Guest Professor Dr. Edit Csanak Delivered a Lecture at the Technical Faculty  "Mihajlo Pupin"

As part of the curriculum for the Clothing Engineering program, on November 20, 2024, a lecture titled "Aspects of Designing a Fashion Collection: Defining the Role of the Collection, Collection Creation by Collection Types, The Brief Introduction to the Design Process" was held at the Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin" in Zrenjanin. The lecture was delivered by Dr. Edit Csanak, a guest professor from Óbuda University in Hungary.

The lecture covered various aspects of designing fashion collections, including defining the role of the collection, creating collections by types, and a brief introduction to the design process. Students had the opportunity to familiarize themselves with key elements that influence the development of fashion collections and the importance of strategy when creating different types of collections.

The lecture generated great interest among the students, who had the chance to engage in direct discussions with Professor Csanak and receive valuable advice regarding their future careers in fashion design and the apparel industry.

COOPERATION OF TECHNICAL FACULTY "MIHAJLO PUPIN" UNIVERSITY IN NOVI SAD WITH THE LINGLONG COMPANY AND VISIT BY A GROUP OF PROFESSORS AND STUDENTS OF THE COMPANY

A group of professors and students of the Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin" of the University of Novi Sad has been recognized by the Chinese company Linglong International Europe d.o.o. Zrenjanin as being able to successfully cooperate on the design and engineering of work clothes for the Company's employees. Within the framework of the started cooperation, professors and students of the Department of Clothing Engineering are 6.11.2024. visited the Company. The aim of the visit was to get acquainted with the working conditions according to which the characteristics of work clothes will be adjusted.In a friendly conversation with employees from the Company's management, the students were introduced to the requirements for work clothes. The friendly hosts organized a tour of the production facilities. Students got the opportunity to express their creative abilities in this job for one of the world's most famous companies. For the best works, students will be financially rewarded by the Company. In addition, student works will be shown at several fashion shows. A group of our professors and students will share the challenges of this work with their colleagues from several well-known Chinese universities, which has already become their long-standing academic practice of cooperation. We have no doubt that the students, as before, will show a high level of knowledge and skills in solving the assigned tasks.

The Faculty would like to thank the Company for the opportunity in which the students will be able to practically apply their knowledge, as well as the kind staff from the Company's management who provide the students with all the necessary information for their work in creating comfortable clothing in which the employees will feel comfortable. The company, entrusting this job to young people, i.e. students, has shown a high degree of social responsibility for the community in which it operates. Even the mayor, Mr. Simo Salapura, who was visiting the Company at the same time as the students, was pleasantly surprised by this really useful cooperation in a conversation with the students. The mayor wished the students success in their work. The students promised the Mayor that through fashion shows, academic and media promotion, they will present this collaboration and their works to the wider community and hope that they will also successfully promote the city of Zrenjanin and the Banat Region in the textile field.

The exhibition within the ICPAE conference will be held on 30-31. August 2024

The fashion show of the students of the Clothing Engineering study program was held in the crowded hall of the Cultural Center of Zrenjanin on May 10, 2024. It was organized in the jubilee year of the Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin", University of Novi Sad. On the occasion of 50 years of existence, about 50 models were presented.

The Fashion Show had three parts. The first part shows the models that were created by redesigning old jeans, jackets and other clothes made of jeans. The students showed that through creativity you can get a new, modern, redesigned item of clothing, which extends the life of old clothes and materials. In this way, awareness about environmental protection is spreading.

In the second part, transformable clothing items are shown. The students showed how one item of clothing can be worn in several different ways, thus reducing the accumulation of clothes in closets.

In the third part of the fashion show, unique models were presented, creations of our students, which had geometry as a theme of inspiration.

In the implementation of the model, the students were provided with guidance and help by professors Dr. Ineta Nemeša, Dr. Marija Pešic, and Dr. Nadia Bukhonke, Valentina Bozoki. The realization of this fashion show was also helped by numerous companies. Cluster of the fashion and clothing industry of Serbia „Facts“ and its members Extera d.o.o. Arilje, AMC - Afrodite fashion collection, d.o.o. Belgrade, and Luna d.o.o. from Pozarevac, through the donation of accessories and textile materials. The company Mehler Protective System from Zrenjanin provided support in the realization of the event itself.

Dr. Edith Csanak, from Obuda University in Hungary, gave a lecture at the Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin" for students majoring in Clothing Engineering, on the topic: Basic concept of environmental awareness - Sustainability in textile and fashion industry.From 2024, Professor Csanak was chosen as a visiting professor at the Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin" on the study program Clothing Engineering.

Event on the occasion of World Environment Day

Knowledge of the green planet - GREEN is IN

World Environment Day is a day that is celebrated all over the world on June 5 with the aim of drawing public attention to numerous problems in the environment and the need to preserve the environment. Environmental protection is crucial for the preservation of natural resources, human health and sustainable development. We all have a responsibility to take care of the environment to create a better environment for all of us.

For this reason, on June 5, 2024, at the Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin" in Zrenjanin, an event was held under the name: Knowledge for a green planet - Green is In, organized by the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences - Department of Clothing Engineering Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin" with the support of the City of Zrennenin.

This year, the organizers and participants want to draw attention to the negative effects of "fast fashion" on the environment. Clothing provides us with comfort and protection, and for many, it is an important expression of individuality. However, although the textile and fashion industry is one of the largest industries in the world economy, it is one of the largest polluters of the environment.

In addition to the students of the Technical Faculty, Zrenjanin's creative high school students, the Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stankovic", fashion designer AMELIE, NGO "Environmental Protection Engineers" will also participate in the event, which through exhibitions, workshops and presentations reminded the citizens of Zrenjanin of the importance of preserving the environment, but and pointed out possible solutions, that is, how and in what way each individual can make his personal contribution for a greener and cleaner environment.

As part of the event on June 4, a panel entitled "What is the price of fast fashion" was held in the Cultural Center of Zrenjanin. The panel participants were: prof. Dr. Bogdana Vujic, Assoc. Dr. Ineta Nemeša, prof. Dr. Sanja Stanisavljev and Prof. Eddie Darushi.

Workshops held at the Technical Faculty "Mihajlo Pupin"

Technical faculty „Mihajlo Pupin“, University of Novi Sad
 
Department of Environmental Protection
I want to live on a happy planet earth

Small green steps: learn to sort waste

Green power: the importance of vegetation for preserving the quality of the environment

The Art of Sustainability: Making Recycled Paper and Bioplastics
Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, Program of study Clothing Engineering.
Distinguish between natural and synthetic materials. What the labels tell us.

I choose to recycle/ jeans generation

Draping game
Association of creative high school students
About nature through an artistic kaleidoscope/ Poetically dwells man
Institute for Biological Research "Siniša Stankovic" in Belgrade
Green roofs
NVO "Environmental Protection Engineers"
Knowledge quiz
Designer Emilija Zdravkovic AMELIE
Making bags, bags, T-shirts and jewelry from old jeans..-