Tuser Biswas

Dr. Tuser Biswas is a Textile Engineer with a PhD in Textile Material Technology. He has over fifteen years of professional experience spanning fashion product manufacturing, textile materials research and innovation, academic research leadership, external funding acquisition, and university-level teaching and supervision. His work integrates industrial practice with applied and fundamental research, with a strong focus on sustainable textile systems, circular economy, and advanced manufacturing approaches. He has led and contributed to multidisciplinary research and education projects both at national and international levels, collaborated with industry and public-sector stakeholders, and supervised undergraduate and postgraduate students in textile engineering and related disciplines.

Current Research and Teaching Interests

• Circular economy approaches and eco-friendly design strategies in textile technology
• Recycling and upcycling of textiles and textile-based composite materials
• Sustainable textile systems, social innovation, and consumer awareness in fashion and textiles
• Energy-, chemical-, and water-efficient textile production and wet processing technologies
• Innovation in natural, local, and bio-based textile materials
• Applications of machine learning and data-driven methods in textile manufacturing, quality prediction, and process optimisation

Teaching in Courses

• Quality Assurance and Textile Testing (Bachelor in Textile Production & Innovation, Textile Management and Business Administration, course code AT1KV1)
• Textile Product Development (Bachelor in Textile Engineering & Exchange programme, course code AT1TP1)
• Dyeing, Printing, Finishing -Techniques and Expressions (Bachelor in Fashion Design, course code AX1FT1)
• Circular Textiles (Bachelor in Textile Engineering & Exchange programme, course code AT1CI1)
• Textile Chemistry (Master's in Textile Engineering, course code AT2TK2)
• Advanced finishing and printing (Master's in Textile Engineering, course code AT2AB1)
• Project course in Sustainable Development (Master's in Textile Innovation, course code AT2HU1)
• Textile Fibre – from production to recycling (Online certificate course, code AT1FP1)
• Advanced Textile Chemistry (Master's in Textile Engineering, course code AT2TC1)

Awards and Recognitions

• Swedish Institute Study Scholarship
• Global Swede Award
• Best Thesis Award, Bo Rydin Foundation
• KIT Fiber and Textile Science Seminar Award
• EU Expert Evaluator

Supervised Students and Research Topics

• Agnieszka Ziętkowicz & Izabela Bobek: Digital printing of Chitosan and PVA on polyester and polypropylene fabrics to mitigate microplastic release during washing
• Jesmin Akter: Printing of redox enzyme on surface activated polyester fabric by using digital valve jet printing technology.
• Ieva Poškutė & Emilija Sadauskaitė: Effect of spun yarn twist parameters on microfibre release during laundry washing of polyester fabrics.
• Anna Höpperger & Jenny Nordin: Characterisation of fibrillation as a phenomenon in lyocell/polyester blends as a result of industrial wash.
• David Mínguez García: Functionalization of textiles through encapsulation of enzymes by electrospinning.
• Ainhoa Sánchez Martinez: Environmental impact of textile materials from the perspective of their biodegradability and compostability.
• Julien Dumas: Fibre length characterization of recycled cotton.
• Clémentine Garrigue: Recycled fibre blending for spun yarn production.

Researcher's publications in DiVA (Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet)

Doctoral thesis title

Enzyme Printed Fabrics: Bio‐functionalisation of Synthetic Textiles by Digital Inkjet Printing (2022)