E-Textiles Exploratory Series

About the Speaker
Ashish Kapoor received his PhD in Fiber and Polymer Science from the Wilson College of Textiles, North Carolina State University. He worked in the field of e-textiles and his research focused on developing fiber based multimodal and multifunctional active sensory textiles. He is a recipient of the NC State University’s Provost Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship, German Academic Exchange Service RISE Professional Scholarship and NC State University’s Graduate School Summer Fellowship.

About the Speaker
Jacqueline Campbell has been with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for almost 15 years as a recognized expert on textile flammability and the regulations under the Flammable Fabrics Act (FFA), authoring agency testing manuals on Clothing Textiles, Children’s Sleepwear, and Mattresses Open Flame testing. Also, Jacqueline has had an integral role in agency efforts on testing and certification for regulated products, including efforts to minimize testing burdens and has recently been involved in activities for emerging technology in consumer products such as wearables, artificial intelligence, and micromobility products. From 2015 to 2017, Jacqueline served as a Senior Science and Policy Advisor to former CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye. Prior to joining the CPSC, Jacqueline managed the Fiber Quality Evaluation Laboratory, a fiber-to-finished fabric characterization laboratory at the USDA Southern Regional Research Center. Jacqueline received a B.S. and M.S. in Textile Science from the University of Georgia.

About the Speaker
Chris Jorgensen is Director Technology Transfer with IPC—Association Connecting Electronics Industries, a worldwide trade association for the electronics interconnect industry. As a member of IPC’s technical department, Chris’s primary responsibility is staff liaison to standards development committees. These committees include the IPC D-70 E-Textiles Committee, IPC D-70-INT-EU E-Textiles Committee in Europe, IPC D-60 Printed Electronics Committee and working groups developing standards as part of IPC’s Factory of the Future initiative.

Chris has more than 20 years of experience in standards development, nonprofit management and marketing. He received his degree in communications from Columbia College in Chicago.

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About the Moderator
Diana Wyman is Executive Vice President of AATCC, a professional association and standards development organization for the global textile industry. Diana has been involved in all aspects of textile testing—from managing a contract lab to developing specifications for a retail brand. She has participated in the standards development process as both staff and volunteer for AATCC as well as textile-related committees of ASTM, IEC, IPC, and ISO. Diana holds degrees in Fashion Merchandising, Textiles, and Business Administration.

About the Speakers
Travis Norton  has been with Bureau Veritas for more than 25 years and serves as a Director of Global Technical Services. He is an ASTM member, participating on committees F38 for unmanned aircraft systems, F12 for security systems, D13 for textiles on the D13.50 ‘smart textiles’ committee, and F15 for consumer products, including the new F15.75 committee for ‘Ensuring the Safety of Consumer Connected Devices’.

Christopher Crowley has 20 years of experience managing and securing networks, beginning with his first job as an Ultrix and VMS systems administrator at 15 years old. Today, Crowley is a Senior Instructor at the SANS Institute and the course author for SOC-Class.com: the culmination of his thoughts on effective cybersecurity operations. He works with a variety of organizations across industries providing cybersecurity technical analysis, developing and publishing research, sharing expert security insights at conferences, and chairing security operations events. He has provided training to thousands of students globally. Crowley holds a multitude of cybersecurity industry certifications and provides independent consulting services specializing in effective computer network defense via Montance®, LLC, based in Washington, DC.

About the Speaker
Pratyush Rai, PhD, is Chief of Research and Development at Nanowear Inc. developing A.I.-based remote diagnostics utilizing its proprietary cloth-based nanotechnology. He has 10+ years of experience in research and development in Nanotechnology and Wearable Medical Devices. His area of expertise include wearable medical device development, medical device innovation, clinical trials, medical device regulatory affairs, manufacturing and commercialization of wearable medical devices. His recent achievements are 510k approval and commercialization of SimpleSENSE, a first of its kind wearable wireless textile based nanosensor system for remote monitoring of post surgical patients.