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 –16 March 2020: School Examinations’ 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 – Present: member Departmental Procurement Committee; 28 th March 2012 – 1 st Nov 2019: Department Quality Management System (QMS) Coordinator (Chairman); 2012 - Present: Academic advisor department; 2011 –to present: secretariat and board member for Curriculum Development and Review (Department of Fashion Design and Marketing) Programmes

Academic Qualifications

Properties of decorticated Agave americana “Marginata” 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

Mbugua G., Tumuti D., Thoruwa C., & Nguku E. (2021). Characterization of decorticated Agave Americana “marginanta” 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.
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.
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

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