Zv. Dekan
Assoc.Prof. Ilda Kazani
Vice Dean for scientific area
E-mail address: ikazani@fim.edu.al
Ilda Kazani is currently Associate Professor at the Textile and Fashion Department, Polytechnic University of Tirana.
She studied Textile Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania, where she obtained the diploma in Textile Engineering in 2002. The same year, she became a staff member of this department.
In 2008, Ilda Kazani received a second Master degree in Materials and Metallurgy from Polytechnic University of Tirana. During the period April-June 2008, she completed her Master thesis at the Department of Textiles (Ghent University) in Belgium on “Production of electroconductive elastic yarns for smart textiles applications”.
From 2009 till 2012, she has been an active member of the Smart Textile Group at the Department of Textiles (Ghent University), where she conducted research on “Study of screen-printed electroconductive textile materials”.
In 2012 she received the Doctoral School Diploma in Textile Engineering and PhD in Textile Engineering from Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, University of Gent in Belgium.
She was a member of Albanian Youth Academy, at the Academy of Sciences, 2017-2023. Furthermore, she is a member of Engineering Commission and NANOALB Unit, at the Academy of Sciences, since 2019.
From May 2022, she is holding the position of President of BASTE Association (Balkan Society of Textile Engineering).
She is a member of the International Editorial Board of different Journals such as “Textile & Leather Review” (Croatia), “Journal of International Engineering and Science”, (Turkey) and “Tekstilec” (Slovenia). Since December 2023 she is as well Associate Editor for the AUTEX Research Journal.
She is author of the books: “Design of garments by Lectra Modaris”, ISBN 978-99-9434-945-6. 2008 and “Study of Screen-Printed Electroconductive Textile Materials”, ISBN 978-90-8578-517-0, 2012.
Prof. Asoc. Dr. Kazani is the main author and co-author of 83 publications in international scientific journals and conference proceedings.