Karen Boru Chen

Emotional States and Charging Behaviors in Human-System Interactions with Battery Electric Vehicles

Malaek, M., Zhu, M., & Chen, K. (2026, January 1). SSRN Electronic Journal.

Applying Engineering Anthropometry to Mitigate Eye Strain in Virtual Environments

Sanders, N. E., & Chen, K. B. (2025, September 1). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Examining User Interactions With Signaling Elements in a Virtual Reality Learning Application

Fang, E., Kulasingam, R., Cheng, F., Peterson, M., Delgado, C., & Chen, K. B. (2025, August 11). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Human Factors Extended Reality Showcase

Chen, K. B., Fussell, S. G., Spain, R., Bailey, S., Cheng, F., Choi, H. S., … Wu, L. (2025, July 23). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Human-Centered eXtended Reality for Occupational Applications in the Era of Industry 5.0: Introduction to the Special Issue

Jeong, H., Chen, K. B., Jeon, M., & Stanley, L. (2025, June 4). IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, Vol. 5.

Measuring Size and Scale: The Development and Validation of the Assessment of Size and Scale Cognition (ASSC)

Harper-Gampp, T., Delgado, C., You, H., Peterson, M., & Chen, K. B. (2025, June 26). Research in Science Education, Vol. 6.

Mental Models of Gestural Interaction for Information Processing in Virtual Reality

Cheng, F., Fang, E., & Chen, K. B. (2025, July 16). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Privacy-Aware EMG signal synthesis for ergonomic studies using a generative diffusion model

Qing, L., Jung, S., Su, B., Lu, L., Chen, K. B., Wan, H., & Xu, X. (2025, November 5). Biomedical Signal Processing and Control.

Understanding Emotional States and Charging Behaviors for Decision Making and Battery Preservation in Electric Vehicles

Malaek, M., Zhu, M., & Chen, K. B. (2025, July 17). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Embodiment of Virtual Body and Extremities With Movement Control in Reaching Tasks Using Virtual Reality

Wu, L., & Chen, K. B. (2024, August 29). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Examining the Effects of Embodiment on Working Memory Performance in VR

Wu, L., & Chen, K. B. (2024, August 30). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Gender Swap in Virtual Reality for Supporting Inclusion and Implications in the Workplace

Wu, L., & Chen, K. B. (2024, October 29). IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, Vol. 10.

Learning Scale in Virtual Reality: Experiences and Perception of Immersive Technology at a Public Middle School

Chen, K. B., Harper-Gampp, T., Wu, L., Delgado, C., & Peterson, M. (2024, September 1). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Vol. 9.

Marker-Based Real Time Motion Tracking for Sense of Virtual Body Ownership in Virtual Reality

Wu, L., & Chen, K. B. (2024, December 29). Communications in Computer and Information Science, Vol. 2320, pp. 54–59.

Negative Emotions From Virtual Reality Usage: A Preliminary Exploratory Study Using Online Forums

Fang, E., Sivaramakrishnan, A., & Chen, K. B. (2024, August 16). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Robot-related injuries in the workplace: An analysis of OSHA Severe Injury Reports

Sanders, N. E., Şener, E., & Chen, K. B. (2024, July 16). Applied Ergonomics, Vol. 121.

Sense of Presence and the Illusion of Self-scaling in Virtual Learning Environments

Wu, L., Chen, K. B., Peterson, M., & Delgado, C. (2024, December 10). Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 15378, pp. 195–210.

Study of Graphic Armatures, Multimodal Cues, and Numeric Measures in Virtual Reality on Learners’ Performance and Workload

Cheng, F., Harper-Gampp, T., Planchart, R., Dunning, M., Peterson, M., Delgado, C., & Chen, K. B. (2024, September 1). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

A comparison of the psychological effects of robot motion in physical and virtual environments

Sanders, N. E., Xie, Z., & Chen, K. B. (2023, June 15). Applied Ergonomics, Vol. 112.

Eliciting Ergonomic User-Defined Gestures for Virtual Reality: A Pilot Study

Sanders, N., Sener, E., & Chen, K. B. (2023, September 1). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Experiences with Postdoctoral Training in Human Factors: Mentor and Trainee Perspectives

Caine, K., Catchpole, K., Sasangohar, F., Chen, K. B., Hegde, S., Souders, D., … McLaurin, E. J. (2023, September 1). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Modeling Human–Machine Interaction System Reliability with Multiple Dependent Degradation Processes and Situation Awareness

Hu, Y., Wang, R., Zhu, M., & Chen, K. B. (2023, May 26). International Journal of Reliability Quality and Safety Engineering, Vol. 7.

Scale Worlds: Iterative refinement, evaluation, and theory-usability balance of an immersive virtual learning environment

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 67(1), 2382–2388.

Shrink or grow the kids? Scale cognition in an immersive virtual environment for K-12 summer camp

Wu, L., Chen, K. B., Sekelsky, B., Peterson, M., Harper-Gampp, T., & Delgado, C. (2023, March 1). 2023 IEEE CONFERENCE ON VIRTUAL REALITY AND 3D USER INTERFACES ABSTRACTS AND WORKSHOPS, VRW, pp. 721–722.

Checklists in Healthcare: Operational Improvement of Standards using Safety Engineering - Project CHOISSE — A framework for evaluating the effects of checklists on surgical team culture

Perera, G. N., Hey, L. A., Chen, K. B., Morello, M. J., McConnell, B. M., & Ivy, J. S. (2022, May 23). Applied Ergonomics, Vol. 9.

Examining the Effects of Gender Transfer in Virtual Reality on Implicit Gender Bias

Wu, L., & Chen, K. B. (2022, December 27). Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Vol. 12.

Immersive virtual environment for scale cognition and learning: Expert-based evaluation for balancing usability versus cognitive theories

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, 66(1), 1972–1976.

Unmet needs and problems related to employment and working as reported by survivors with metastatic breast cancer

Sesto, M. E., Carroll, C. B., Zhang, X., Chen, K. B., Terhaar, A., Wilson, A. S., & Tevaarwerk, A. J. (2022, January 28). Supportive Care in Cancer, Vol. 30, pp. 4291–4301.

Reply to The effects of curative‐intent cancer therapy on employment, work ability, and work limitations

Tevaarwerk, A. J., Kwekkeboom, K., Buhr, K. A., Dennee, A., Conkright, W., Onitilo, A., … Sesto, M. E. (2021, June 18). Cancer, Vol. 6.

Task-Oriented and Imitation-Oriented Movements in Virtual Reality Exercise Performance and Design

Chen, K., Chen, K., Chen, K. B., & Chen, K. B. (2021, April 19). Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Usage of a Web-Based Workplace and Symptom Self-Management Intervention Tool to Improve Work Ability for Breast Cancer Survivors

Chen, K. B., Yen, T., Sun, W., Tevaarwerk, A. J., Wiegmann, D. A., Heidrich, S. M., & Sesto, M. E. (2021, September 3). Journal of Cancer Education, Vol. 9.

Results from a prospective longitudinal survey of employment and work outcomes in newly diagnosed cancer patients during and after curative‐intent chemotherapy: A Wisconsin Oncology Network study

Tevaarwerk, A. J., Kwekkeboom, K., Buhr, K. A., Dennee, A., Conkright, W., Onitilo, A. A., … Sesto, M. E. (2020, November 24). Cancer.

A usability assessment of riding lawn-mowing equipment with varying levels of design standards compliance

Deng, Y., Shirley, J., Rose, T., Geary, L., Feltner, D., Chen, K., … Kaber, D. B. (2019, February 21). Applied Ergonomics, Vol. 78, pp. 76–85.

Examining Relationship between Driver Characteristics and Critical Target Identification Failures

Ho, Y.-M., Lin, J.-H., & Chen, K. B. (2019, April 17). Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board, Vol. 2673, pp. 192–197.

Immersion of virtual reality for rehabilitation - Review

Applied Ergonomics, 69, 153–161.

Using the Microsoft Kinect™ to assess 3-D shoulder kinematics during computer use

Xu, X., Robertson, M., Chen, K. B., Lin, J.-hua, & McGorry, R. W. (2017, April 7). Applied Ergonomics, Vol. 65, pp. 418–423.

Effect of a web-based, decision support intervention to improve work ability in breast cancer survivors

Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association.

Use of Virtual Reality Feedback for Patients with Chronic Neck Pain and Kinesiophobia

Chen, K. B., Sesto, M. E., Ponto, K., Leonard, J., Mason, A., Vanderheiden, G., … Radwin, R. G. (2016, October 26). IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 25, pp. 1240–1248.

Evaluation of Older Driver Functional Range of Motion using Virtual Reality

Chen, K. B., Xu, X., Lin, J.-H., & Radwin, R. G. (2015, September 1). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Evaluation of older driver head functional range of motion using portable immersive virtual reality

Experimental Gerontology, 70, 150–156.

Evaluation of older driver head functional range of motion using portable immersive virtual reality

Experimental Gerontology, 70, 150–156.

The accuracy of the Oculus Rift virtual reality head-mounted display during cervical spine mobility measurement

Xu, X., Chen, K. B., Lin, J.-H., & Radwin, R. G. (2015, January 19). Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 48, pp. 721–724.

The living environments laboratory

IEEE VR.

Assessing exertions: How an increased level of immersion unwittingly leads to more natural behavior

Ponto, K., Chen, K., Tredinnick, R., & Radwin, R. G. (2014, March 1). IEEE VR.

Influence of altered visual feedback on neck movement for a virtual reality rehabilitative system

Chen, K. B., Ponto, K., Sesto, M. E., & Radwin, R. G. (2014, September 1). Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting.

Manually Locating Physical and Virtual Reality Objects

Chen, K. B., Kimmel, R. A., Bartholomew, A., Ponto, K., Gleicher, M. L., & Radwin, R. G. (2014, February 14). Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Vol. 56, pp. 1163–1176.

Virtual Exertions

Chen, K. B., Ponto, K., Tredinnick, R. D., & Radwin, R. G. (2014, December 5). Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Effect of Sitting Orientation on Touchscreen Performance, Touch Characteristics, User Preference, and Workload

Chourasia, A., Wiegmann, D., Chen, K., & Sesto, M. (2013, October 1). IIE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, Vol. 1, pp. 235–245.

Effect of Sitting or Standing on Touch Screen Performance and Touch Characteristics

Chourasia, A. O., Wiegmann, D. A., Chen, K. B., Irwin, C. B., & Sesto, M. E. (2013, January 11). Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Vol. 55, pp. 789–802.

Virtual exertions: Physical interactions in a virtual reality CAVE for simulating forceful tasks

International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Development of a web-based survey tool to assess change in breast cancer (BrCa) survivor knowledge after receipt of cancer treatment summary and survivorship care plan (SCP)

Cancer Research (Chicago, Ill. Online), 72(24 Suppl.), 2–11.

Effect of posture, button size and spacing on touch characteristics for disabled and non-disabled participants

International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics.

Effect of touch screen button size and spacing on disabled and non-disabled user touch characteristics

Human Factors, 54(3), 425–436.

Touch screen performance by individuals with and without motor control disabilities

Chen, K. B., Savage, A. B., Chourasia, A. O., Wiegmann, D. A., & Sesto, M. E. (2012, September 26). Applied Ergonomics, Vol. 44, pp. 297–302.