A T-shirt that conducts electricity sounds like a product of the future, but five researchers at The University of Alabama are bringing it closer to reality.
A University of Alabama research team was issued patent number 8,784,691 on July 22, which covers their newly discovered process of making certain fibers conductive. The team includes Scott Spear and Rachel Frazier, research engineers for the Alabama Innovation and Mentoring of Entrepreneurs center; Robin Rogers, the Robert Ramsay Chair of Chemistry at the University and director of the University’s Center for Green Manufacturing; Anwarul Haque, associate professor of aerospace engineering and mechanics and Dan Daly, director of AIME.