With degrees in Textile Technology and Graphic Arts, as the Chair of Information and Graphic Arts Technology, Dr. Urbas’ professors, teaching assistants, and technical staff are involved in a number of research and teaching activities. These include, but are not limited to, prepress, press, and postpress operations, graphic materials, printed electronics, packaging, image processing, information-communication technologies, photography, 3D modelling, colorimetry, typography, graphic design and ecology. Dr. Urbas has participated in many different research projects and programs in textiles and ecology, including the use of textile fibers as a protection against ultraviolet radiation, and optimization of the procedure of rubber products with the textile bearing core.

Additionally, Dr. Urbas has been collaborating with other educational institutions’ global graphic arts programs and the Ghent Workgroup (GWG) in the development of student-created educational resources with the goal of presenting information to their peers in a variety of formats that align with their “generational” language. With today’s digital native generation, providing educational materials in local language translations as videos, infographics and animations has been very successful in the acquisition and transfer of important and sometimes complex concepts and knowledge.

Her dedication and approach to her students and the graphic arts industry represents the ideal for developing the future generation of graphic arts professionals.