Ajoy Sarkar, PhD
Education
BS, University of Mumbai
MS, University of Georgia
PhD, University of Georgia
2016–17 FIT President’s Award for Faculty Excellence
2017–18 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship
and Creative Activities
Biography
Ajoy Sarkar has more than 35 years of teaching, research, and consulting experience in product development, fibers, coloration, finishing, textile analysis, and application of textile technology to design. He is a recipient of the FIT President’s Award for Faculty Excellence in Curricular Innovation and the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Scholarship and Creative Activities. Professional service includes serving as associate editor for the AATCC Journal of Research.
Research Interests
sustainability, eco-fashion, protective functional textiles
Selected Publications
Sarkar, A.K., Johnson, I., and Cohen, A.C. (2023). J.J. Pizzuto’s Fabric Science, 12th Edition, New York, NY: Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Sarkar, A.K. Johnson, I., and Cohen, A.C. (2023). J.J. Pizzuto’s Fabric Science Swatch Kit, 12th Edition, New York, NY: Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Sarkar, A.K., Tortora, P.G., and Johnson, I. (2023). The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles, 9th Edition, New York, NY: Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Conferences and Presentations
Islam, Imranul, Md., Sarkar, A.K., Dillenberger, R., Fitzpatrick, A., Chung, I. and Jivan, K. (2022). Investigating the potential of cotton yarns in winter wear. Proceedings from the Seventy-ninth Annual Conference of the International Textile and Apparel Association, International Textile and Apparel Association, Denver, CO.
Sarkar, A.K. and Silberman, J. (2019). Composting to colorants: A novel approach for sustainability and circularity. Presented at the 19 th AUTEX World Textile Conference, Ghent, Belgium.
Courses
- TS 110 Product Elements and Principles Laboratory
- TS 111 Fundamentals of Textiles
- TS 131 Textile Principles for the Fashion Designer
- TT 313 Textile Fibers
- TT 343 Textile Coloration: Principles and Processes