Research publications

Kurt A. Kaczmarek

Agarwal, A.K., Nammi, K., Kaczmarek, K.A., Tyler, M.E. & Beebe, D.J. (2002) A hybrid natural/artificial electrostatic actuator for tactile stimulation. 2nd Annnu. Int. IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechn, 2002. Med. & Biol. 341-345.

Tyler, M.E., Haase, S.J., Kaczmarek, K.A. & Bach-y-Rita, P. (2002) Development of an electrotactile glove for display of graphics for the blind: Preliminary Results. Proc. 2nd Joint Conf. IEEE EMBS and Biomed. Eng. Soc., 2002, 2439-2440.

Haase, S. J. and Kaczmarek, K. A. (2002). Perception of correlation via electrotactile displays. Proc. 43rd Annu. Mtg. Psychonom. Soc.

Kaczmarek, K.A. & Haase, S.J. (2003) Pattern identification and perceived stimulus quality as a function of stimulation waveform on a fingertip-scanned electrotactile display. IEEE Trans. Neural Sys. Rehab. Eng., 11, 9-16.

Bach-y-Rita, P., Tyler, M.E. and Kaczmarek, K.A. (2003) Seeing with the brain. Int. J. Hum. Comp. Interact., 15, 285-295.

Bach-y-Rita, P., Kaczmarek, K.A. & Tyler, M.E. (2003) A tongue-based tactile display for portrayal of environmental characteristics. In Virtual and Adaptive Environments (Hettlinger, L. J. and Haas, M. W., Eds.), 169-186.

Kaczmarek, K.A. & Haase, S.J. (2003) Pattern identification as a function of stimulation current on a fingertip-scanned electrotactile display. IEEE Trans. Neural Sys. Rehab. Eng., 11, 269-275.

Haase, S.J. & Kaczmarek, K.A. (2005) Electrotactile perception of scatterplots on the fingertips and abdomen. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput., 43, 283-289.

Kaczmarek, K.A., Nammi, K., Agarwal, A.K., Tyler, M.E., Haase, S.J. & Beebe, D.J. (2006) Polarity effect in electrovibration for tactile display. IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 53, 2047-2054. 

Jayaraman, A., Kaczmarek, K.A., Tyler, M.E. & Okpara U.O. (2007) Effect of localized ambient humidity on electrotactile skin resistance, in Proc. Northeast BMES 2007 Conf., Stony Brook, New York, IEEE.

Okpara, U.O., Kaczmarek, K.A. &. Tyler M.E. (2007) Two perceptual dimensions result from manipulating electrotactile current and frequency, in Proc. Northeast BMES 2007 Conf., Stony Brook, New York, IEEE.

Kaczmarek, K.A. &. Tyler M.E. (2000) Effect of electrode geometry and intensity control method on comfort of electrotactile stimulation on the tongue," Proc. ASME Dyn. Sys. Contr. Div., Orlando, Florida, 1239-1243.

Kaczmarek, K.A. (2000) Electrotactile adaptation on the abdomen: Preliminary results, IEEE Trans. Rehab. Eng., 8, 499-505.

Kaczmarek, K.A., Tyler, M.E., Brisben, A. & Johnson, K.O. (2000) The afferent neural response to electrotactile stimuli: Preliminary results, IEEE Trans. Rehab. Eng., 8, 268-270.

Kaczmarek, K.A. (2000) Sensory augmentation and substitution, in CRC Handbook of Biomedical Engineering, J. D. Bronzino, Ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2000, 143.1-143.10.

Bach-y-Rita, P., Kaczmarek, K.A. & Meier, K. (1998) The tongue as a man-machine interface: A wireless communication system, in Proc. Int. Symp. Info. Theory & Apps., 1998, Mexico City, 79-81.

Bach-y-Rita, P., Kaczmarek, K.A. Tyler M. & Garcia-Lara, M. (1998) Form perception with a 49-point electrotactile stimulus array on the tongue. J. Rehab. Res. Dev., 35.

Kaczmarek, K.A., Bach-y-Rita, P. & Tyler, M.E. (1998) Electrotactile pattern perception on the tongue, in Proc. 1998 Annu. Meet. Biomed. Eng. Soc., Cleveland, OH, 1998.

Kaczmarek, K.A., Tyler, M.E. & Bach-y-Rita, P. (1997) Pattern identification on a fingertip-scanned electrotactile display, in Proc. 19th Annu. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., Chicago, 1997, 1694-1697.

Beebe, D.J., Hymel, C.M., Kaczmarek, K.A. & Tyler, M.E. (1995) A polyimide-on-silicon electrostatic fingertip tactile display, in Proc. 17th Annu. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., Montreal, Canada, IEEE, 1995, 1545-1546.

Kaczmarek, K.A. (1995) Sensory augmentation and substitution, in CRC Handbook of Biomedical Engineering, Bronzino, J.D. (Ed), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1995; revision in press for 2000 (invited review chapter).

Kaczmarek K. A. & Bach-y-Rita, P. (1995) Tactile displays, in Virtual Environments and Advanced Interface Design. Barfield, W. & Furness, T. (Eds.). Oxford University Press, 1995. (invited review chapter)

Barfield, W., Hendrix, C., Bjorneseth, O., Kaczmarek, K.A. & Lotens, W. (1995) Comparison of human sensory capabilities with technical specifications of virtual environment equipment, Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments.

Antonino P.H.D. & Kaczmarek, K. (1994) The influence of parallel current pathways in the electrotactile sensation threshold: Application to fingertip haptic display, in World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, IOP Publishing Ltd., Bristol, UK, 1994, 872- 873.

Kaczmarek, K.A., Tyler, M.E & Bach-y-Rita, P. (1994) Electrotactile haptic display on the fingertips: Preliminary results, in Proc. 16th Annu. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., Baltimore, IEEE, 1994, 940-941.

Kaczmarek, K.A., Webster, J.G. & Radwin, R.G. (1992) Maximal dynamic range electrotactile stimulation waveforms, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 39, 701-715.

Kaczmarek, K.A., Webster, J.G. & Radwin, R.G. (1992) Maximal dynamic range electrotactile stimulation waveforms. SID Int. Symp. Digest of Tech. Papers, Boston, MA, vol. 23, Society for Information Display, 1992, 667-670.

Kaczmarek, K.A., Kramer, K.M., Webster, J.G. & Radwin, R.G. (1991) A 16-channel 8-parameter waveform electrotactile stimulation system, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 38, 933-943.

Kaczmarek, K.A., Webster, J.G., Bach-y-Rita, P. & Tompkins, W.J. (1991) Electrotactile and vibrotactile displays for sensory substitution systems, IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng., 38, 1-16.

Kaczmarek, K.A., Kramer, K.M., Webster, J.G. & Radwin, R.G. (1990) Periodic variations in the electrotactile sensation threshold, Proc. Annu. Int. Conf. IEEE Eng. Med. Biol. Soc., 1990, 12, 1060-1061.