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Education and Human Sciences

Principal Investigator

Internal Collaborators

Dr. Rob Agnew

Adjunct instructorFire Protection & Safety Engineering Technology
Fire Safety & Explosion Protection College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology
405-744-8772
rob.agnew@okstate.edu

Dr. Lynn Boorady

Professor
Department Head
Textile Science
405-744-6552
lynn.m.boorady@okstate.edu

Dr. Hong Je Cho
Assistant Professor
Dr. J. Jay Dawes

Associate Professor
Health and Human Performance
405-744-3209
jay.dawes@okstate.edu

Dr. Paulette Hebert

Professor
Humphreys Endowed Chair
Interior Design
405-744-9931
paulette.hebert@okstate.edu

Diane Limbaugh

Instructor
Apparel, Design and Production
405-744-5035
diane.morton@okstate.edu

Dr. Haejun Park

Associate Professor
Fire Protection and Safety Engineering TechnologyOklahoma State University
405-744-9517
haejun.park@okstate.edu

Dr. Semra Peksoz

Associate Professor
Apparel, Design and Production
405-744-9522
semra.peksoz@okstate.edu

Dr. Elijah Schnitzler

Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Oklahoma State University
405-744-8678
elijah.schnitzler@okstate.edu

Dr. John Weir

Senior Extension Specialist
Fire Ecology
OSU Extension
405-744-5442
john.weir@okstate.edu

External Collaborators

Drew Daily
Deputy Fire Management Chief
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
Forestry Services
2800 N. Lincoln Blvd. OKC, OK 73105
drew.daily@ag.ok.gov

Dr. Emiel DenHartog
Interim Department Head
Textile Engineering
Chemistry and Science (TECS)
Professor, Clothing Biophysics, Personal Protection and Textile Testing

Dr. Guowen Song
Professor
Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management
Iowa State University

Current Students

Ishmam Zahin Chowdhury
Graduate Research Assistant
PhD Student (2023-Present), Former MS student Apparel Design and Production (2021-2023)
Department of Design and Merchandising
Oklahoma State University
ishmam.chowdhury@okstate.edu

ResearchGate
Google Scholar

Sayak Nandi
Graduate Research Assistant
PhD Student (2023-Present)
Department of Design and Merchandising
Oklahoma State University
sayak.nandi@okstate.edu

ResearchGate
Google Scholar

Alumni

Shilpa Barua
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Imcomplete PhD (2024-2025)

Nur-Us-Shafa Mazumder
PhD Student
Wilson College of Textiles, NCSU
nmazumd2@ncsu.edu

Surya Nasrin
Textile Lab Technician
Tempur Sealy International
Trinity, North Carolina

Momtaz Islam
Graduate Teaching Assistant
MS student, Apparel Design and Textile Science (2022-2024)
Incomplete PhD (2024-2026)

Shariful Islam Tushar
Graduate Teaching Assistant
MS Student, Apparel Design and Production (2022-Present)
Department of Design and Merchandising
Oklahoma State University
stushar@okstate.edu

Industry and Manufacturing Partners

Website Coordinator

Sayak Nandi
Graduate Research Assistant
PhD Student (2023-Present)
Department of Design and Merchandising
Oklahoma State University
sayak.nandi@okstate.edu