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Farnaz Lorestani

Assistant Research Professor

Affiliation(s):

Engineering Science and Mechanics

411C Earth and Engineering Sciences Building

fkl5072@psu.edu

814-863-4587

Education

Publications

Journal Articles

Farnaz Lorestani, 2025, "Boosting hydrogel conductivity via water-dispersible conducting polymers for injectable bioelectronics", Nature Communications, 16, (ISSN 2041-1723), pp. 3755

Jia Zhu and Farnaz Lorestani, 2024, "Direct Laser Processing and Functionalizing PI/PDMS Composites for an On-Demand, Programmable, Recyclable Device Platform", Advanced Materials, 36, (35)

Ankan Dutta and Farnaz Lorestani, 2024, "Closely Packed Stretchable Ultrasound Array Fabricated with Surface Charge Engineering for Contactless Gesture and Materials Detection", Advanced Science, 11, (15)

Farnaz Lorestani, , "A Highly Sensitive and Long-Term Stable Wearable Patch for Continuous Analysis of Biomarkers in Sweat", Advanced Functional Materials, 33, (52), pp. 2306117

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

Hisako Terasaki Young Innovator Award, Terasaki Innovation Summit, March 2023 - March 2023

10% of most-viewed papers in the Wiley journal for 2023, Wiley, April 2025

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About

The Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) is an internationally distinguished department that is recognized for its globally competitive excellence in engineering and scientific accomplishments, research, and educational leadership.

Our Engineering Science program is the official undergraduate honors program of the College of Engineering, attracting the University’s brightest engineering students. We also offer graduate degrees in ESM, engineering mechanics, engineering at the nano-scale, and an integrated undergraduate/graduate program.