Alica Grilec Kaurić, Ph.D., teaching and research assistant at the Department of Fashion Design visited University of Manchester, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, School of Materials. University of Manchester has a research group for Design, Fashion and Business that is multi-disciplinary and covers areas as diverse as applied management, textile design, color, trend forecasting, retail management, fashion merchandising, supply chain management, CAD, digital design, consumer behavior, internet shopping, retail marketing, product development, enterprise and innovation. Alica was hosted by Patsy Perry, Ph.D. for one-week academics exchange program supported by University of Zagreb (financial support for cooperation).

Jacqueline Domjanić, assistant of the Deparment of Clothing Technology, has successfully defended her doctoral thesis on September 5, 2013 entitled: 3D Surface Models and Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Female Feet (3D površinski modeli i analiza ženskog stopala geometrijskom morfometrijom), in front of a committee by:

Prof. Darko Ujević, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Croatia O.Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Horst Seidler, University of Vienna, Faculty for Life Science, Austria

Assoc. Prof. Zoran Stjepanovič, Ph. D., University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Slovenia

Assist. Prof. Vesna Marija Potočić Matković, Ph.D. University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Croatia

and chaired by Assist. Prof. Slavenka Petrak, Ph.D., University of Zagreb, Faculty of Textile Technology, Croatia

The dissertation is a result of the bilateral project between Croatia and Austria entitled “Athropometry under special consideration of life and early factors with an applied approach for the garment industry” which started in 2010. The basis of the study was set up by the compound technological project Croatian Anthropometric System (CAS) that was launched in 2004.