Dr R Hugh Gong - personal details

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 manages the Spinning and Nonwovens laboratory, as well as the Fabric Performance Centre in the School of Materials. He is also the Director of Postgraduate Studies of the School of Materials.