Lynette A. Jones

Principal Research Scientist

Room 3-137
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge MA 02139-4307
Phone: 617-253-3973
Fax: 617-253-2218
Email: ljones@mit.edu

Education
B.A. University of Auckland M.A. University of Auckland Ph.D. McGill University

Research Interests
Haptic, tactile and thermal interfaces for use in teleoperated systems and virtual environments; Information processing in the tactile and proprioceptive sensory systems; Tactile communication systems and wearable displays; Human and robotic hands.

Patents
Galiana. H.L., Hunter, I.W., Jones, L.A. & Tangorra, J. "Apparatus and method for measuring vestibular ocular reflex function." Patent number 5,942,954. Issued 8/24/99
Galiana, H.L., Hunter, I.W., Jones, L.A., & Tangorra, J. "Drowsiness/Alertness monitor." Patent number: 6,091,334. Issued: 7/18/00

Publications (representative)
Jones, L.A., Kunkel, J., & Piateski, E. (2009). Vibrotactile pattern recogniton on the arm and back. Perception, 38, 52-68.

Jones, L.A. & Held, D.A. (2008). Characterization of tactors used in vibrotactile displays. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 8, 044501-1- 044501-5.

Jones, L.A. & Ho, H. (2008). Warm or cool, large or small? The challenge of thermal displays. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 1, 53-70.

Jones, L.A. & Sarter, N.B. (2008). Tactile displays: Guidance for their design and application. Human Factors, 50, 90-111.

Yang, G-H., Jones, L.A., & Kwon, D-S. (2008). Use of simulated thermal cues for material discrimination and identification with a mulit-fingered display. Presence, 17, 29-42.

Ho, H. & Jones, L.A.. (2008). Modeling the thermal responses of the skin surface during hand-object interactions. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 130, 21005-1-8.

Ho, H. & Jones, L.A. (2007). Development and evaluation of a thermal display for material identification and discrimination. ACM Transactions on Applied Perception, 4, 1-24.

Jones, L.A., Lockyer, B. & Piateski, E. (2006). Tactile display and vibrotactile pattern recognition on the torso. Advanced Robotics, 20, 1359-1374.
Ho, H. & Jones, L.A. (2006). Contribution of thermal cues to material discrimination and localization. Perception & Psychophysics, 68,118-128.
Jones, L.A. & Piateski, E. (2006). Contribution of tactile feedback from the hands to the perception of force. Experimental Brain Research, 168, 298-302.
Jones, L.A. & Lederman, S.J. (2006). Human hand function. New York: Oxford University Press.
Piateski, E. & Jones, L. (2005). Vibrotactile pattern recognition on the arm and torso. Proceedings of the First Joint Eurohaptics Conference and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 90-95.
Tangorra, J.L., Jones,L.A., & Hunter, I.W. (2004). System identification of the human vestibulo-ocular reflex during head-free tracking. Journal of Vestibular Research, 14, 419-441.
Tangorra, J.L., Jones, L.A., & Hunter, I.W. (2003). Dynamics of the human head-neck system in the horizontal plane: Joint properties with respect to a static torque. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 31, 606-620.