technical university of liberec - Technická univerzita v Liberci

Department of Textile Chemistry1. Department profileThe Textile Chemistry Department mainly specializes in thechemical technologies of textile finishing, the production anddevelopment of SMART textile materials, advanced colorimetry,environmental aspects of textile production, and last but notleast, utilization of historical methods of textile production andmaintenance.The research activity of the Department is focused on thetheoretical application studies of dyeing and printing ofnatural and synthetic fibers, textile pretreatment and finishing,colorimetry, functional dye testing, chemical-textile analysesof textile materials, dyes and auxiliary materials, as well ason the environmental aspects of all textile production andmaintenance technologies.2. History and presenceToday’s Department originates from the Textile ChemistryInstitute of the Spinning Department that was founded in 1954,shortly after foundation of the Mechanical Engineering Collegein Liberec. The first head was Prof. Ing. Dr. Jiří Rais, CSc. fromVŠCHT Prague. The institute was transformed into the TextileChemistry Department in 1960 – a part of the newly establishedFaculty of Textile Engineering of the Mechanical Engineeringand Textile College. The research activity in the Departmentfocused on theoretical problems of textile dyeing. With thearrival of Doc. Ing. Jaroslav Odvárka, DrSc. at the head position in1986, the Department expanded the education with specializedsubjects related to the theory of finishing and chemical andmechanical technology of finishing. During this period, theDepartment focused on more extensive cooperation with thepractice and took a long-term part in development of newdisperse dyestuffs in cooperation with VÚOS Pardubice-Rybitví.In 1990, Prof. Ing. Jiří Kryštůfek, CSc. from SVÚT Liberec came tothe Department and significantly enriched the education andresearch with theoretical and mainly technological knowledgeof finishing, in particular, in the dyeing process. After foundationof the Faculty of Education, the Department divided into theChemistry Department at the Faculty of Education and TextileTreatment Department at the Faculty of Textile Engineering.In 1996, the Department management was taken over by theDepartment head Doc. Ing. Miroslav Prášil, CSc., who specializedin the textile printing process. In this area, he widely assisted insolving the technological problems of textile printing shops.Doc. Ing. Jakub Wiener, PhD. became the Department head in2003, who significantly modernized the Department equipment36