Presentation Title: Development of Odour/Volatile Molecule Absorbent Materials for Healthcare

Prof.Subhash Anand, BSc; MSc Tech; PhD; CText.FTI; MBE
Professor of Technical Textiles
Centre for Materials Research and Innovation, The University of Bolton

Prof.Subhash Anand CText FTI; MBE is at present working as a Prof.of Technical Textiles at The University of Bolton, U.K. He obtained his BSc in Textile Technology from Punjab University, India and his MSc Tech and PhD in Textile Technology from the University of Manchester, UK. After working in the textile industry for six years, he joined The University of Bolton as a lecturer in December 1972 and has held many positions within the University including Director of Research, Faculty of Technology. He has published over 200 research papers in a number of areas in textiles and has completed consultancy assignments for the Overseas Development administration (ODA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He has also worked as a visiting Prof.at the Institute of Textile Technology, Charlottsville, Virginia, USA, and twice at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India.

His research interests are:
Development of novel knitted and nonwoven structures for apparel, household and technical applications. Development of novel fabrics for healthcare and medical applications. Effect of laundering on sensory and mechanical properties of textile materials. Novel structures for sportswear. Heat barrier fabrics. Composite materials. Electro-magnetic interference (EMI) materials and heatable materials. Dust and wet filtration. Geotextiles. Personal protective equipment. Automotive textiles.

He is a regular consultant and technical adviser to a number of textile companies in the UK and overseas. He currently holds five patents in technical textiles. He is the Chairman of The Textile Institute Professional and Educational Affairs Committee and a member of the Diplomas Committee and the Board of the Textile Institute. He was awarded the Textile Institute Service Medal in 1998.

The New Year (2008) has started exceptionally well for Prof.Anand. Firstly, he has been nominated as the Chairman Elect of the Textile Institute starting from May 2008 for two years. He was also fortunate and thrilled to be appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in The Queen’s New Year Honours List. He has been awarded MBE for services to the Higher Education and to the Textile Industry.

Prof.Anand is particularly pleased to get an opportunity of serving the great International Textile Institute and hopes to continue the hard work and dedication of all the past Chairpersons of the Textile Institute.

His wife Dr Indira Anand is an ex Director of Merrill Lynch, U.S.A.and his son Paras is an Investment Manager with F&C Investments Ltd., London and his daughter Payal is a Solicitor, also working in London.

Presentation Title: Fitting the World

Dr. Kenneth K.K. Wang
Managing Director of Sterling Group, Chairman of Alvanon Inc

Dr Kenneth K. K. WANG, born in Shantou, China in 1947, graduated from Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London in 1972-73 with MBBS; returned to Hong Kong in 1974 to manage his family’s garment manufacturing operation, Sterling Products Ltd. Sterling Products is a vertically integrated multinational childrenswear company with headquarters in Hong Kong; a textile plant in Johor Bahru, Malaysia; and garment and embellishment manufacturing center in Sri Lanka. Within China, the company has developed a technical and sampling center in Dongguan; a design center in Guangzhou; a virtual manufacturing center in Changzhou; and sourcing offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou. He is the chairman of Alvanon Inc., the global size and fit expert for the apparel industry with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong and manufacturing in Dongguan, China.

On Social Clubs

• Member of World Presidents’ Organization.

On Community Work:

• Chairman of Project Concern, a nonprofit organization for Medical and Dental care in Hong Kong.

On Educational Work for the Apparel Industry:

• Immediate past chairman of Clothing Industry Training Authority.

With Trade Organizations:

• Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Garment Manufacturing Association.
• Member of Textile Council.

Presentation Title: Nanotube Reinforced Polymer Fibres: Towards Quantum Nanofibres

Prof. Robert J. Young FREng
Head of the School of Materials, University of Manchester

Prof. Young studied Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge, and gained a BA in 1969 and a PhD (1973), after which he obtained a Research Fellowship at St. John's College, Cambridge. In 1975 he took up a Lectureship in Materials Science at Queen Mary College, London. He became Professor of Polymer Science and Technology in Manchester in 1986, a position which he still holds. From 1992 to 1997 he was the Royal Society Wolfson Research Professor of Material Science. Professor Young also chaired the Metallurgy and Materials panels for the UK Research Assessment Exercises in 1996 and 2001. In 2004 he was appointed Head of the School of Materials in the newly-formed University of Manchester.

Prof.Young’s main research interest is the relationships between structure and properties in polymers and composites, publishing over 250 papers and a number of books. He is listed in the ISI HighlyCited.com for his publications in Materials Science. His research has been supported by the EPSRC, industry and the European Union and his interests have extended recently to the field nanotechnology. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2006.

Presentation Topic: Is Fabric Handle really a Measureable Quantity?

Prof. Ronald Postle
Professor Textile Physics, School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales

Professor Ron Postle held a Personal Chair in Textile Physics at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, until 2005 during which time he published over 400 scientific papers and reference books. He has supervised 70 PhD graduates in textile physics and engineering, especially structural mechanics of fibres, apparel and technical textile materials.
Ron is a BSc graduate and University Medallist from the University of New South Wales (1962), PhD in Textile Engineering from the University of Leeds (1965) and Docteur Honoris Causa from the University of Haute Alsace, France (1991). He has been awarded the Warner medal by The Textile Institute (UK) and The Stanley Backer Founders Award by The Fiber Society (USA).
Professor Postle acts as a consultant to industry and several research organisations. He has the title of Emeritus Professor from the University of New South Wales. Ron has held numerous international fellowships and visiting research and educational appointments. He currently holds the following 6 academic appointments:

• Visiting Professor, School of Chemistry University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;
• Visiting Professor, ENSITM, University of Haute Alsace, Mulhouse, France;
• Visiting Professor, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, UK;
• Consulting Professor, Donghua University, Shanghai, China;
• Honorary Professor, Xian Polytechnic University, Xian , China; and
• Emeritus Professor, Wuhan University of Science and Engineering, Wuhan, China.

Presentation Topic: A New Paradigm of Fiber Science and Engineering by Development of Biobased Materials

Prof. Yoshiharu Kimura
Director of Kyoto Institute of Technology

Educational Background:
1967-1971	B.S., Department of Synthetic Chemistry, Kyoto University
1971-1973	M.S., Department of Synthetic Chemistry, Kyoto University
1973-1976	Ph.D., Department of Synthetic Chemistry, Kyoto University

Work Experience:

Research Interests:

1. Biobased and biomedical materials
2. Inorganic polymers and ceramic fibers
3. Materials for nanotechnology

Awards:

Others:

Presentation Topic: 3D Weaving and Braiding Opportunities in Commercial Aerospace

Mr Alan K. Prichard
Associate Technical Fellow, Commercial Airlines, The Boeing Company

Born in New Zealand and educated in NZ, the UK and Germany, a physicist by discipline, Alan has been with the Boeing Company for 22 years, during which he has contributed substantially to the 747-400, the 767, the 787, the Sonic Cruiser, and other, future, projects. Alan holds nine patents with Boeing several critical to the structure of the Sonic Cruiser.

Always at the cutting edge of technology, Alan is considered the father of high speed machining in Boeing, predicted the stress wave now called the "Prichard Effect," and discovered mathematical chaos (a classic heartbeat signature) in Boeing factory systems, subsequently saving wasted labor.

He is currently working at the forefront of developing new materials technology, including bioengineered materials and working with woven carbon fibers.

He is currently leading teams responsible for the discovery and introduction of advanced structures for future commercial aircraft.

Alan is an associate technical fellow of the Boeing Company.

Presentation Topic: Presentation Topic: Plastic Slit Yarn - History and the Development for 50 Years

Mr. Junichi Arai

Junichi Arai was born in 1932 in Kiryu of Japan. He started doing hand weaving at an early age in his family’s mill, and has since involved in innovative design of fabrics. In the 1970s and 1980s, he collaborated with the renowned fashion designers, such as Issey Miyake, to integrate the innovation of fabrics into fashion design. The unconstrained creation of fabrics brought entirely new materials into fashion, stirred enormous sensation and inspired new origination. From 1950, Mr. Arai worked on fabrics of plastic film fibers, and produced the effect of both transparency and metallic luster. These fabrics are processed to shield static electricity and become flame retardant, which is synergy of artistry and utility. Works of Junichi Arai accomplish the perfect integration in textile dyeing of traditional crafts, knowledge of modern chemistry, and new technology, thus each of them is full of unsurpassed allure. He calls himself a “Textile Creator”, but is called a “Post-Industrial Expert” and a “Talent of Japan’s Fabric Industry”. He and some Japanese avant-garde fashion designers are regarded as the core group for contemporary textile products. His work is included in the permanent collections of many museums including the Victoria and Albert Museum London, the Museum of Modern Art New York and the American Craft Museum. He is also a technical consultant to the textile industry. He has exhibited regularly at major centers in Japan and throughout the world including:

• Rhode Island School of Design, USA
• Textile Museum Toronto, Canada
• The Museum of Applied Arts Helsinki, Finland
• Pacific Design Centre, Los Angeles, USA
• Museum of Textile History Böras, Sweden
• Netherlands Design Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
• Cooper-Hewitt Museum New York, USA
• Crafts Council London, England
• Harris Museum, Preston England
• Chiba City Museum of Art
• Gunma Prefectural Museum of Art
• Toyota Techno Museum