Publications

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MacGavin, B. A., Tennison, J. L., Edwards, T., & Gorlewicz, J. L. (2025). The CHAT System: A Wearable Haptic System For Facilitating Tactile Communication. IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 

G. Tan, J. Adams, K. Donovan, P. Demarest, J. Willie, P. Brunner, J. L. Gorlewicz, E. C. Leuthardt (2024). Does vibrotactile stimulation of the auricular vagus nerve enhance working memory? A behavioral and physiological investigation. Brain Stimulation.

J.L. Tennison, S. Goswami, J.R. Hairston, P.M. Drews, D.W. Smith, N.A. Giudice, A. Stefik, & J.L. Gorlewicz (2024). Bridging the Gap of Graphical Information Accessibility in Education with Multimodal Touchscreens. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 117(6).

W. N. Benson, Z. Anderson, E. Capelle, M. F. Dunlap, B. Dorris, J. L. Gorlewicz, M. Shimizu, & J. B. Weinberg (2023). Embodied Expressive Gestures in Telerobots: A Tale of Two Users. J. Hum.-Robot Interact. 12(2, Article 24).

N. Agwu, E. Leuthardt, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2022). Design and Validation of a Steerable Port Delivery Cannula System for Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy. Journal of Medical Devices, 17(1).

S. Lambert, S. Tancredi, B. L. Fiedler, E. B. Moore, J. L. Gorlewicz, D. Abrahamson, & F. G. Paloma (2022). Getting a Grip on Geometry: Developing a Tangible Manipulative for Inclusive Quadrilateral Learning. Italian Journal of Health Education, Sports and Inclusive Didactics.

T. Cooper, H. Lai, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2022). Do You Hear What I Hear: The Balancing Act of Designing An Electronic Hockey Puck for Playing Hockey Non-Visually. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing, 15(1), article no. 4, pp. 1-29.

S. G. Lambert, B. L. Fiedler, C. S. Hershenow, D. Abrahamson, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2022). A Tangible Manipulative for Inclusive Quadrilateral Learning. The Journal on Technology and Persons with Disabilities, 10, 66–81.  

J. L. Tennison, J. Greenberg, E. B. Moore, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2021). Haptic Paradigms for Multimodal Interactive Simulations. Journal on technology and persons with disabilities, 9.

J. L. Gorlewicz, J. L. Tennison, P. M. Uesbeck, M. E. Richard, H. P. Palani, A. Stefik, D. W. Smith, and N. A. Giudice (2020). Design Guidelines and Recommendations for Multimodal, Touchscreen-based Graphics. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS), 13(3), 1-30. 

J. L. Tennison, P. M. Uesbeck, N. A. Giudice, A. Stefik, D. W. Smith, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2020). Establishing Vibration-based Tactile Line Profiles for Use in Multimodal Graphics. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP), 17(2), 1-14. 

J. Tennison and J. L. Gorlewicz (2019). Non-visual perception of lines on a multimodal touchscreen tablet. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, 16(1), 6.

M. Hahn, C. Mueller, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2019). The comprehension of stem graphics via a multi-sensory tablet in students with visual impairment. Journal of Visual Impairment  and Blindness, 113(5), 404-418 . 

J. L. Tennison, Z. S. Carril, N. A. Giudice, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2018). Comparing Haptic Pattern Matching on Tablets and Phones: Large Screens Are Not Necessarily Better. Optometry and Vision Science, 95(9), 720-726.

J. L. Gorlewicz, J. L. Tennison, H. P.  Palani, and N. A. Giudice (2018). The graphical access challenge for people with visual impairments: Positions and Pathways Forward, Interactive Multimedia, Prof. Dragan Cvetkovic (Ed.), Publisher: IntechOpen, in press, DOI: intechopen.77566 

J. L. Gorlewicz, J. Burgner, T. J. Withrow, and R. J. Webster III (2014). Initial experiences using vibratory touchscreens to display graphical math concepts to students with blindness. Journal of Special Education Technology, 29(2), 17-25.

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Lambert, S. G., Tennison, J. L., Mitchell, K., Moore, E. B., & Gorlewicz, J. L. (2024, June). Move or be moved: The design of a haptic-tangible manipulative for paired digital education interactives. In International Conference on Human Haptic Sensing and Touch Enabled Computer Applications (pp. 477-492). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. 

Doherty, C., Tennison, J. L., & Gorlewicz, J. L. (2024, April). Hapt-X-Pand: The Design and Evaluation of a Radially Expanding and Contracting Skin Drag Haptic Device. In 2024 IEEE Haptics Symposium (HAPTICS) (pp. 264-270). IEEE. 

Robinson Moore, W. J., Kalal, M., Tennison, J. L., Giudice, N. A., & Gorlewicz, J. (2024, May). Spatial Audio-Enhanced Multimodal Graph Rendering for Efficient Data Trend Learning on Touchscreen Devices. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-12).

Brunken, T., Gorlewicz, J. L., Butts-Wilmsmeyer, C., & Weinberg, J. B. (2023, October). Classification of haptic handshake data for the control of human-telerobot social contact interactions. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) (pp. 1347-1353). IEEE. 

MacGavin, B., Tennison, J., Condoor, S., & Gorlewicz, J. (2023, January). The HapConnect: Teaching about Haptics and Inclusive Design with Modular, Wearable Technology. In American Society for Engineering Education. 

Tennison, J. L., Goswami, S., Hairston, J. R., Merlin Drews, P., Smith, D. W., Giudice, N. A., ... & Gorlewicz, J. L. (2023). Bridging the Gap of Graphical Information Accessibility in Education With Multimodal Touchscreens Among Students With Blindness and Low Vision. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 117(6), 453-466. 

J. Adams, P. Demarest, K. Donovan, P. Brunner, H. Burton, S. Haroutounian, E. Leuthardt, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2023). A RECONFIGURABLE, ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED VIBROTACTILE STIMULATION DEVICE FOR CHRONIC PAIN. Proceedings of the 2023 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2023 Design of Medical Devices Conference. Minneapolis, MN, USA. April 17–19, 2023. ASME. 

M. F. Dunlap, J. L. Tennison, J. D. Sizemore, T. Brunken, A. Adeagbo, J. B. Weinberg, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2022). Haptic Wearables to Enhance Telerobot-Mediated Handshaking. Robotics: Science and Systems 2022 Workshop in Close Proximity Human-Robot Collaboration. New York City, NY, USA. July 1, 2022.

C. Doherty, J. Little, J. L. Tennison, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2022). Don't dampen the fun: Acoustic study of a mechanically modified Puck for blind ice hockey. IEEE International Workshop on Sport, Technology and Research (STAR).

J. Adams, C. Doherty, E. Leuthardt, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2022). A vibrotactile wearable for the ear for vagus nerve stimulation. 2022 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 

M. Shimizu, W. Benson, Z. Anderson, J. B. Weinberg,  & J. L. Gorlewicz, (2021). The effect of a robotic arm on social interactions. Poster presented at the American Psychology Association’s conference on Technology, Mind & Society.

J. Scheibal, M. Shimizu, J. L. Gorlewicz, & J. B. Weinberg (2021). The effect of a robotic arm on social interactions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychology Association, Chicago, IL.

J. Pasquesi and J. L. Gorlewicz (2021). Investigating Multi-Touch Vibrations on Mobile Touchscreens. IEEE World Haptics Conference.

E. Capelle, W. Benson, Z. Anderson, J. B. Weinberg, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2020). Design and Implementation of a Haptic Measurement Glove to Create Realistic Human-Telerobot Interactions. 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 9781-9788 .

N. Agwu, K. Deprow, J. T. Williams, E.C. Leuthardt, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2019). A curved port delivery system for laser interstitial thermal therapy of brain tumors. Proceedings of the 2019 Design of Medical Devices Conference.

J. T. Slack, K. DeProw, Z. Anderson, R. M. Albacete Di Bartolomeo, J. B. Weinberg, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2018). Design of a Lightweight, Ergonomic Manipulator for Enabling Expressive Gesturing in Telepresence Robots. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 5491-5496.

J. T. Slack, K. DeProw, Z. Anderson, R. M. Albacete Di Bartolomeo, J. B. Weinberg, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2018). Design of a Lightweight, Ergonomic Manipulator for Enabling Expressive Gesturing in Telepresence Robots. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 5491-5496.

T. A. Smith and J. L. Gorlewicz (2017). HUE: A Hybrid Ultrasonic and Electrostatic Variable Friction Touchscreen. IEEE WorldHaptics Conference.

M. Rezapour, E. C. Leuthardt, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2016). Design of a steerable guide for laser interstitial thermal therapy of brain tumors. Design of Medical Devices Conference, 10(3)(030909) [Selected for Oral Presentation].

K. Katumu and J. L. Gorlewicz (2016). Using modal superposition for generating localized tactile effects on variable friction touchscreens. IEEE HAPTICS Symposium (Presented by Trevor Smith).

J. L. Tennison and J. L. Gorlewicz (2016). Toward Non-visual Graphics Representations on Vibratory Touchscreens: Shape Exploration and Identification. Bello, F., Kajimoto, H. & Visell, Y. (ed.) Proceedings of the 10th International Eurohaptics Conference on Haptics: Perception, Devices, Control, and Applications, Springer.

H. Lee, K. Katumu, and J. L. Gorlewicz (2014). Toward active boundary conditions for variable friction touchscreens. Eurohaptics.

J. L. Toennies, J. Burgner, T. J. Withrow, and R. J. Webster III (2011). Toward haptic/aural touchscreen display of graphical mathematics for the  education of blind students. IEEE  World Haptics Conference, 373-378.

Mountz, CM Jr. (Host). Mountz, CM (Host). Spellman, LS (Guest). Zimmerman, CZ (Guest). Doherty, CD (Guest). (2023, April 14). Episode (No. 2) [Audio podcast episode]. In Sports Are Life Podcast. [Link]

J. Adams, P. Demarest, K. Donovan, P. Brunner, H. Burton, S. Haroutounian, E. Leuthardt, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2023). A RECONFIGURABLE, ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED VIBROTACTILE STIMULATION DEVICE FOR CHRONIC PAIN. Proceedings of the 2023 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2023 Design of Medical Devices Conference. Minneapolis, MN, USA. April 17–19, 2023. ASME. 

A. Vidyadharan, V. Sagan, J. L. Gorlewicz (May 2023). Critical review of 3D Mapping Systems: Comparison of commonly used miniaturized aerial UAV LiDAR systems & Photogrammetry Techniques in building Digital Twins. Presented at the 2023 USGIF GEOINT Symposium. 

J. L. Tennison, D. W. Smith, & N. A. Giudice (2023). Digital Graphicacy: Exploring Charts and Graphs with Haptics. Presented at the 2023 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference (Anaheim, CA). 

J. L. Tennison & S. Goswami (2022). Graphicacy: Comparison of Traditional Methods to Emerging Technologies. Presented at the 2022 Annual AERBVI Conference (St. Louis, MO). 

M. F. Dunlap, J. L. Tennison, J. D. Sizemore, T. Brunken, A. Adeagbo, J. B. Weinberg, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2022). Haptic Wearables to Enhance Telerobot-Mediated Handshaking. Robotics: Science and Systems 2022 Workshop in Close Proximity Human-Robot Collaboration. New York City, NY, USA. July 1, 2022.

C. Doherty, J. Little, J. L. Tennison, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2022).Don't dampen the fun: Acoustic study of a mechanically modified Puck for blind ice hockey. IEEE International Workshop on Sport, Technology and Research (STAR). Cavalese, Italy, July 7th. 

J. Adams, C. Doherty, E. Leuthardt, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2022). A Vibrotactile Wearable for the Ear for Vagus Nerve Stimulation. Proceedings of the 2022 Design of Medical Devices Conference. 2022 Design of Medical Devices Conference. Minneapolis, MN, USA. April 11–14, 2022.

S. G. Lambert, S. Tancredi, B. L. Fiedler, J. L. Gorlewicz, & D. Abrahamson (2022). Building the Quad: A tangible manipulative for inclusive geometry learning. In F. Gomez Paloma (Chair), Inclusion week (symposium). University of Macerata, Italy, March 30.

J. Adams, C. Doherty, E. Leuthardt, & J. L. Gorlewicz(2022). A vibrotactile wearable for the ear for vagus nerve stimulation. 2022 Design of Medical Devices Conference. University of Minnesota, USA, April 12th. 

J. Pasquesi, F. Esposito., G. Davoli, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2020). Exploring Vibration-Defined Networking. IEEE LANMAN 2020.

B. MacGavin & J. Gorlewicz (2020). A Wearable Haptic Interface for Protactile DeafBlind Individuals. IEEE Haptics Symposium. (Demo).

A. Sangiorgi, F. Esposito, J. L. Gorlewicz, & G. Schembra (2019). Propelling haptic devices into the mobile world to advance k-12 stem learning. Twentieth International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc 2019), 2019. (Demo).

J. L. Gorlewicz,  J. L. Tennison, P. M. Uesbeck, M. E. Richard, H. P. Palani, A. Stefik, D. W. Smith, & N. A. Giudice (2020). Design Guidelines and Recommendations for Multimodal, Touchscreen-based Graphics. In Proceedings of The 22nd International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS). 

A. Sangiorgi, F. Esposito, J. L. Gorlewicz, & G. Schembra (2019). Propelling haptic devices into the mobile world to advance k-12 stem learning. Twentieth International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc 2019), 2019. (Demo).

J. L. Tennison, P. M. Uesbeck, D. W. Smith, N. A. Giudice, A. Stefik, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2019). Multimodal Graphics on Touchscreens for Individuals with Visual Impairments. Saint Louis University Graduate Research Symposium. (2nd Place).

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C. Doherty (2022). SLU Graduate Research Symposium. 2nd Place - Physical Science Category.

S. G. Lambert, S. Tancredi, B. L. Fiedler, J. L. Gorlewicz, & D. Abrahamson (2022). Building the Quad: A tangible manipulative for inclusive geometry learning. In F. C. Peluso (Chair), The 2nd International Conference on Research on Educational Neuroscience: School, Sports, & Society (REN). Rome, Italy, April 1. Best Paper Award.

S. G. Lambert, B. L. Fiedler, C. S. Hershenow, D. Abrahamson, & J. L. Gorlewicz (2022). A tangible manipulative for inclusive quadrilateral learning. 2022 CSUN Assistive Technology Conference.  Best Paper Award (Dr. Arthur I. Karshmer Award).

J. Pasquesi (2021). SLU 3 Minute Thesis (3MT). 1st Place - MS Category.

C. Doherty (2021). IEEE St. Louis Student Section Presentation. 1st Place Graduate MS - Technical Category.

M. Dunlap (2021). IEEE St. Louis Student Section Presentation. 1st Place Graduate PhD - Technical Category.

B. MacGavin (2021). IEEE St. Louis Student Section Presentation. 2nd Place Graduate PhD - Technical Category.

B. MacGavin (2021). Seasonal School "SofTech-Rehab". IEEE RAS. Best Multidisciplinary Approach.

J. L. Tennison (2020). SLU Outstanding Graduate Student Award.

N. Agwu (2019). SLU Graduate Student Association Research Symposium. 1st Place - Physical Science Category.

N. Agwu (2019). SLU 3 Minute Thesis (3MT). 1st Place - MS Category.

T. Cooper (2019). SLU 3 Minute Thesis (3MT). 3rd Place - MS Category.

T. Cooper (J. L. Tennison (2019). SLU Graduate Research Symposium. 2nd Place - Physical Science Category). SLU 3 Minute Thesis (3MT). 3rd Place - MS Category.