Lucy Dunne, PhD
Dr. Dunne's background spans apparel/fashion, computer science, and electrical engineering. Her research focuses on wearable technology, e-textiles, and smart clothing, and lies at the intersection of electronic technology and apparel design. Current areas of focus include garment-integrated body sensing and actuation; human-computer interaction in wearable devices; medical applications of garment-based wearables; and the design, manufacture, and life-cycle of current and next-generation clothing.
Awards & Recognition
- US/UK Fulbright Commission Fellow, 2026
- NASA Silver Achievement Medal, 2013
- NSF CAREER Award, 2013
- International Textiles and Apparel Association Rising Star Award, 2012
- 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award, 2011
Professional Associations
- Professor, School of Apparel Design
- Co-Director, Wearable Technology Lab
- Member, Human Factors and Ergonomics Graduate Faculty
- Affiliate member, Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Faculty
- Affiliate member, Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Faculty
Education
- Professor, Department of Design Innovation, College of Design
- Faculty, Human Factors and Ergonomics, College of Design
- Affiliate Faculty, College of Science and Engineering
- Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Health Informatics (IHI)
- PhD, University College (Computer Science), 2007
- MA, Cornell University (Apparel Design), 2004
- BS, Cornell University (Textiles and Apparel), 2002
- AAS, Tompkins-Cortland Community College (Electronic Technology), 2004
Research
Research Summary/Interests
- Wearable technology
- Smart clothing and e-textiles
- Functional apparel
- Body sensing and on-body actuation
- Manufacture and lifecycle of textile products
Selected Publications
- Golgouneh, A., Zebarjadi, M., Holschuh, B., and Dunne, L.E. (2025) Fatigue-aware force estimation for NiTi SMA actuators using LSTM recurrent networks. Smart Materials and Structures. DOI: 10.1088/1361-665X/ae0a96
- Woelfle, H., Adeleke, O., and Dunne, L.E. (2025) E-Textiles for Jaundice Phototherapy. Proceedings of the Design of Medical Devices Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
- Beaudette, E., Tompkins, M., and Dunne, L.E. (2024) Coupling and Crosstalk Challenges for Garment-Based Sensor Characterization: Sensing Knee Valgus Using a Stitched Strain Sensor With Anchoring. Proceedings of the Design of Medical Devices Conference. Minneapolis, MN.
- Golgouneh, A., Woelfle, H., Holschuh, B., and Dunne, L.E. (2023) Modeling and Evaluation of Soft Force Sensors using Recurrent and Feed-Forward Neural Networks and Exponential Methods to Compensate for Force Measurement Error in Curved Conditions. Proceedings of the ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers. Cancun, Mexico.
- Golgouneh, A and Dunne, L.E. (2022) A Review in On-body Compression using Soft Actuators and Sensors: Applications, Mechanisms, and Challenges. Reviews in Biomedical Engineering. DOI: 10.1109/RBME.2022.3220505.
- Dunne, L.E. (2022) Technology and Sustainable Futures. In Hethorn and Ulasewicz (Eds.), Sustainable Fashion: Take Action, 3rd Edition. New York: Fairchild Books.
- Islam Molla, M.T.. and Dunne, L.E. (2022) A Case Study on Manufacturing Electronic-Embedded Garments with Stitched Surface-Mount Fabrication. Flexible and Printed Electronics, 7(1). DOI: 10.1088/2058-8585/ac4bfb
- Beaudette, E., Islam Molla, M.T., Foo, E., Gagliardi, N., Johnson, K., Woelfle, H., Halvey, M., and Dunne, L.E. (2022) Investigating User Experience of On-Body Heating Strategies in Indoor Environments. Ergonomics in Design. DOI: 10.1177/106480462210787
- Watkins, S.M. and Dunne, L.E. (2015) Functional Clothing Design: Sportswear to Space Suits. New York: Fairchild Books
Teaching
Courses
- ADes 3224W
- ADES 3227
- DES 5901
- DES 5902
- DES 8115