Linsey Griffin

About

Linsey Griffin, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota specializing in the development of wearable health and safety products. Her specialites and expertise include dynamic anthropometry, and sizing and fit research, and the development of methods and tools for 3D body and hand scanning. She has conducted wearable product research with organizations including Kimberly Clark Corporation, Park Nicollet Health Services, 3M, and Toyota. Linsey’s design, research, and teaching perspectives are informed by international apparel industry experience in the United States, England, South Korea, India, and Spain. She received a Ph.D. and M.S. in Apparel studies from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. in Textile and Apparel Design from Cornell University.

Experience

• University of Minnesota (14 yrs 11 mos)
  • Associate Professor of Wearable Product Design
    May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • Assistant Professor of Wearable Product Design and Co-Director of the Human Dimensioning Lab
    Jul 2016 - Present · 10 yrs

    Specialties and Expertise include: • Dynamic Anthropometry, Anthropometrics, Sizing, and Fit • Methods and Tools for 3D Body Scanning • Medical and Protective Wearable Product Development • “Systems of Use” and processes for advanced wearable products and apparel production Current Research: • Dynamic Anthropometric Assessment of the Waist-Hip-Thigh. Kimberly Clark Corporation. (PI) • 3dMD Scanning Research: University of Minnesota and Target Partnership. Target Corporation. (PI) • 3D Anthropometric Hand Assessment and Glove Design for Occupational Workers. Agriculture Experiment Station (PI) • National 3D Anthropometric Survey of Firefighters. MN Agriculture Experiment Station. (PI) • Hospital gown design development: A systems approach. UMN Foundation, Private Funding. (PI)

  • Research Assistant: Wearable Product Design Center and Human Dimensioning Lab
    Aug 2011 - Present · 14 yrs 11 mos

• Consultant: Hospital Gown at Park Nicollet Health Services
  Oct 2011 - Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  First Place and People’s Choice Award, $25,000 grant; Park Nicollet, Project Better Gown Competition, October 2011. Designed with Silvia Guttmann •Redesigned the hospital gown for a regional hospital organization. Currently working with Park Nicollet and Medline, a manufacturer and distributer of hospital gowns, to reproduce and test the gowns in a clinical and acute care settings. •Patent filed 9/26/2012

• Space Suit and Crew Survival Systems Branch, Intern at NASA Johnson Space Center
  May 2012 - Aug 2012 · 4 mos

  • Research and Design for the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment and Foot to Boot Integration

• Designer/Owner at Linsey Ann
  Jan 2008 - Aug 2011 · 3 yrs 8 mos

• Programme Director of Fashion Design at Raffles Education Corporation
  Mar 2009 - Jul 2010 · 1 yr 5 mos