Faculty Profiles

LUCY E. DUNNE Assistant Professor, Apparel Design Program Department of Design, Housing, and Apparel 356 McNeal Hall 1985 Buford Ave. St. Paul, MN 55108-6136 612-626-5901 lldunne@umn.edu

     

Specialties & Expertise:

• Apparel Design
• Funcational Apparel
• Smart Clothing/Wearable Technology

      Course Titles (resident and outreach teaching):

• DHA 2222 Apparel Design Studio II
• DHA 3223 Apparel Design Studio III
• DHA 3224 Apparel Design Studio IV: Functional Clothing Design      

Selected Scholarship:

• L.E. Dunne, P. Walsh, B. Smyth, and B. Caulfield. Wearable Monitoring of Seated Spinal Posture. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 2:2 p97-105., June 2008.
• S. P. Ashdown and L. E. Dunne. A Study of Automated Custom Fit: Readiness of the Technology for the Apparel Industry, Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Focused Issue on Fit, 2006, 24:2, p121-136.
• L.E. Dunne, S.P. Ashdown, B. Smyth. Expanding Garment Functionality Using Embedded Electronic Technology. Journal of Textiles and Apparel Technology and Management 2005, 4:3
• L.E. Dunne, S. Brady, D. Diamond, B. Smyth. Initial Development and Testing of a Novel Foam-Based Pressure Sensor for Wearable Sensing. Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2005, 2:4 01 Mar 2005      

Awards:

• Corscience Young Investigator Award 2007.