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Human Systems Integration Laboratory

Publications

Selected Journal Papers

Rogers, H., Chalil Madathil, K., Joseph, A., Holmstedt, C., Qanungo, S., McNeese, N., … & McElligott, J. T. (2021). An exploratory study investigating the barriers, facilitators, and demands affecting caregivers in a telemedicine-integrated ambulance-based setting for stroke care. Applied Ergonomics97, 103537.

Chalil Madathil, K., & Greenstein, J. S. (2021). Designing comprehensible healthcare public reports: An investigation of the use of narratives and tests of quality metrics to support healthcare public report sensemaking. Applied Ergonomics95, 103452.

Joseph, A., Chalil Madathil, K., Rogers, H., McNeese, N. J., Mihandoust, S., Jafarifiroozabadi, R., Khasawneh,* A., McElligott, J. & Holmstedt, C. (2021). “Communication and teamwork during telemedicine-enabled stroke care in an ambulance.” Human Factors – The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.

Byrne, K. A., Anaraky, R. G., Dye, C., Ross, L. A., Chalil Madathil, K., Knijnenburg, B., & Levkoff, S. (2021). Examining Rural and Racial Disparities in the Relationship Between Loneliness and Social Technology Use Among Older Adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 1280.

Ponathil, A., Khasawneh, A., Piratla, K., Hegde, S., Sharma, V., & Chalil Madathil, K. (2021). Does construction service provider’s response matter? Understanding the influence of anecdotal information on online consumer decisions. Developments in the Built Environment.

Khasawneh, A., Chalil Madathil, K., Zinzow, H., Wisniewski, P., Ponathil, A., Rogers, H., Agnisarman, S., Roth, R. & Narasimhan, M. (2021). “An investigation of the portrayal of social media challenges on YouTube and Twitter.” ACM Transactions on Social Computing.

Rogers, H., Chalil Madathil, K., Joseph, A., McNeese, N.J., Holmstedt, C., Holden R, and McElligott, J T. (2021). “Task, usability, and error analyses of ambulance-based telemedicine for stroke care.” IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering.

Khasawneh, A., Chalil Madathil, K., Zinzow, H., Rosopa, P., Natarajan, G., Achuthan, K. & Narasimhan, M. (In Press). Factors contributing to adolescents’ and young adults’ participation in social media challenges: A survey study. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting.

Ponathil, A. P., Khasawneh, A., Byrne, K., & Chalil Madathil, K. (2020). Factors Affecting the Choice of a Dental Care Provider by Older Adults Based on Online Consumer Reviews. IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 1-19.

Ponathil, A., Ozkan, F., Bertrand, J., Agnisarman, S., Narasimha, S., Welch, B., & Chalil Madathil, K. (2020). An empirical study investigating the user acceptance of a virtual conversational agent interface for family health history collection among the geriatric populationHealth Informatics Journal, 1460458220955104.

Roth, R., Abraham, J., Zinzow, H., Wisniewski, P., Khasawneh, A., & Chalil Madathil, K. (2020). Evaluating news media reports on the ‘Blue Whale Challenge’ for adherence to suicide prevention safe messaging guidelinesProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction4(CSCW1), 1-27.

Ponathil, A., Ozkan, F., Bertrand, J., Welch, B. M. & Chalil Madathil, K. (2020). Family health history collected by virtual conversational agents: An empirical study to investigate the efficacy of this approach. Journal of Genetic Counseling. 

Khasawneh, A., Chalil Madathil, K., Dixon, E., Wisniewski, P., Zinzow, H. & Roth, R. (2020). Examining the self-harm and suicide contagion effects related to the portrayal of Blue Whale Challenge on YouTube and Twitter. Journal of Medical Internet Research – Mental Health, 7(6), e15973.

Narasimha, S., Scharett, E., Bertrand, J. & Chalil Madathil, K. (2019). An empirical study to investigate the efficacy of collaborative immersive virtual reality systems for designing information architecture of software systems. Applied Ergonomics, 80, 175-186.

Narasimha, S., Scharett, E., Wilson, M., Davis, N. & Chalil Madathil, K. (2019). An investigation of the interaction patterns of peer patrons on an online peer-support portal for informal caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet, 23 (4), 313-342.

Khasawneh, A., Rogers, H., Chalil Madathil, K., Bertrand, J., & Gramopadhye, A.K. (2019). An investigation of the human adaptation to latency in teleoperated multi-robot human-agent search and rescue teams. Automation in Construction, 99, 265-277.

Agnisarman, S., Lopes, S., Chalil Madathil, K., Gramopadhye, A.K. & Piratla, K. (2019). A survey of automation-enabled human-in-the-loop systems for infrastructure visual inspection. Automation in Construction, 97, 52-76.

Chalil Madathil, K., Greenstein, J. S. & Horan, K. (2019). Empirical studies to investigate the usability of text- and image-based CAPTCHAs. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 69, 200-208.

Chalil Madathil, K., & Greenstein, J. S. (2018). An investigation of the effect of anecdotal information on the choice of a healthcare facility. Applied Ergonomics70, 269-278.

Agnisarman, S., Chalil Madathil, K., & Stanley, L. (2018). A Survey of Empirical Studies on Persuasive Technologies to Promote Sustainable Living. Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, 19, 112-122.

Agnisarman, S., Ponathil, A., Lopes, S., & Chalil Madathil, K. (2018). An investigation of consumer’s choice of a healthcare facility when user-generated anecdotal information is integrated into healthcare public reportsInternational Journal of Industrial Ergonomics66, 206-220.

Bhargava, A., Bertrand, J. W., Gramopadhye, A. K., Chalil Madathil, K., & Babu, S. V. (2018). Evaluating Multiple Levels of an Interaction Fidelity Continuum on Performance and Learning in Near-Field Training Simulations. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24(4), 1418-1427.

Scharett,* E., Chalil Madathil, K., Lopes,* S., Rogers,* H., Agnisarman,* S., Narasimha,* S. & Dye, C. (2017).  An investigation of the information sought by caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients on online peer support groups. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. 20(10), 640-657.

Chalil Madathil, K. & Greenstein, J. S. (2017). An investigation of the efficacy of collaborative virtual reality-based systems for remote moderated usability testing. Applied Ergonomics. 65, 501-514.

Agnisarman,* S. O., Chalil Madathil, K., Smith, K., Ashok, A., Welch, B., & McElligott, J. T. (2017). Lessons learned from the usability assessment of home-based telemedicine systems. Applied Ergonomics, 58, 424-434.

Chalil Madathil, K., Frady, K., Hartley, R., Bertrand, J., Alfred, M. & Gramopadhye, A.K. (2017). An Empirical Study Investigating the Effectiveness of Integrating Virtual Reality-based Case Studies into an Online Asynchronous Learning Environment. Computers in Education. 8(3).

Narasimha,* S., Agnisarman,* S.,  Chalil Madathil, K., Gramopadhye, A.K. & McElligott, J.T. (2017). Designing home-based telemedicine systems for the geriatric population: An empirical study. Telemedicine and e-Health: The Journal of the American Telemedicine Association, 24(2), 94-110.

Agnisarman*, S., Narasimha*, S., Chalil Madathil, K., Welch, B.M, Fnu* Brinda, Ashok, A., & McElligott, J.T. (2017). Towards a more usable home-based video telemedicine system: A heuristic evaluation of the clinician user interfaces of home-based video telemedicine systems. Journal of Medical Internet Research – Human Factors. 4(2), e11.

Rogers,* H., Chalil Madathil, K., Agnisarman,* S., Narasimha,* S., Welch, B., Ashok, A., & McElligott, J.T. (2017). A systematic review of the implementation challenges of telemedicine systems in ambulances. Telemedicine and e-health: The Journal of the American Telemedicine Association, 23(9), 707-717.

Narasimha,* S., Agnisarman,* S.O., Chalil Madathil, K., Roger,* H., Welch, B., Ashok, A., Nair, A. & McElligott, J.T. (2017). Designing telemedicine systems for geriatric patients: a review of the usability studies. Telemedicine and e-health: The Journal of the American Telemedicine Association. 23(6), 459-472.

Parmar, D., Bertrand, J., Babu, S. V., Chalil Madathil, K., Zelaya, M., Wang, T., … Frady, K. (2016). A comparative evaluation of viewing metaphors on psychophysical skills education in an interactive virtual environment. Virtual Reality, 20(3), 141–157.

Chalil Madathil, K., Rivera-Rodriguez, A. J., Greenstein, J. S., & Gramopadhye, A. K. (2015). Healthcare information on YouTube: a systematic review. Health Informatics Journal, 21(3), 173-194.

Sanderson, I. C., Obeid, J. S., Chalil Madathil, K., Gerken, K., Fryar, K., Rugg, D., … & Moskowitz, J. (2013). Managing clinical research permissions electronically: A novel approach to enhancing recruitment and managing consents, Clinical Trials, 10(4), 604-611.

Chalil Madathil, K., Koikkara, R., Obeid, J., Greenstein, J. S., Sanderson, I., Fryar, K., Moskowitz, J. & Gramopadhye A. K. (2013). An investigation of the efficacy of electronic consenting interfaces of research permissions management system in a hospital setting. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 82(9), 854-863.

Selected Conference Papers (Peer-reviewed)

Narasimha, S., Scharett, E., Bertrand, J. & Chalil Madathil, K. (2018, October). WeRSort: Preliminary results from a new method of remote collaboration facilitated by fully immersive virtual reality. In Proceedings of the 2018 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. [Best Student Paper Award]

Agnisarman, S., Ponathil,  A., Lopes, S., & Chalil Madathil, K. (2018, October). An empirical study investigating the effectiveness of integrating anecdotal patient experiences into healthcare public reports. In Proceedings of the 2018 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Ponathil, A., Ozkan, F., Bertrand, J., Welch, B. & Chalil Madathil, K (2018, October). New approaches to collecting family health history – A preliminary study investigating the efficacy of conversational systems to collect family health history. In Proceedings of the 2018 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. [Marc Resnick Honorable Mention Award]

Agnisarman, S., Chalil Madathil, K., Ponathil, A., Khasawneh, A., & Lopes,* S. (2018, October). A qualitative study investigating the sensemaking process of engineers performing windstorm risk survey. In Proceedings of the 2018 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Khasawneh, A., Ponathil, A., Ozkan, F., Chalil Madathil, K. (2018, October). How should I choose my dentist? A preliminary study investigating the effectiveness of decision aids on healthcare online review portals. In Proceedings of the 2018 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Scharett, E., Narasimha, S., Chalil Madathil, K., Wilson, M., Davis, N. & Dye, C (2018, October). Informational needs of urinary incontinent patients on online peer support groups- a pilot study. In Proceedings of the 2018 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.

Ponathil, A., Agnisarman, S., Khasawneh, A., Narasimha, S., & Chalil Madathil, K. (2017, October). An Empirical Study Investigating the Effectiveness of Decision Aids in Supporting the Sensemaking Process on Anonymous Social Networks. In Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s International Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.

Rogers,* H., Khasawneh,* A., Bertrand, J. & Chalil Madathil, K. (2017, October). An Investigation of the Effect of Latency on the Operator’s Trust and Performance for Manual Multi-robot Teleoperated Tasks. In Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s International Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. [Honorable Mention Award]

Bertrand, J., Bhargava, A., Chalil Madathil, K., Gramopadhye, A.K. & Babu, S. (2017, March). The Effects of Presentation Method and Simulation Fidelity on Psychomotor Education in a Bimanual Metrology Training Simulation, In Proceedings of 2016 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), Los Angeles, CA. [Acceptance rate: 28%]

Narasimha,* S., Agnisarman,* S. O, Chalil Madathil, K., Welch, B. M., & McElligott, J.T (2016, October). An Investigation of the Usability Issues of Home-based Video Telemedicine Systems with Geriatric Patients. In Proceedings of the 2016 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s International Annual Meeting, Washington DC.

Dorlette-Paul, M., Chalil Madathil, K. & Gramopadhye, A. K. (2015, October). An investigation of the efficiency of synergistic multicultural teams. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s 2015 International Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Byham, M. & Chalil Madathil, K. (2015, October). Developing consumer-centered healthcare public reports: understanding the healthcare consumers’ sensemaking process. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s 2015 International Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Koikkara, R., Greenstein, J.S., Chalil Madathil, K. & Gramopadhye, A.K. (2015, October). The effect of graphic organizers on the performance of electronic consenting systems. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s 2015 International Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Bertrand, J., Brickler, D., Babu, S., Chalil Madathil, K., Zelaya, M., Wang, T., Wagner, J. Gramopadhye, A. K. & Luo, J. (2015, May). The role of dimensional symmetry on bimanual psychomotor skills education in immersive virtual environments. In Proceedings of the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, 2015, IEEE VR 2015, Provence, France. [Acceptance rate: 13%]

Gramopadhye, N., Chalil Madathil, K. & Bertrand, J. (2014, October). An investigation of the effectiveness of navigational aids in a virtual environment. In Proceedings of the 2014 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s International Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Chalil Madathil, K., Greenstein, J. S. & Koikkara, R. (2014, October). An investigation of the factors that predict a healthcare consumer’s use of anecdotal information available on the internet. In Proceedings of the 2014 Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s International Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Parmar, D., Bertrand, J., Shannon, B., Babu, S. V., Chalil Madathil, K., Zelaya, M., … & Gramopadhye, A. K. (2014, March). Interactive breadboard activity simulation (ibas) for psychomotor skills education in electrical circuitry. In 2014 IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces (3DUI), IEEE.

Fraune, M., Juang, K., Greenstein, J. S., Chalil Madathil, K., & Koikkara, R. (2013, October). Employing user-created pictures to enhance the recall of system-generated mnemonic phrases and security of passwords. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. [Best Paper Nominee]

Chalil Madathil, K., Greenstein, J. S., Neyens, D. M., Juang, K. & Gramopadhye, A. K. (2013, October). An investigation of the informational needs of ovarian cancer patients and their supporters. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

Koikkara, R., Chalil Madathil, K., Dorlette-Paul, M. & Gramopadhye, A. K. (2013, May). Identifying potential task-related factors affecting user acceptance of chit applications. In Proceedings of the 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Puerto Rico, USA.

Obeid, J., Gerken, K., Chalil Madathil, K., Rugg, D., Alstad, C., Fryar, K., Alexander, R., Gramopadhye, A. K., Moskowitz, J. & Sanderson, I.C. (2013, February). Development of an electronic research permissions management system to enhance informed consents and capture research authorizations data. In Proceedings of the AMIA Clinical Research Informatics Summit, San Francisco, CA. [Distinguished Paper Nominee, AMIA 2013 Joint Summits]

Wismer, A. J., Chalil Madathil, K., Koikkara, R., Juang, K. A., & Greenstein, J. S. (2012, September). Evaluating the usability of captchas on a mobile device with voice and touch input. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Annual Meeting (Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 1228-1232). SAGE Publications.

Chalil Madathil, K., Koikkara, R., Dorlette-Paul, M., Ranganayakulu, S., Greenstein, J. S., & Gramopadhye, A. K. (2012, September). An investigation of format modifications on the comprehension of information in consent form when presented on mobile devices. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Annual Meeting (Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 921-925). SAGE Publications.

Gramopadhye, A. K., & Chalil Madathil, K. (2012, July). The Application of Advanced Technology to Education: The Aviation Inspection Example. In Proceedings of the 15th IASTED International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education, Napoli, Italy. [Best Paper Award] [Best Software System Award]

Chalil Madathil, K., Huang Y., Koikkara, R. & Gramopadhye, A. K. (2012, May). Process flow development for a state-wide research permissions management system. In Proceedings of the 2012 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, FL.

Chalil Madathil, K., Koikkara, R., Gramopadhye, A. K., & Greenstein, J. S. (2011, September). An empirical study of the usability of consenting systems iPad, touchscreen and paper-based systems. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society’s Annual Meeting (Vol. 55, No. 1, pp. 813-817). SAGE Publications.

Chalil Madathil, K., & Greenstein, J. S. (2011, May). Synchronous remote usability testing: a new approach facilitated by virtual worlds. In Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 2225-2234). ACM. [ACM SIGCHI Honorable Mention Award – Top 5%]  [Acceptance rate: 27%]

Chalil Madathil, K., Koikkara, R., Gramopadhye, A. K., & Fryar, K. (2011, May). An analysis of the general consenting process in an emergency department at a major hospital: challenges for migrating to an electronic health record. In Proceedings of the 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, NV.

Mitchell, K. A., Greenstein, J. S., & Chalil Madathil, K. (2011, June). An investigation of the usability of text-based and image-based captchas on desktop and tablet computers. In Proceedings of the Usability Professionals’ Association’s International Conference, Atlanta, GA.

Chalil Madathil, K., Alapatt, G. F., & Greenstein, J. S. (2010, September). An investigation of the usability of image-based CAPTCHAs. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 54th Annual Meeting (Vol. 54, No. 16, pp. 1249-1253). SAGE Publications.

Taaffe, K., Shappell, S., Stringfellow, P., Greenstein, J. S., Garrett, S., Chalil Madathil, K., & Gramopadhye, A. K. (2010, July). A systems engineering approach to improve healthcare quality. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Miami, FL, July 2010 (pp. 124-137). CRC Press.

Chalil Madathil, K., Vembar, D., Gramopadhye, A. K., & Rupasinghe, T. (2010, May). Hierarchical task analysis of eddyscope operation for developing a virtual training tool. In Proceedings of the 2010 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Cancun, Mexico.