Year started in the program: 1992

Year graduated: 1996

Research interest: Primary research interest is military applications of human factors. Current project involves quantification of the psychological effects of anti-personnel landmines for use in mine warfare simulations. Previous projects investigated psychological effects of anti-personnel landmines and proposed anti-personnel landmine alternatives. Other interests include motion and simulator sickness, virtual reality, usability and design of consumer products and systems, and airport terminal design.

Current employer: BRTRC Technology Research Corporation

Significant past employers: United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Kolasinski, E.M. (2000). A ban on anti-personnel landmines: Areas for research in the development of alternatives. Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 6, 224-227.

Kolasinski, E.M. (1999). Human factors considerations for the Tags/Minimally Guided Munitions APL Alternative (Engineering Psychology Laboratory Report 99-3). United States Military Academy: author.

Kolasinski, E.M. (1999). The psychological effects of anti-personnel landmines: A standard to which alternatives can be compared (Engineering Psychology Laboratory Report 99-2, DTIC ADA 371531, available in Full Text online at www.dtic.mil). United States Military Academy: author.

Kolasinski, E.M. & Gilson, R.D. (1999). An investigation into the predictive modeling of VE sickness. In H.J. Bullinger & J. Ziegler (Eds.), Human-Computer Interaction: Ergonomics and User Interfaces, Volume 1 of the Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, 147-151. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Kolasinski, E.M. & Gilson, R.D. (1999). Ataxia Following Exposure to a Virtual Environment. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 70(3), 264-269.

Ehrlich, J.A. & Kolasinski, E.M. (1998). A comparison of sickness symptoms between dropout and finishing participants in virtual environment studies. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 2, 1466-1470.

Graham, J., Hah, S., Kolasinski, E., Mulbury, D., Shattuck, L.G., & Shevlin, J. (1998). Analysis of Information Contained in Division-Level Operations Orders (Engineering Psychology Laboratory Report 99-1). United States Military Academy: author.

Kolasinski, E.M. & Gilson, R.D. (1998). Simulator sickness and related findings in a virtual environment. Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 2, 1511-1515.

Boldovici, J.A. & Kolasinski, E.M. (1997). How to make decisions about the effectiveness of device-based training: Elaborations on what everybody knows. Military Psychology, 9(2), 121-135.
* Awarded Honorable Mention for presentation at the United States Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences Principal Scientist Colloquium; June 22, 1995; Alexandria, VA
* Presented at the 1995 Research Study Group 26 Workshop on Training Strategies for Networked Simulation and Gaming

Kolasinski, E.M. (1997). Predicted evolution of virtual reality. Position Paper in the Committee on Modeling and Simulation: Opportunities for Collaboration Between the Defense and Entertainment Research Communities, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council’s, Modeling and simulation: Linking entertainment and defense, 149-153. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Goldberg, S.L., Harrell, L., & Kolasinski, E.M. (1996, August). Virtual environments’ promise for sports and fitness. Presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario.

Kolasinski, E.M., (1996). Prediction of simulator sickness in a virtual environment (Doctoral dissertation, University of Central Florida, 1996). Dissertation Abstracts International, 57(03). (University Microfilms No. 96-21485). Available on the World Wide Web at http://www.hitl.washington.edu/projects/knowledge_base/virtual-worlds/kolasinski/

Lampton, D.R., Gildea, J.P., McDonald, D.P., McDonald, D.P., and Kolasinski, E.M. (1996). Effects of Display Type on Performance in Virtual Environments (ARI Technical Report 1049). Alexandria, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Vaden, E.A., Ehrlich, J.A, & Kolasinski, E.M. (1996). Usability evaluation of low-end virtual reality systems. Poster presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Abstract appears in Proceedings of the 40th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 2, 1292.

Jentsch, F., Blickensderfer, E., Kolasinski, E., Morgan, B.B., Ehrlich, J., Holmes, B., & Johnson, W. (1995). Investigating factors related to back-pain among nurses: Are there individual profiles? Poster presented at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Abstract appears in Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 2, 946.

Kolasinski, E.M. (1995). Simulator sickness in virtual environments (ARI Technical Report 1027, DTIC ADA 295861). Alexandria, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Available on the World Wide Web at http://www.cyberedge.com/4a7.html

Lampton, D.R., Kraemer, R.E., Kolasinski, E.M., & Knerr, B.W. (1995). An Investigation of Simulator Sickness in a Tank Driver Trainer (ARI Research Report 1684, DTIC ADA 304277). Alexandria, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences.

Blickensderfer, E., Kolasinski, E.M., & Vaden, E.A. (1994). Restaurant buffet accessibility for wheelchair bound individuals. Proceedings of the 1994 Annual International Conference on Industry, Engineering, and Management Systems, 215-220.

Kolasinski, E.M., Jones, S.A., Kennedy, R.S., & Gilson, R.D. (1994). Postural stability and its relation to simulator sickness. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Abstract appears in Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 2, 980.

Lampton, D.R., Kolasinski, E.M., Knerr, B.W., Bliss, J.P., Bailey, J.H., & Witmer, B.G. (1994). Side effects and aftereffects of immersion in virtual environments. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, vol. 2, 1154-1157.

Email address: emorgan@brtrc.com