DR EDISON OMOLLO ODUOR :: :: STAFF EPORTAL - THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA

Faculty:	Social Sciences and Technology
School:	HOSPITALITY AND HUMAN ECOLOGY
Department:	FASHION, CLOTHING, AND TEXTILES
Current Designation:	Lecturer, FASHION, CLOTHING AND TEXTILES (DFCT)
Office Telephone:	+254(020) 2219929, 3341639, 3343672
Official Email:	edison.omollo@tukenya.ac.ke
Consultation Hours:	8AM-5PM MON - FRI

Level	Qualification Name	Institution	Year
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY	THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA(Kenya)	2021
Master of Engineering (M.Eng)	TEXTILE ENGINEERING	DONGHUA(China)	2014
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)	TEXTILE ENGINEERING	MOI UNIVERSITY(Kenya)	2010

Period	Institution	Position
September, 2014 - To Date	The Technical University of Kenya	Assistant Lecturer
August 2019 - September 2019	HEVA Fund PLC	Research Consultant
August 2016 - May 2019	Machakos University	Sessional Lecturer
May, 2014 - August, 2014	Moi University	Tutorial Fellow
November, 2010 - August, 2011	Kenya Bureau of Standards	Assistant Testing Officer

A Textile Engineer skilled in textile processing and manufacturing, textile testing, fabric design and construction, textile finishing (dyeing and printing), clothing comfort, polymers, polymer processing and characterization techniques. Research interests include but not limited to; electrospinning of polymeric textile fibers for various applications, nonwovens, textile fabric modification and textile testing.

M. Eng. Project Work: ‘Electrospinning of cellulose acetate, property analysis and fabrication of PP/CA/PP composite filter'

Textile Engineering

Title	Link to publication	Year
E. Omollo, C. Y. Zhang, W. J. Liu, N. Sizo, "A Study of Optimum Conditions for Electrospinning Cellulose Acetate Nanofibers in Trifluoroacetic Acid Solvent", ...	View online
Ndlovu, L.N., Siddiqui, Q., Omollo, E., and Chongwen, Y., Physical properties of plain single jersey knitted fabrics made from blended and core spun polysulfonamide (PSA)/cotton yarns	View online
Omollo, E., Zhang, C.Y., Mwasiagi, J.I., Tusiimire, Y., and Ndlovu, L., A Study of the Effects of Aging the Spinning Solution during the Electrospinning of Cellulose Acetate Nanofibers	View online
Fredrick Nzioka, Edison Omollo, Edwin Khamala, Josphat Mwasiagi, Lucy Ciera and Yimin Wang. A Study of the Characteristics of Hollow Glass Microspheres Reinforced Thermoplastic Polyurethane Composite Foam	View online
Omollo, E., Zhang, C.Y., Mwasiagi, J.I., and Ncube, S., Electrospinning Cellulose Acetate Nanofibers and a study of their possible use in High Efficiency Filtration	View online
Tusiimire, Y., Zhang, C.Y., and Omollo, E. Cellulose acetate (CA) as an alternative for Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) in relation to absorption properties of blended electrospun poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) Membrane	View online
Ncube, S., Zhang, C. Y., Omollo, E., & Liu, L. Effect of Time and Temperature when Removing PVA from a PET/PVA Nonwoven Material	View online
Physical Characterization of Eri Silk Fibers Produced in Kenya	View online
A STUDY OF YARN IMPERFECTIONS FOR BASOFIL/COTTON ROTOR SPUN YARN	View online
Preliminary Study regarding the Effects of Different Soil Treatments on the Strength of Canvas Material during the Soil Burial Test	View online
Eri silkworm rearing practices in Kenya	View online
Effect of Conventional Degumming Methods on Eri Silk Fibers produced in Kenya	View online
Clustering and Classification of Cotton Fiber Quality using Principle Component Analysis, Agglomerative Hierarchical clustering (AHC), and k-means Clustering	View online

Name	Project Title	Period
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Title	Institution
Member	Engineers Board of Kenya
Member, KEBS/TC 064	Kenya Bureau of Standards
Member, KEBS/TC 066	Kenya Bureau of Standards
Member, KEBS/TC 067	Kenya Bureau of Standards
Member, KEBS/TC 070	Kenya Bureau of Standards

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