Kyle J. Johnsen, Ph.D

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Engineering
Driftmier Engineering Center
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
http://www.engr.uga.edu/~kjohnsen
kjohnsen@uga.edu
(706) 583-8166 Office Telephone
(706) 542-8806 Fax
Curriculum Vitae [PDF] [DOC]

News!

I'm looking for two graduate assistants (M.S. or Ph.D) for the Fall 2009 semester interested in working with virtual humans, medicine, and computer systems.  More information: [DOC],[PDF]

Teaching

Spring 2009

ENGR 1140 - Computational Engineering Methods  (Student access Via WebCT)
ENGR 4920 - Senior Capstone Design Project

Fall 2008

No classes or teaching this semester.

Research Interests

My research goals are to enhance the education of professionals through the design and evaluation of next generation simulation-based training tools.  Simulated experiences form the foundation of my research, allowing future-professionals to obtain near-real-world experience in a safe, controlled, and cost-effective manner.   My research interests include:

Links

Faculty of Engineering

University of Georgia

Virtual Experiences Research Group at the University of Florida

Software

Some earlier work (amusing)

Teaching

Publications

Journals

2007

[PDF] A. Raij, K. Johnsen, R. Dickerson, B. Lok, M. Cohen, A. Stevens, T. Bernard, C. Oxendine, P. Wagner, and D. S. Lind. Comparing Interpersonal Interactions with a Virtual Human to those with a Real Human. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 13, pp. 443-457, 2007.
[PDF] A. Deladisma, M. Cohen, A. Stevens, P. Wagner, B. Lok, T. Bernard, C. Oxendine, L. Schumacher, K. Johnsen, R. Dickerson, A. Raij, R. Wells, M. Duerson, J. Harper, and D. S. Lind. Do Medical Students Respond Empathetically to a Virtual Patient? American Journal of Surgery, vol. 193, pp. 756-760, 2007.

2006

[PDF] K. Johnsen, R. Dickerson, A. Raij, C. Harrison, B. Lok, A. Stevens, and D. S. Lind. Evolving an Immersive Medical Communication Skills Trainer. Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments, vol. 15, pp. 33-46, 2006.
[PDF] B. Lok, R. Ferdig, A. Raij, K. Johnsen, R. Dickerson, J. Coutts, A. Stevens, and D. S. Lind. Applying Virtual Reality in Medical Communication Education: Current Findings and Potential Teaching and Learning Benefits of Immersive Virtual Patients. Journal of Virtual Reality, vol. 10, pp. 185-195, 2006.

2005

[PDF] A. Stevens, J. Hernandez, K. Johnsen, R. Dickerson, A. Raij, J. Jackson, M. Shin, J. Cendan, R. Watson, M. Duerson, B. Lok, M. Cohen, P. Wagner, and D. S. Lind. The Use of Virtual Patients to Teach Medical Students Communication Skills. American Journal of Surgery, vol. 191, pp. 806-811, 2006.

Conferences

2009

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[Video]		 A Kotranza, K Johnsen, J Cendan, B Miller, DS Lind, and B Lok, Virtual Multi-Tools for Hand and Tool-Based Interaction with Life-Size Virtual Human Agents.  in Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces, 2009 (To Appear)

2008

[PDF] B. Rossen, K. Johnsen, A. Deladisma, D. S. Lind, and B. Lok Virtual Humans Elicit Skin-Tone Bias Consistent with Real-World Skin-Tone Biases. in Proceedings of Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2008
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[Video] 		K. Johnsen, B. Lok. An Evaluation of Immersive Displays for Virtual Human Experiences.  in Proceedings of IEEE Virtual Reality, 2008

2007

[PDF]
[Video] 		K. Johnsen, A. Raij, A. Stevens, D. S. Lind, and B. Lok. The Validity of a Virtual Human Experience for Interpersonal Skills Education. in Proceedings of ACM SIGCHI, 2007. 
[PDF] A. Deladisma, K. Johnsen, A. Raij, B. Rossen, A. Kotranza, M. Kalapurakal, S. Szlam, J. Bittner, D. Swinson, B. Lok, and D. S. Lind. Medical Student Satisfaction with Using a Virtual Patient System to Learn History-Taking and Communication Skills. in Proceedings of  Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, 2007.

2006

[PDF]
[Video] 		A. Raij, K. Johnsen, R. Dickerson, B. Lok, M. Cohen, T. Bernard, C. Oxendine, P. Wagner, and D. S. Lind. Interpersonal Scenarios: Virtual approx Real? in Proceedings of  IEEE Virtual Reality, 2006.
[PDF] T. Bernard, A. Stevens, N. Bernard, L. Schumacher, K. Johnsen, A. Raij, B. Lok, M. Duerson, M. Cohen, and D. S. Lind. A Multi-Institutional Pilot Study to Evaluate the Use of Virtual Patients to Teach Health Professions Students History-Taking and Communication Skills. in Proceedings of The Society of Medical Simulation Meeting, January 2006, 2006.
[PDF] M. Cohen, A. Stevens, P. Wagner, B. Lok, T. Bernard, C. Oxendine, L. Schumacher, K. Johnsen, R. Dickerson, A. Raij, R. Ross, M. Duerson, J. Paramila, and D. S. Lind. Do Health Professions Students Respond Empathetically to a Virtual Patient? in Proceedings of  Southern Group on Educational Affairs, 2006.
[PDF] A. Stevens, M. Cohen, K. Johnsen, R. Dickerson, A. Raij, R. Wells, C. Oxendine, P. Wagner, T. Bernard, J. Cendan, M. Duerson, R. Pauly, B. Lok, and D. S. Lind. Implementing a Virtual patient into the Medical School Curriculum at the University of Florida. in Proceedings of  Southern Group on Education Affairs, 2006.

2005

[PDF]
[Video] 		K. Johnsen, R. Dickerson, A. Raij, B. Lok, J. Jackson, M. Shin, J. Hernandez, A. Stevens, and D. S. Lind. Experiences in Using Immersive Virtual Characters to Educate Medical Communication Skills. in Proceedings of  IEEE Virtual Reality, 2005.
[PDF] R. Dickerson, K. Johnsen, A. Raij, B. Lok, T. Bernard, A. Stevens, and D. S. Lind. Virtual Patients: Assessment of Synthesized Versus Recorded Speech. in Proceedings of  Medicine Meets Virtual Reality, 2005.
[PDF] R. Dickerson, K. Johnsen, A. Raij, B. Lok, J. Hernandez, A. Stevens, and D. S. Lind. Evaluating a Script-Based Approach to Simulating Patient-Doctor Interaction. in Proceedings of SCS 2005 International Conference on Human-Computer Interface Advances for Modeling and Simulating, 2005.

Technical Reports

[PDF] K. Johnsen, B. Lok. Effects of Travel Technique and Large Displays on Cognition in Virtual Environments.  2004