Dr. Dianne Pawluk

Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, P.O. BOX 843067, Richmond, VA 23284-3067, United States of America.
Tel: +1 804 828 6772; Fax: +1 804 827 0290
Email: dtpawluk@vcu.edu
Web: www.egr.vcu.edu/Page.aspx?id=93

Interests

Dr. Dianne Pawluk's research interests include: Use of haptic devices for rehabilitation; Application of tactile feedback for prosthesis design; Tissue modeling for surgical simulators, development of simulators; Human factors analysis during minimally invasive surgery and telesurgery and Haptic displays for blind and visually impaired individuals.

Current projects

A Dynamic Display and Display Method for Textured Enhanced Graphics for Individuals who are Blind or Visually Impaired

Interactive and Enriched Haptic Graphical Representations for People who are Blind and Visually Impaired

Publications

Pawluk D. T. V., van Buskirk C. P., Killebrew J. H., Hsiao S. S. & Johnson K.O. (1998) Control and pattern specification for a high density tactile display. Proceedings of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Division, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, DSC-Vol. 64, 97-102.