PROF. KENNETH D. LANGLEY

TEXTILE SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH


Tel: (508) 999-8199 Fax: (508) 999-9139 Email: Klangley@umassd.edu

Rank: Chancellor Professor
Primary field of teaching: Fibers, Microscopy, Textile Manufacturing, Quality Engineering
Education: Master of Science, Textile Technology, Institute of Textile Technology University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
B. S. Textile Technology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Professional certification: Fellow of the Textile Institute (FTI), Chartered Textile Technologist (Ctex)
Other full-time employment: E. I. DuPont Company, Process and Product Control Engineer,
management of American and international LycraŽ spandex quality systems,
startup of Japanese manufacturing plant

Academic courses taught:
Design and Analysis of Experiments Textile Manufacturing Microscopy
Statistical Methods and Quality Control Senior Research Project Yarn Technology
Graduate Seminar Business Statistics Graduate Thesis
Statistical Process Control Senior Seminar Process Optimization

Grants: Chelsea Center for Recycling and Economic Development
Recycling and Reuse of Mixed Fabric Remnants

National Textile Center: Manufacturing Nonwovens Using Recycled Fibers

Italian Trade Commission: Tessili Award (Travel Grant)

National Textile Center: Electro-Static Web Formation
Publications: Forty publications in peer reviewed journals and proceedings,
conference papers, non-reviewed journals, manuscript reviews
Others: Secretary, AATCC RA 24 Committee (Fiber Identification). Fiber identification certified by Cashmere & Camel Hair Manufacturers Inst.

Lived in and did research at BTTG Leeds, UK; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich; Chalmers Institute of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

Traveled to P. R. China (including Hong Kong) and Mongolia 2001, 2002, 2003 visited laboratories, cashmere mills, marketing offices. Presented paper at Cashmere Conference on identifying specialty animal fibers, November 2003