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Remember to put your own text here (same as alt text)CYNTHIA L. REGAN, PH.D.
PROFESSOR
Teaching Expertise: Apparel product development
Apparel Merchandising and Management Department
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
3801 W. Temple Ave. Pomona, CA 91709
cregan@csupomona.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Virginia Poytechnic Institute and State University in Clothing and Textiles, 1997
RELEVANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• United States Department of Energy Fellow in Integrated Manufacturing (1994-1997)
• Leadership in professional organizations: American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA), Product Development and Management Association, and International Textile and Apparel Association
• Established, organized, and prepared AM2 apparel product line’s material selection, fit specifications, contractor communication, assembly routing, receipt of goods, and retail pricing.
• Supervised fiber procurement, spinning, knitting, dyeing, and garment manufacture for Developing a Strategic California Cotton Advantage research project
• Ph.D. Dissertation A Concurrent Engineering Framework for Apparel Manufacture, originated a comprehensive apparel product development framework involving a network of suppliers, product developers, and retail customers
• Observed and compared a wide variety of apparel manufacturing headquarters or production environments.
GRANTS
Agriculture Research Initiative (ARI) Grant: Developing a Competitive Advantage of California Cotton
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship to study design decisions that impact apparel semi-automatic and automatic equipment (Reviewed and selected by NSF).
PUBLICATIONS
Regan, C. 2008. Apparel product design and merchandising strategies. Upper Saddle River,NJ Pearson Education/Prentice Hall.
Kincade, D.K., Regan, C.R. and Gibson, F. 2007. Concurrent Engineering for Product Development in Mass Customization for the Apparel Industry International Journal of Production Management. 22(6) 627-649.
Regan, C. in-press. Developing a strategic cotton advantage, Clothing and Textile Research Journal.
Garcia, R. & Regan, C. 2001. Apparel Executives Industry Perceptions: Implications for Academia. The Cal Poly Pomona Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Regan, C. L., & Menon, U. 2000. Addressing the complexities of logistics value chain in apparel industry. In the 5th International Symposium on Logistics, Iwate Prefectural University, Iwate, Japan.
Menon, U. & Regan, C. 2000. Enterprise Modeling for the Apparel Industry. In M.T. Tabucanon Special International Conference on Production Research 2000 [CD-ROM], Bangkok, Thailand.
Regan, C. L. & Kincade, D. 1999. Design for manufacturability: Earlier integration of apparel manufacturing activities in product development in Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, edited by J. Ashayeri, Tilburg, Netherlands.
Regan, C. L., Kincade, D. H., & Sheldon, G. (1998). Applicability of the engineering design process theory in the apparel design process. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal 16 (1) 36-46.
Regan, C., & Kincade, D. 1996. Interpretive examination of concurrent engineering constructs for apparel manufacture. In Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM), edited by M. M. Ahmand & W. G. Sullivan, NY: Begell House.
Regan, C., & Kincade, D. 1996. Productivity analysis of an apparel pattern-making department. In Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, edited by R. D. Shraft, M. M. Ahmand & W. G. Sullivan, 434-445. NY: Begell House.
Kincade, D., & Regan, C. 1994. The use of technology by apparel manufacturers. In Flexible Automation and Integrated Manufacturing, edited by M. M. Ahmand & W. G. Sullivan, 270-279. NY: Begell House.
