Hugh Gong

Biography

Hugh Gong graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Dong Hua University (Shanghai, China) in 1984 and obtained his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1989. He then spent three years managing the Coats Viyella - Marks and Spencer Fabric Centre before taking up a lectureship in the Department of Textiles, UMIST in 1992. His main research interests are in the manufacture of yarns and nonwovens, and in the performance measurement and modelling of flexible materials. He is the Programme Director of the MSc Textile Technology programme in the School, and is Chair of the Postgraduate Degrees Panel in the Faculty of EPS.

Externally, he has held visiting professorships in Shinshu University (Japan), Suzhou University (China), Zhongyuan University of Technology (China), and Jiangnan University (China). He has served as external examiner of research degrees in many universities both in the UK and internationally. He is a regular reviewer for many international journals and has acted as research grant reviewer for research councils in the UK and overseas. He is a Member of the BSI Committee TCI/024, and an Editorial Member of the International Journal of Materials Engineering. He has also provided technical consultancy for many international organisations such as the Gatsby Trust, Proctor and Gamble, Marks and Spencer, and Unilever.
 

Areas of expertise

• TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) - Textiles; Fibres; Yarns; Nonwovens; Fabrics; Clothing, Materials; Composites