Lynette A. Jones

Senior 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

Curriculum Vitae

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 robotic systems and virtual environments; Information processing in the thermal, 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)
Sandford, E., Chen, Y., Hunter, I., Hillebrand, G. & Jones, L. (2013). Capturing skin properties from dynamic mechanical analyses. Skin Research and Technology, 19, e339-e348.

Hemond, B., Wahab, A., Spanbauer, A., Hunter, I.W., Hughey, B.J. & Jones, L.A. (2012). MICA: An innovative approach to remote data acquisition. IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, 15, 22-27.

Jones, L.A. (2011). Tactile communication systems: Optimizing the display of information. Progress in Brain Research, 192, 113-128.

Lederman, S.J. & Jones, L.A. (2011). Tactile and thermal illusions. IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 4, 273-294.

Galie, J. & Jones, L.A. (2010). Thermal cues and the perception of force. Experimental Brain Research, 200, 81-90.

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.