamara是Spoonflower的研究和发展助理；自2013年以来，她一直在Spoonflower工作。作为北卡罗来纳州州立大学的一名本科生，Alyssa是一名Anni Albers Scholar，他专业主修，并于2011年毕业于学士学位。纺织技术和学士学位在艺术和设计中。她目前正在北卡罗来纳州州攻读纺织品可持续性硕士学位，今年秋天将参加哈佛大学T.H.的可持续领导认证计划执行教育。陈公共卫生学院。Alyssa于2011年加入AATCC担任高级成员。她目前是年轻专业委员会的成员，并且是印刷技术研究委员会的主席。
Materials Interest Group
Chandler Maness is Senior Laboratory specialist in Advanced Creations and Testing at adidas in Portland, Ore. In 2014, he earned his B.S. in Polymer and Color Chemistry, and in 2017, his M.S in Textile Chemistry from, NC State. While an undergraduate student, he and two other authors published a paper in the in the International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials. He won first place in the 2017 AATCC Herman and Myrtle Goldstein Student Paper Competition. He was one of seven inventors who received a patent on creating a “Particulate Resistant Garment.” He joined AATCC in 2016 and attends AATCC committee meetings, conferences and participates in the Materials Interest Group.
Brian Shiels is a Service Line manager at ArcWear, a division of Kinectrics in Louisville, Ky. Prior to this, he worked with PBI Performance Products Inc. first, as Senior Development Engineer/Group Leader, and then as director of Quality Assurance. He also worked as a Research Assistant in the Textile Protection and Comfort Center at NC State University. Brian earned his B.S. in Chemistry from the University of South Carolina in 2003 and M.S. in Textile Chemistry from N.C. State University in 2005. He became a member of AATCC in 2010. His professional experience includes development and testing of flame and thermal protective clothing and equipment, as well as quality management. He holds several patents for FR fabrics and PPE. In 2013, he joined and continues to participate in several AATCC test method research and administrative committees. He is recognized not only as a future leader, but also as a current leader because he has served in key roles with AATCC, ASTM D13 and F23, NFPA, and others. He is respected for his technical knowledge.
未来领导人奖
Nominees for the AATCC Future Leaders Award must be AATCC members who are 39 years old or younger and actively engaged in the greater textile or related industries. They must display leadership skills and have a history of service to AATCC or the greater textile and related industries. A key quality of successful candidates is a desire to become more involved with the objectives of AATCC: to increase expertise, encourage research, and establish channels for the interchange of professional knowledge. Nominees must agree to join the AATCC Young Professionals Committee and must participate, as their professional commitments allow, in the work of the committee.
该奖项包括由AATCC主席和利益集团（IG）椅子签署的框架证书和一个特别的别针。该奖项是在2021年11月18日在北卡罗来纳州达勒姆（Durham）的AATCC纺织品发现峰会上的颁奖午餐会上颁发的。
发表于2021年11月16日
Source: AATCC
