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Study shows Tech has $1 billion impact on Lubbock

Sep 15, 2010

KCBD-NBC - LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - A new study shows that Texas Tech University has a billion dollar economic impact on Lubbock. Texas Tech University helped sustain nearly 15,000 jobs and contributed $1.26 billion to the economic pulse of Lubbock County, according to the Economic Impact of Texas Tech University study released Wednesday. Employees of the University provided a $612-million infusion on annual household earnings, 48 percent of the total economic impact. University students spent $294 million locally, while 3,261 jobs held by students provided $80 million in household income. 'The updated study notes the impact of Texas Tech is more than $1.25 billion and our strategic enrollment plan of increasing enrollment to 40,000 students by the year 2020 will significantly increase the economic growth of the Lubbock community,' said Michael Shonrock, Texas Tech Vice President for Student Affairs. The report provides estimates of the economic impact of Texas Tech on Lubbock County for 2009. The study represents only Texas Tech and does not include the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. One way Texas Tech creates so much revenue for the city is through Red Raider football games. KCBD NewsChannel 11 is looking into how much revenue the TTU vs. UT home game, is expected to bring into Lubbock.

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Cutting edge R&D on cotton nonwovens at Texas Tech

Sep 14, 2010

Fibre2Fashion - The Texas Tech’s Institute of Environmental and Human Health is into groundbreaking research on finding applications and new uses of cotton nonwovens. This initiative of Dr Ramkumar Seshadri, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), is being supported by funding from the Texas Department of Agriculture and the cotton industry. To know more about the cotton nonwovens project, the funding it receives and the applications of research, Fibre2fashion spoke exclusively with Dr Seshadri. When asked about the cotton nonwoven project he said, “The Nonwovens & Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental & human Health at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA is focused on finding new and valued added applications for cotton. “We focus on understanding the comfort of cotton at fiber level. We use needlepunching and ancillary nonwoven processes to develop cotton nonwovens that find applications in defense, homeland security, oil spill situations, etc. Recent research has shown that cotton is superior in absorbing oil against commercial spunbond fabrics”. When asked to divulge about the funding received for the project, he informed by saying, “The laboratory receives continuous funding from the US Department of Defense. Many cotton related agencies such as the Texas Department of Agriculture through its Food and Fiber Research Program, Texas State Support Program of Cotton Incorporated, USA, Cotton Foundation, USA, Lubbock based The CH Foundation, TTU's College of Agricultural & Natural Resources, Plains Cotton Growers of Lubbock support the ongoing research by funding projects and providing support”. We next quizzed him about the applications and target consumer segment of the various applications either under research or which have been developed, he said, “Our cotton research program is broad based and aims to develop products that have applications in defense, domestic and industrial markets. The R & D from our laboratory has resulted in technology transfer and a nonwoven wipe with defense applications known as Fibertect is already finding applications in defense and homeland security sectors”, he concluded by saying.

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