Human-Computer Interaction and Design
University of Washington
 
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Ron Merryman

Graduate Student
Industrial Engineering
Human Interface Technology Lab

Advisor: Tom Furness

I am a Ph.D. candidate in the field of human factors engineering focused on alternative input methods for wearable computing platforms.  My dissertation is based on research that will expand the effective size of small handheld displays through bimanual interface design and by leveraging principles of congruent visual and cognitive mapping.

Current Projects

Disseration Research: Expanding the Effective Spatial Information Portal through Bimanual Interaction and Mapping Techniques
WMIDS--Wearable Mission Interface Display System: wearable pen-based computing platform for mapping, navigation, and report generation in harsh and dangerous environments.

Previous Projects

Fitts' Law and Wearable Computing Devices
Human Visual and Physiological Responses to Long-Term Wearing of Retinal Scanned HMDs
The Opto-Kinetic Cervical Reflex (OKCR) -- a Visual-Vestibular Response in Real and Virtual Environments (VE)

Recent Professional and Pedagogy

Engineering Ethics: Global Perspectives, Differences, and Challenges
Modules for Teaching Engineering Ethics (UW, College of Engineering)
The Opto-Kinetic Cervical Reflex (OKCR) -- a Visual-Vestibular Response in Real and Virtual Environments (VE)

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