This course is intended to sheds light on how textiles can be used to create functional systems and engineered for highly specific purposes. The goal is to encourage students outside of textiles to consider how they might integrate textile structures into their research and prototyping practice, or, for textiles experienced students to learn how their knowledges can be useful for producing new kinds of sensors, actuators, and otherwise “dynamic” textile systems. After taking this course students will be able to: Weave on both Rigid Heddle and Floor Looms; Design Custom Woven Structures to Suit Functional Requirements; Have a Broad Knowledge of Textile Materials and their Functional Properties; Create electronic circuits integrated into textiles, at the yarn-level.