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Experienced Researcher with a demonstrated history of working in textile materials for sports and other applications. Skilled in design and development of advanced nonwovens materials, functional staple and filament yarns, sustainable textile materials, advanced knitted and woven fabrics for sports apparels and equipments applications, 3D Fabrics for technical applications. Strong research professional with a PhD focused in Textile Techniques and Materials Engineering from Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic.

•	Lead projects related to knitted, woven fabrics and non-woven fabrics for sport apparels, footwear and equipment’s.
•	Collaborate with innovation team in the development of future materials, new technologies, process, new applications, and evolving textile material related innovations.
•	Driving innovation into new materials and bringing them to realization on consumer apparels and other textile related products.
•	Collaborate with the Innovation Materials director to align research and development activities.
•	Lead creation of innovation project briefs in collaboration with R&D Director, Innovation Materials Director and Brand Product Director.
•	Scope, cultivate and manage innovation projects with multi-functional internal teams and outside agencies, Universities.
•	Manage the execution of textile materials related product development from market analysis to ideation, design prototypes to brand directors approval and pre-production to product launch.
•	Design & conduct experiments individually as well as with team, to validate hypothesis & performance targets
•	Contribute to R&D patent portfolio with innovative ideas, present at conferences, and publish articles
•	Independently select, design, and/or execute experiments, based on interpretation of previous results and understanding of known theory.
•	Collaborate with other teams within R&D and across the organization to achieve project goals
•	Utilize knowledge of textile products, materials, product equipment capabilities, assembly methods to drive changes.
•	Drive strong factory partner relationships, encouraging co-creation with supplier and external partners to support and improve internal process efficiency.
•	Investigate, recommend, and justify new technologies, manufacturing methods and equipment to meet new development needs and improve efficiency of technological processes.
•	Work with Testing labs to conduct technical research in relation to materials performance improvements.
•	Leverage existing or develop new testing methodologies to validate the feasibility of innovation ideas.
•	Create and present analytical and empirical results. Communicate ideas and material solutions through strong technical documentation. Reports writing and making presentation during meetings with industrial partners.
•	Strong working experience in laboratory spinning line includes carding, drawframe, roving lab, ring frame, assembly winder, two for one twister, cone winder.
•	Strong working experience with knitting machines, needle punching machine, hot press machine etc.
•	Demonstrated experience in testing of fabric and nonwoven materials like thermal insulation, fabric mechanical performance such as tensile, tearing, bending etc. functional performance such as thermal conductivity, water repel lance, moisture vapor transport, wicking properties.
•	Provide support in the lab setup, research work activities and equipment training for end-users
Key Projects experience are,
Design and Development of Elastic, fluffy and molded non-woven for thermal insulation applications.
Development of staple spun yarns for functional applications such as thermal management, smell absorption, anti microbial etc.
Design and development of complex knitted and woven fabrics for advanced applications.
Development of Hybrid fabric membrane through unconventional process.



•	Liaising with and providing technical advice to design, development, purchasing and production staff.
•	Identifying the latest fabric trends, developments and innovations.
•	Evaluating, identifying and selecting fabrics/products for required applications.
•	Monitoring and controlling production and quality standards.
•	Ensuring products for suitability and testing for performance under various conditions.
•	Dealing with customer queries and complaints.
•	Advising commercial colleagues on technical aspects of the business.
•	Undertake research to find new ways of using modified fibres, yarns, fabrics  etc.


Technical Consultant

Worked as a Scientific Researcher in Liberec, Czech Republic for about years. I have vast experience in, Development of protective textile materials. My research focus during were development of three dimensional and nonwoven textile materials for functional applications with advanced properties such as thermal protection, excellent compression recovery, optimum in-plane and inter-ply shear behavior, impact tolerance and good acoustic performance. Also, I have strong skills in image processing, simulation using ANSYS, Finite Element Modeling and data analysis.

Scientific Researcher

Project Title:- Development of sound absorptive nonwoven carpets for automotive using hollow fibres
from renewable resources
Role and Responsibilities:
Production of hollow and solid polyester fibres from renewable resources. Characterization and analysis of fibre properties such as linear density, cross-section, tensile
strength etc.
Development of carded nonwoven mats using carding and needle punch machine.
Evaluation of nonwoven mat properties such as gsm, thickness, density, air flow resistance etc.
Measurement and analysis of sound absorption properties of nonwoven mats.
Regular technical interaction and an industrial visit to RETEX, Czech Republic.

Research Consultant

My key successes in research and development career are as follows,
? Developed and implemented quality control procedures for research methodology.
? Defined the project scope of work, financial plan, its goals and delivery – Managed all aspects of
the project plan and budget.
? Created and submitted various research reports.
? Published around 15 research article in peer-reviewed international Journals and 6 chapters in
books.
? Presented more than 30 research work in conferences conducted in various countries.
? Performed many engineering assignments related to design and analysis of
developed/manufactured materials.
? Have made co-operation with various industries and institutes

Research Assistant

Served as a teacher for graduate students. Also act as a supervisor for various individual student projects.
•	Taught various subjects like Fibre Technology, spinning and knitting technology, Technical Textile, Supply Chain Management, Composites etc. to undergraduate students.
•	Visited and provided consultation to various textile industries all over India.
•	Supervised all students and administrative personnel with their operational tasks and made recommendations.
•	Monitored students progress regularly and prepared reports on regular basis. 
•	Maintained proper functionalities of textile machines and laboratory environment.
•	Provided students training and orientation services.

Assistant Professor

Market research and create new sales opportunities for garments in order to maintain a solid client pipeline and database. Coordinated cross-functional departments’ in-order to deliver the products on time. Responsible for Costing and quality control for knitted garments, socks and technical fabric.
•	Looked after the organization’s budget and presented analysis to the top level management.
•	Propelled revenue by evaluating market and identifying new prospects.
•	Developed testing procedures to verify functionality of textile products to meet client requirements.
•	Supervised, mentored, coached and trained technicians, production workers and field engineers in completing assignments successfully.
•	Challenging task to generate new product sales with client base.


Production and Merchandising Executive

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Veerakumar Arumugam: Scientist - Textile Materials in Singapore, X1

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