Year started in the program: 1992

Year graduated: 1999

Research interest: Most of what I do is usability testing and product design. Other than for that, lately I have been working on software for the novice computer user, software for the older computer user, educational/training software, internet products, and home products in general.

Current employer: Intel Corporation Work Experience

Senior Human Factors Engineer. Intel Corporation, Home Products Group, Hillsboro, OR. March 2000 - Present
Usability testing for web appliances and enhanced TV software (international products) focusing on novice users; Iterative testing, competitive testing, and contextual inquiries; Product improvement recommendations; Writing user interface specification documents; Interaction Design; Establishing usability criteria for product release; Testing of help materials and recommendations for improvement; Supervising interns
Consortium Research Fellow. U.S. Army Research Institute, Simulator Systems Research Unit, Orlando, FL. August 1995 – April 1999
Design and implement experiments working in conjunction with software engineers; Data collection and analysis, including extensive SPSS data manipulation coding; writing SPSS code for other experimenters; Maintaining and updating databases; Research on performance, visual perception, simulator sickness, team training, and haptics in virtual reality; Literature reviews; Writing technical reports and conference presentations; Editing papers and presentations for NATO conferences; Critical review of research reports and research proposals
IBM Intern. IBM, Human Centered Technologies Design Center, Boca Raton, FL. August 1994 - May 1995

Publications and Presentations

Ehrlich, J.A. (2000). Effect of viewing conditions on sickness and distance estimation in a virtual environment. Alexandria, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute Technical Report.

Ehrlich, J.A. & Goldberg, S.L. (Eds.). (2000). The capability of virtual reality to meet military requirements. NATO Technical Report.

Ehrlich, J. A., Rodriguez, M. E.,& Goldberg, S. L. (2000). The haptic interface in virtual reality. In S.L Goldberg, J.A Ehrlich, and J.P. Papin (Eds.). The state of human computer interaction in virtual reality technologies. NATO Technical Report.

Goldberg, S.L, Ehrlich, J.A. & Papin, J.P. (Eds.). (2000). The state of human computer interaction in virtual reality technologies. NATO Technical Report.

Ehrlich, J.A. (1999). The effect of viewing conditions on visual stress, sickness, and distance estimation in a helmet-mounted display. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. University of Central Florida: Orlando, Florida.

Allen, R.C., Bolton, A.E., McDonald, D.P., and Ehrlich, J.A. (1999). The virtual reality ride questionnaire: A virtual reality entertainment evaluation tool. Poster presented at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society's 43rd Annual Meeting, Houston, TX.

Gillis, P.D., Hursh, S., Guest, M.A., Sweetman, B., & Ehrlich, J.A. (1999). Command entities cognitive behaviors for computer generated forces. Alexandria, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute Technical Report.

Ehrlich, J.A. (1998, April). Human Factors in Software Design. Lecture presented to the Association for Women in Computing, Central Florida Chapter.

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

Singer, M.J., Ehrlich, J.A., & Allen, R.C. (1998). Effect of a body model on performance in a virtual environment search task (ARI Technical Report 1087). Alexandria, VA: U. S. Army Research Institute Technical Report.

Ehrlich, J.A., Singer, M.J., & Allen, R.C. (1998). Relationships between head-shoulder deviations and sickness in a virtual environment. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting (pp.1471-1475). Santa Monica: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Singer, M.J, Ehrlich, J.A., & Allen, R.C. (1998). Virtual environment sickness: Adaptation to and recovery from a search task. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 42nd Annual Meeting (pp. 1506-1510). Santa Monica: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Ehrlich, J. A. (1997). Simulator sickness and hmd configurations. In M. Stein (Ed), SPIE Proceedings: Vol, 3206. Proceedings of the Spie Telemanipulation and Telepresence Technologies IV (pp. 170-178). Bellingham, WA: SPIE.

Ehrlich, J.A. (1997). The experience of feeling overwhelmed: A phenomenological investigation. Dissertation Abstracts International, 58, 7B. (University Microfilms, No. AAG9801625)

Ehrlich, J.A., Knerr, B.W., McDonald, D.P., & Lampton, D.R. (1997). Team situational awareness training in virtual environments. (ARI Technical Report 1069). Alexandria, VA: U.S. Army Research Institute Technical Report.

Ehrlich, J. A. & Singer, M. J. (1996). Simulator sickness in stereoscopic vs. monoscopic helmet-mounted displays. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 40th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Vaden, E., Ehrlich, J.A., & Kolasinski, E. (1996). Usability evaluation of low-end virtual reality systems. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 40th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Ehrlich, J., Happ, A., & Schneider, L. (1995). An evaluation of icons for a speech recognition product. IBM Technical Report.

Ehrlich, J & Happ, A. (1995). An evaluation of actor faces and expressions. IBM Technical Report.

Singer, M.J., Ehrlich, J., Cinq-Mars, S, & Papin, J.P. (1995). Task performance in virtual environments: Stereoscopic vs. monoscopic displays and head-coupling (ARI Technical Report 1034). Alexandria, VA: U. S. Army Research Institute Technical Report.

Ehrlich, J. A. & Singer, M. J. (1994). Are stereoscopic displays beneficial in virtual environments? Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting (p.952). Santa Monica: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Jentsch, F., Blickensderfer, E., Kolasinski, E., Morgan, B.B., Ehrlich, J., Holmes, B. & Johnson, W. (1994). Investigating factors related to back-pain among nurses: Are there individual profiles? Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting (p. 946). Santa Monica: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Email address: ehrlichj@iname.com