Emiel DenHartog
Professor, Interim Department Head Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
University Faculty Scholar
Interim Department Head Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science
Graduate Faculty in Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management
Textiles Complex 3269
Bio
Research and Development on textiles for human health and safety; Clothing Biophysics and Textile Testing. Optimize Human performance in clothing systems in challenging environments, by combining science, engineering and measurement technologies on textiles with measurements of human performance and health: physiology, psychology, and ergonomics. Some of my publications are below. TT331 – Performance evaluations of textiles (Textile Testing), SpringResearch
Teaching
TE/TT 561 – Clothing Physiology, Fall
TT 401/402 – Senior Design (product development and evaluation support)
Education
Ph.D. Biomedical Physics Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1997
MSc Experimental Physics Utrecht University, The Netherlands 1992
Area(s) of Expertise
Protective Textiles
Simulation and Modeling
Testing and Materials Evaluation
Textile Comfort
Textile Technology
Measurement Science in Textiles
Publications
- The Exothermic Effects of Textile Fibers during Changes in Environmental Humidity: A Comparison between ISO:16533 and Dynamic Hot Plate Test Method , FIBERS (2023)
- Effects of Air Gaps on Heat Loss through Firefighter Turnout Composites with Different Moisture Barrier Components , FIBERS AND POLYMERS (2022)
- Effects of Outer Shell Fabric Color, Smoke Contamination, and Washing on Heat Loss through Turnout Suit Systems , Textile Research Journal (2022)
- New insight into the flexural rigidity of multi-filament yarn , TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL (2022)
- Time Course Of Dermal Anthracene Absorption Utilizing Intradermal Microdialysis , Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2022)
- An Overview of Usability and Ergonomics Aspects of PAPRs & EHMRs in Healthcare , Journal of the International Society for Respiratory Protection (2021)
- Effects of environmental temperature and humidity on evaporative heat loss through firefighter suit materials made with semi-permeable and microporous moisture barriers , Textile Research Journal (2021)
- Identifying factors that contribute to structural firefighter heat strain in North America , International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics (2021)
- Mosquito-Textile Physics: A Mathematical Roadmap to Insecticide-Free, Bite-Proof Clothing for Everyday Life , Insects (2021)
- Nondestructive Quantitative Evaluation of Yarns and Fabrics and Determination of Contact Area of Fabrics Using the X-ray Microcomputed Tomography System for Skin-Textile Friction Analysis , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2021)