Faculty Research

The DEAKS Laboratory Differences in Expertise, Attention, Knowledge, and Stress

Recent Funding

William Helton has received $467,017 from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research for "A Collaborative Laboratory for Human-Robot Interaction at Michigan Technological University."
June 27, 2007

Research News

In its June 26 issue, Geospatial Solutions, a publication for emerging intelligence about GIS and related spatial technologies, featured a paper authored by Assistant Professor Eugene Levin, Assistant Professor Robert Liimakka (School of Technology), Assistant Professor William Helton (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) and Senior Lecturer Gennady Gienko (University of the South Pacific), "Analyzing Eye Movement During Geospatial Data Inspection".
Tech Today, June 30, 2008

Assistant Professor Chris Brill (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) presented a paper, "Case Studies in the Science and Applications of Tactile Displays," on May 15 at the Conference on the Science and Applications of Perception Psychology, held in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tech Today, June 4, 2008

Assistant Professor Chris Brill (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) presented a paper, "Validating a Multi-modal Secondary Loading Task: Detection Sensitivity and Reserve Capacity," on May 2 at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, held in Chicago.
Tech Today, May 22, 2008

Proposals in Progress

Pushpalatha Murthy, Martin Thompson (Chemistry) and Kedmon Hungwe (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), "Enhancing Active Learning: An Inquiry-based Laboratory in Biomolecular Chemistry," NSF
July 21, 2008

Gretchen Hein, Amber Kemppainen (Engineering Fundamentals), Susan Amato-Henderson (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) and Rupak Rajacher (Biomedical Engineering), "First-year Innovation and Design in Engineering for Academic Success (IDEAS) Modules and Center," NSF
July 21, 2008

Michael Bowler, Jingfang Ren, Ted Lockhart (Humanities), Susan Amato-Henderson (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), Joseph Holles (Chemical Engineering), Debra Charlesworth (Graduate School) and Thomas Drummer (Mathematical Sciences), "Responsible Conduct of Research in Science and Engineering Education: Moral Motivation and Ethical Sensitivity in Multi-national Graduate Students," NSF
July 17, 2008

Jean-Celeste Kampe, Douglas Oppliger (Engineering Fundamentals), Susan Amato-Henderson (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), John Jaszczak (Physics) and Robert Warrington (Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies), "High School Enterprise," NSF (ITEST)
July 17, 2008

Mary Raber, Robert Warrington (Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies) and Susan Amato-Henderson (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), "Assessing Impact of Teaching, Advising and Mentoring on Students in the Enterprise Program," NSF (IEECI)
July 17, 2008

Michele Miller (MEEM), William Helton (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) and Leonard Bohmann (ECE/COE), "Hands-on Ability: Why It Matters and How to Improve It," NSF
July 17, 2008

Eugene Levin, Alaa Aly (School of Technology) and Deak Helton (Cognitive and Learning Science), "Knowledge-extraction Self-improving Relational Modeling," National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
May 12, 2008

Shari Stockero (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), John Irwin (School of Technology), Susan Amato Henderson (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) and Kedmon Hungwe (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), “The Process of Learning Object Search, Selection, and Evaluation by STEM Teachers (PLOSSE),” NSF
February 19, 2008

Robert Pastel (Computer Science) and William Helton (Cognitive and Learning Sciences), “Enabling Email for Computer Users with Alzheimer’s Disease via RFID Cards,” Alzheimer’s Association.
January 17, 2008

Robert Pastel (Computer Science), William Helton (Cognitive and Learning Sciences) and Charles Wallace (Computer Science), “HCC-small: Graspable Interfaces: A Scalable Visual Approach to Human-computer Interaction Using RFID Cards,” NSF
January 17, 2008

Undergraduate Research

Summer Youth Program