Keith Slater

Keith Slater was born in England and received his doctorate in textile engineering from Leeds University before taking up an appointment at the University of Guelph in Canada, where he is now Professor Emeritus in Engineering. As part of his academic duties, he has published 18 text books and about 350 scientific articles, and presented 150 conference papers in many parts of the world. He is a recipient of the Warner Medal, the world's most prestigious award for published textile research, and...See more

Keith Slater was born in England and received his doctorate in textile engineering from Leeds University before taking up an appointment at the University of Guelph in Canada, where he is now Professor Emeritus in Engineering. As part of his academic duties, he has published 18 text books and about 350 scientific articles, and presented 150 conference papers in many parts of the world. He is a recipient of the Warner Medal, the world's most prestigious award for published textile research, and holds six patents. His extramural writing activities have produced six novels, over 100 short stories and 25 plays. He has been director or actor in about 150 productions, and has served in an administrative or technical capacity in a dozen local or international textile or theatrical organisations. See less