Dr Lucy E. Dunne
Fulbright Fellowship Scholar
University of Minnesota
Lucy Dunne is a Professor of Apparel Design at the University of Minnesota, where she founded and co-directs the Wearable Technology Lab. She co-authored the foundational reference book Functional Clothing Design: From Sportswear to Space Suits with Susan Watkins.
Her research addresses the future of what we wear: what it can do, how we will make it, and what impacts it has on the world around us. Clothes keep us comfortable, connected, and capable, and emerging technologies add new capacities and strengthen existing functions. Lucy’s research has received awards from the US National Science Foundation, NASA, and industry sponsors as well as from professional organizations like ACM SIG-CHI and ITAA.
At Loughborough University, through a US/UK Fulbright Commission award, Lucy will collaborate with the Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre to understand how on-body heating can mediate indoor thermal comfort and help us reduce energy waste in climate control. She'll also be working on a book about the ways in which clothing can protect us from the ever-increasing hazards of our current world.
During their IAS Fellowship, Dr Dunne will be collaborating with Dr Simon Hodder from the School of Design & Creative Arts.