Chemical Counter Measures and Advanced Materials Laboratory
Professor, Countermeasures to Chemical and Biological
Threats, Nonwovens & Advanced Materials
Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar is currently a full professor in the Department of Environmental Toxicology at Texas Tech University. His research focuses on developing value-added materials using nonwoven and nanotechnology. He supervises the Nonwoven and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, TTU. He currently holds two US patents and two US pending applications. He is the editor of a comprehensive magazine on technical textiles: Nonwoven and Technical Textiles that will be published from Fall 2007. He is the editorial board chairman of Nonwoven and Technical Textiles Journal. He serves in the editorial boards of three international peer-reviewed journals. He is the Co-chairman of The Association of Nonwoven Industry’s India committee. He has successfully organized four international conferences on advances in fibrous materials. To date, he has graduated 13 MS and PhD students at Texas Tech University. His research on nonwoven decontamination wipe has resulted in technology transfer and will be commercialized very soon.
CAI Conference Booklet - September 2024
TexSnips®
Decontamination Wipes
TexSnips (Textile Snippets) are brief write-ups on new research & development and
market information concerning fiber and related disciplines written and distributed
by Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar of the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at Texas
Tech University, USA. TexSnips articles are picked-up by media outlets such as Commodity
Online, India, WTiN, England, and Cotton24/7.com, USA.
TexSnips was created by Dr. Ramkumar in September 2010 and is distributed to interested parties via e-mail. If you are interested in receiving the free TexSnips e-news, please contact him at: s.ramkumar@ttu.edu
Horizons
2025
• February 2025: Parenting by Example
- Feedback from February 2025 Horizon Column- Kyle Galyean
• January 2025: Risk Taking, Optimism & Hope
- Feedback from January 2025 Horizon Column- Kelsie Jackson, Ph.D.
- Feedback from January 2025 Horizon Column- Tosha Dupras, Ph.D.
2024
• December 2024: Guru-Shishya Bond
- Feedback from December 2024 Horizon Column- Professor V Subramaniam
• November 2024: Students and Engaged Citizenry
• September 2024: Service and Support Networks are Vital
• August 2024: Community Engagement and Skills
• July 2024: The Path To Career Accomplishment
• June 2024: A Productive Summer
• May 2024: Importance of Care and Support for Well-Beng
• April 2024: Leadership Lessons: Role of Personal Growth and Managerial Skills
• March 2024: Comprehensive and Flexible Gigher Education
• January 2024: Learning from Calamities and Disasters
• February 2024: Strengthening the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
2023
• December 2023: Do Not Lose Hope, Building Resilience in a Competitive World
• November 2023: Building Resilience, Overcoming Challenges and Achieving Dreams
• October 2023: Life Skills- Finding the Right Recipe for Success
• September 2023: Overcome Setbacks, Aim for the Moon!
• August 2023: The 4 Ps of Life and Career Success
• July 2023: Enablers for Students' Success
• June 2, 2023: Developing Leadership Qualities and Overcoming Challenges in Workplace
• May 1, 2023: People Skills: A Must for the Changing World
• February 6, 2023: Learning from Society: An Integral Life Experience
- Feedback from February 6, 2023 Horizon Column
• January 19, 2023: How to Engage Students With Global Values?
2022
• May 16, 2022: Art of Survival Horizons Pallikkutam
• April 2022: Value Based Learning
• March 2022: Encountering Complex Challenges
• February 2022: Listen - Understand - Act
• January 2022: We Shall Overcome
2021
• December 2021: Compassionate Leadership
• November 2021: PCM Strategy for Growth
• September 2021: Work Ethics for a Post Pandemic World
• August 2021: Survival Skills in a Complex World
• July 2021: Rise of Global Citizen Scholars
• June 2021: Necessity of a Startup Wave
• May 2021: Collaboration + Research = Global Solutions
FiberTect® Decontamination Wipes
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| Ramkumar is a creator of Fibertect®, a nonwoven decontamination wipe developed by
researchers at Texas Tech capable of cleaning chemical and biological agents. Vinitkumar
Singh, a doctoral candidate working under Ramkumar, performed the experiments in this
study. |
| TexSnips |
| TexSnips (Textile Snippets) are brief write-ups on new research & development and
market information concerning fiber and related disciplines written and distributed
by Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar of the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at Texas
Tech University, USA. TexSnips articles are picked-up by media outlets such as Commodity
Online, India, WTiN, England, and Cotton24/7.com, USA. |
| Horizons By Seshadri Ramkumar Texas Tech university |
| Horizons is a column, written by Dr. Seshadri Ramkumar of the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at Texas Tech University, USA, which appears in the well-read educational monthly magazine, Pallikkutam Educational Observer (www.pallikkutam.com), India. |
Department of Environmental Toxicology
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Address
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Email
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