Justyna Teverovsky

Justyna Teverovsky is a specialist in electronic and active textiles, with 15 years of experience in the field of electronic textiles research, material development, and product development. She has a materials engineering background and has been focused on product development for both the military and commercial markets for the past 20 years. Currently, she is a partner in Fabric Works, LLC, and provides integration solutions for companies pursuing products containing electronic textiles.

Summary of qualifications

Professional experience

September 2007 – present        
Fabric Works, LLC                 
Lexington, MA
Product and Project Management, Electronic Textiles

April 2005 – August 2007           
Saint-Gobain PPL                  
Merrimack, NH
R&D Manager, Coated Fabrics

June 1993 – April 2005             
Foster-Miller, Inc.              
Waltham, MA
Senior Engineer and Team Leader, Electronic Textiles (2001 – 2005)

Highlights

Senior Engineer, Polymer Processing (1999 – 2001)

Highlights

Staff/Project Engineer, Polymer Processing (1993 – 1999) 

Aug 1991 - June 1993            
MIT                            
Cambridge, MA
Research Assistant, Polymer Physics Laboratory


Education

Sept 1997 – May 2004  
Babson College                            
Wellesley, MA
MBA summa cum laude

Sep 1991 - Jun 1993 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Polymers Concentration

Sep 1986 - Jan 1991 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering


Selected patents and publications

Patent 8,158,002: “Responsive gels and methods of use thereof.”

Patent 6,729,025: “Method of Manufacturing a Fabric Article to include Electronic Circuitry and an Electrically Active Textile Article.”

Patent 6,727,197: “A Wearable Transmission Device.”

Wilson, P. and Teverovsky, J., “New Product Development for E-Textiles: Experiences from the Forefront of a New Industry”, New Product Development in Textiles: Innovation and Production. Ed. L. Horne. Oxford: Woodhead Publishing Ltd. & The Textile Institute, 2012. 156-174. Print.

Slade, J., Wilson, P., Farrell, B., Teverovsky, J., Thomson, D., Bowman, J., Agpaoa-Kraus, M., Horowitz, W., Tierney, E., Winterhalter, C., "Mechanical Testing of Electrotextile Cables and Connectors, "Electronics on Unconventional Substrates - Electrotextiles and Giant-Area Flexible Circuits, Materials Research Society, Shur, M., Wilson, P., Urban, D., Ed., Warrendale, Pennsylvania, 2003.

Slade, J., Wilson, P., Farrell, B., Teverovsky, J., Thomson, D., Bowman, J., Agpaoa-Kraus, M., Horowitz, W., Tierney, E., Winterhalter, C., "Improving Electrotextile Wearability Using Stiffness Testing Methods, "Electronics on Unconventional Substrates - Electrotextiles and Giant - Area Flexible Circuits, Materials Research Society, Shur, M., Wilson, P., Urban, D., Ed., Warrendale, PA, 2003.

Teverovsky, J., Blizard, K., Kovar, R., “A Novel Biodegradable Plastic Media Blast”, ANTEC 97, 1997.