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Dr.Gladwell W Mbugua

Lecturer, Department of Fashion Design

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Dr.Gladwell W Mbugua

Lecturer, Department of Fashion Design

Administrative Position
16 th March 2020- present Chairperson, Department of Fashion Design and Marketing; 10 th July 2019 鈥�16 March 2020: School Examinations鈥� coordinator (School of Creative and Performing Arts, Film and Media Studies); 1 st Oct to Present: Department Educational Field Trips Committee; 1 st Nov 2015- 10 th July 2019: Departmental Examination Coordinator (Department of Fashion Design and Marketing.; 2 nd March 2012-July 2020: Departmental Time-Table coordinator; 8 th Oct 2013 鈥� Present: member Departmental Procurement Committee; 28 th March 2012 鈥� 1 st Nov 2019: Department Quality Management System (QMS) Coordinator (Chairman); 2012 - Present: Academic advisor department; 2011 鈥搕o present: secretariat and board member for Curriculum Development and Review (Department of Fashion Design and Marketing) Programmes

Academic Qualifications

Properties of decorticated Agave americana 鈥淢arginata鈥� Fibres from different leaf levels from Lanet and Tigoni, Kenya. (2014)
Determination of Fibre Properties of Agave Americana Leaves as a Textile Fibre from Mbaruk, Nakuru District. (2009)

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Mbugua G., Tumuti D., Thoruwa C., & Nguku E. (2021). Characterization of decorticated Agave Americana 鈥渕arginanta鈥� fibres of different leaf levels from Lanet and Tigoni, Kenya. International Journal of Innovative Research and Knowledge. Volume-6 Issue-3. ISSN 2213-1356. March 2021.
  2. Mbugua G., Kamau P., Wamutitu J. (2013). Employability of Fashion and garment making students from youth polytechnics of Kenya. Vetri- Education (Quarterly Journal in Education). Vol8 No 4 ISSN-0973-8614 Oct- Dec 2013.
  3. Mbugua G., Kamau P., (2013). Employability of Fashion and garment making students from youth polytechnics as perceived by employers in Gatundu and Thika Districts, Kenya. Learning Community-An International Journal of Education and Social Sciences. Vol.4, issue2. ISSN:2231-458X.

Conference Papers

  1. 2nd -3rd May 2014. 鈥淧roperties of decorticated agave americana 鈥渕arginata鈥� fibres of different leaf levels from Lanet and Tigoni, Kenya" 鈥� at Annual International Conference on Cotton, Textile and Apparel Value Chain in Africa (CTA 2014)- Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia.
  2. 19th- 21st November 2013. 鈥淎n evaluation of agave americana 鈥渕arginata鈥� fibres properties in Kenya鈥� At 2013 Regional Conference of International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) 鈥� Nairobi, Kenya (School of Monetary Studies)
  3. 1st - 4th November 2011.Comparison of Cotton Fibres with Agave Americana and Triumffeta Tomentosa in Kenya 鈥� at East Africa conference on Cotton Textile Apparel Value Chain on