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PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL PAPERS

In-preparation:

  1. B. Jiang, H. Park, and J. Kim*, “Efficacy of the Tongue-based discrete commands on Steering law tasks,” will be submitted in iScience.

  2. B. Jiang, H. Park, and J. Kim*, “Efficacy of the Virtual Reality Wheelchair Training System for the Tongue-based Assistive Technology,” will be submitted in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics.

  3. B. Jiang, H. Park, and J. Kim*, “Steering Law based Assessment for Wheelchair Performance via Virtual Reality Environment of Tongue-controlled Assistive Technology,” will be submitted in npj Digital Medicine.

  4. B. Irava, K. Aichelmann, and J. Kim*, “Tongue-controlled Low-cost Wearable Exoskeleton,” will be submitted in IEEE Access.

  5. C. Lopez, and J. Kim*, “Real-time Magnetic Anomaly Detection System via Wireless Mobile System,” will be submitted in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.

  6. B. Jiang, H. Park, and J. Kim*, “MORA: A tongue-controlled assistive technology for wheelchair driving,” will be submitted in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

  7. B. Jiang, H. Park, J. Kim*, “Information Transfer Rate of the Intro-oral Tactile Display,” will be submitted in International Journal of Oral Science (Impact factor: 6.344).

Under Review:

  1. V. Srinivasan, R.H. Krishna, J. Kim, Y. Choe, H Park, “Proportional Distance-Based Electrotactile Feedback Improves Lateral Balance,” under review in Scientific Report.

Published:

  1. J. Kim*, Y. Ham, H. Park*, “Underground Metal Pipeline Localization Using Low-cost Wireless Magnetic Sensors Mounted on an Excavator,” Accepted and in press IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (Impact Factor: 8.236).

  2. B. Jiang, J. Kim*, and H. Park*, “Palatal Electrotactile Display Outperforms Visual Display in Tongue Motor learning,” Accepted and in press IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering. 

  3. J. Kim*, T. Wichmann, Omer T. Inan, and S.P. DeWeerth, “Analyzing the Effects of Stimulation Parameters for Tremor Modulation via Peripheral-Nerve Electrical Stimulation,” in Journal of Personalized Medicine, Jan. 2022 (Impact Factor: 4.95).

  4. J. Lee, Y. Ham, H. Park, J. Kim, “Challenges, Tasks, and Opportunities in Teleoperation of Excavator towards Human-in-the-loop Construction Automation,” in-press in Automation in Construction (Accepted Dec. 2021; Impact Factor: 7.7).

  5. J. Kim, D. Knox, H. Park*, “Forehead Phantom Sensation is Augmented by the Perceived Risk and Increases Tactile Sensitivity,” Sensors, vol. 21, no. 24, p.824, Dec. 2021.

  6. J. Kim*, T. Wichmann, Omer T. Inan, and S.P. DeWeerth, “Fitts’ Law-Based Performance Metrics to Quantify Tremor in Individuals with Essential Tremor,” in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Dec. 2021 (Impact Factor: 5.223).

  7. L. Barreto, A. Shon, D. Knox, H. Song, H. Park, J. Kim*, “Motorized Treadmill and Optical Recording System for Gait Analysis of Grasshoppers,” Sensors, vol. 21, no. 17, Sep. 2021 (Highly Accessed Article).

  8. B. Jiang, J. Kim*, and H. Park*, “A New Approach of Minimizing Midas Touch Problem for a Tracer-Free Tongue-Controlled Assistive Technology,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 21, no. 1, pp.743-754, Aug. 2020.

  9. J. Kim*, T. Wichmann, Omer T. Inan, and S.P. DeWeerth, “A Wearable System for Attenuating Essential Tremor Based on Peripheral Nerve Stimulation,” IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, vol.8. no. 2000111, Apr. 2020.

 

Before joining Texas A&M University:

  1. J. Kim, H. Park, J. Bruce, D. Rowles, J. Holbrook, B. Nardone, D. West, A. Laumann, E. Roth, and M. Ghovanloo, “Assessment of Tongue Drive Assistive Technology on Computers and Wheelchairs for People with Tetraplegia,” IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 24, no. 1, pp 68-78, Jan. 2016 (featured article)

  2. A. Laumann, J. Holbrook, J. Minocha, D. Rowles, B. Nardone, D. West, J. Kim, J. Bruce, E. Roth, and M. Ghovanloo, “Safety and efficacy of medically performed tongue piercing in people with tetraplegia for use with tongue-operated assistive technology,” Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehab., vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 61-76, Jan. 2015.

  3. J. Kim, H. Park, J. Bruce, D. Rowles, J. Holbrook, B. Nardone, D. West, A. Laumann, E. Roth, E. Veledar, and M. Ghovanloo, “Qualitative Assessment of Tongue Drive System by People with High-Level Spinal Cord Injuries,” J. Rehabil. Res. Dev., vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 451-466, Jun. 2014.

  4. J. Kim, H. Park, J. Bruce, E. Sutton, D. Rowles, D. Pucci, J. Holbrook, J. Minocha, B. Nardone, D. West, A. Laumann, E. Roth, M. Jones, E. Veledar, and M. Ghovanloo “The Tongue Enables Computer and Wheelchair Control for People with Spinal Cord Injury,” Science Translational Medicine, vol. 5, no. 213, p. 213ra166, Nov. 2013 (featured article; Impact Factor: 17.96).

  5. X. Huo, H. Park, J. Kim, and M. Ghovanloo, “A Dual-Mode Human Computer Interface Combining Speech and Tongue Motion for People with Severe Disabilities,” IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation engineering, vol. 21, no. 6, pp.979-991, Nov. 2013.

  6. M. Kothari, P. Svensson, J. Jensen, A. Kjærsgaard, J. Kim, J.F. Nielsen, M. Ghovanloo, and L. Baad-Hansen, “Training induced cortical plasticity compared between three tongue training paradigms,” Neuroscience, vol. 246, no. 29, pp. 1-12, Aug. 2013.

  7. H. Park, M. Kiani, H. Lee, J. Kim, J. Block, B. Gosselin, and M. Ghovanloo, “A Wireless Magnetoresistive Sensing System for an Intraoral Tongue-Computer Interface,” IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 571-585, Dec. 2012.

  8. B. Yousefi, X. Huo, J. Kim, E. Veledar, and M. Ghovanloo, “Quantitative and Comparative Assessment of Learning in a Tongue-Operated Computer Input Device–-Part II: Navigation Tasks,” IEEE Trans. Information Technology in Biomedicine, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 633-643, July 2012.

  9. J. Kim, X. Huo, J. Minocha, J. Holbrook, A. Laumann, and M. Ghovanloo, “Evaluation of a smartphone platform as a wireless interface between tongue drive system and electric-powered wheelchairs,” IEEE Trans. on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 59, no. 6, pp. 1787-1796, June 2012.

  10. B.C. Lee, J. Kim, S. Chen, and K.H. Sienko, “Cell phone based balance trainer,” J. Neuroeng. Rehabil, vol 9. no. 10, pp. 1-14, Feb. 2012.

JOURNAL ABSTRACT:

  1. E.J. Roth, J. Bruce, M. Ghovanloo, J.S. Holbrook, X. Huo, J. Kim, A.E. Laumann, and et al. “The Tongue Drive System: Testing Novel Assistive Technology that Uses Magnetic Signals Derived from Tongue Movements.” Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), vol. 4, no. 10, pp. S182-S183, Oct. 2012. 

  2. J.S. Minocha, J.S. Holbrook, J. Kim, E. Sutton, J. Bruce, D.R. West, and A.E. Laumann, “Oral plethysmography: A novel method to clinically assess tongue swelling,” Journal of Investigative Dermatology, vol. 132, pp. S87-S87, May 2012.

  3. J. Minocha, J. Holbrook, B. Yousefi, J. Kim, X. Huo, D. Rowles, B. Bartlett et al. “Use of a magnet-containing barbell in the tongue to operate the tongue drive system.” Journal of Investigative Dermatology, vol. 131, pp. S81-S81, 2011.

  4. J. Kim, and K. H. Sienko, “The design of a cell phone based balance-training device,” ASME Journal of Med. Devices, vol. 3, no. 2, June 2009.

BOOK CHAPTERS:
  1. P. Angkititrakul, J.H.L. Hansen, S. Choi, T. Creek, J. Hayes, J. Kim, D. Kwak, L.T. Noecker, and A. Phan, (2009) “UTDrive: The smart vehicle project,” In In-Vehicle Corpus and Signal Processing for Driver Behavior (Ch. 5., pp. 55-67). Springer US.  

PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE PAPERS

Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings

Under Review:

  1. B. Irava, K. Aichelmann, J. Kim, “Development of the Low-cost Lightweight Exoskeleton System that Enables Social Interaction Activities in Quadriplegic Patients,” submitted to 44th Annual Intl. Conf. IEEE EMBS, Scotland, UK, 2022.

  2. B. Jiang, J. Han, J. Kim, “A Wearable In-home Tremor Assessment System via Virtual Reality Environment for the Activities in Daily Lives (ADLs),” submitted to 44th Annual Intl. Conf. IEEE EMBS, Scotland, UK, 2022.

Published or Presented:

  1. B. Irava, K. Aichelmann, J. Kim, “Low-cost wearable exoskeleton system for interactive tasks for quadriplegia,” 2022 i (ISIITA), Jeju Island, S. Korea, Feb. 2022.

  2. B. Jiang, J. Kim, “Virtual reality-based Tremor assessment via a wearable arm device,” 2022 Intl Symposium on Innovation in Information Technology and Application (ISIITA), Jeju Island, S. Korea, Feb. 2022.

  3. B. Jiang, J. Kim, H. Park, “Both Tactile and Visual Feedback Improves Tongue Motor Ability in Pointing the Target on Palatal Surface, but Only Tactile Feedback Led to Stronger Retention,” Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience 2021.

  4. Z. Zhao, J. Kim, H.Park, “Individual Characterization of Drawing Pattern in a Pattern Lock Application of the Smartphone,” 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC).

  5. H. Park, M. Kiani, H.M. Lee, A. Farajidavar, J. Kim, “Current Trends in Bioelectronic Systems to Interface with the Human Nervous System,” Minisymposia in Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 2020 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, July 2020.

  6. B. Jiang, H. Park, J. Kim, “Multifunctional intraORal Assistive technology (MORA) with Sensory Feedback to the Tongue,” IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER’19), Mar. 2019.

  7. J. Kim, T. Wichmann, Omer T. Inan, and S.P. DeWeerth, “Evaluation of a Wearable Tremor Modulation Device for Patients with Essential Tremor Based on Electrical Peripheral Nerve Stimulation,” Annual Meeting of Society for Neuroscience 2016, San Diego, CA, Nov. 2016. 

  8. J. Kim, C. Parnell, T. Wichmann, and S.P. DeWeerth, “Quantitative Assessment of Arm Tremor in People with Neurological Disorders,” In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 2016 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 2299-2302, Aug. 2016.

  9. J. Kim, C. Parnell, T. Wichmann, and S.P. DeWeerth, “Longitudinal Wearable Tremor Measurement System with Activity Recognition Algorithms for Upper Limb Tremor,” In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 2016 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 6166-6169, Aug. 2016.

  10. J. Kim, C. Bulach, K. M. Richards, D. Wu, A.J. Butler, and M. Ghovanloo, “An Apparatus for Improving Upper Limb Function by Engaging Synchronous Tongue Motion,” International IEEE EMBS Neural Engineering Conference, pp. 1574-1577, Nov. 2013.

  11. H. Park, J. Kim, and M. Ghovanloo, “Intraoral tongue drive system demonstration,” In IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), pp. 81-81, Nov. 2012.

  12. H. Park, J. Kim, and M. Ghovanloo, “Development and preliminary evaluation of an intraoral tongue drive system,” In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 1157-1160, Aug. 2012.

  13. J. Kim, H. Park, and M. Ghovanloo, “Tongue-operated assistive technology with access to common smartphone applications via Bluetooth link,” In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 2012 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 4054-4057, Aug. 2012.

  14. H. Park, B. Gosselin, M.Kiani, H. Lee, J. Kim, X. Huo, and M.Ghovanloo. "A wireless magnetoresistive sensing system for an intra-oral tongue-computer interface." In Solid-State Circuits Conference Digest of Technical Papers (ISSCC), 2012 IEEE International, pp. 124-126, 2012.

  15. H. Park, J. Kim, X. Huo, I.O. Hwang, and M. Ghovanloo, “New ergonomic headset for tongue-drive system with wireless smartphone interface,” In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, pp. 7344-7347, Aug. 2011.

  16. H. Park, J. Kim, X. Huo, I. Hwang, M. Ghovanloo, “New ergonomic headset for tongue-drive system with wireless smartphone interface,” RESNA/ICTA 2011, Toronto, Canada, June 2011.

  17. J. Kim, X. Huo, and M. Ghovanloo, “Wireless control of smartphones with tongue motion using tongue drive assistive technology,” In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. 5250-5253, Sept. 2010.

  18. J. Kim, K. H. Sienko, “The design of a cell-phone based balance-training device,” Design of Medical Devices Conference, Minneapolis, MN, April 14-16, 2009.

  19. P. Angkititrakul, D. Kwak, S. Choi, J. Kim, A. PhucPhan, A. Sathyanarayana, J.H.L. Hansen, “Getting Start with UTDrive: Driver-Behaviour Modeling and Assessment of Distraction for In-Vehicle Speech Systems”, Interspeech 2007, Antwerp, Belgium, pp. 1334-1337, Sept. 2007.

  20. S. Choi, J. Kim, D. Kwak, J.H.L. Hansen “Analysis and Classification of Driver Behavior using In-Vehicle CAN-Bus Information,” Biennial Workshop on DSP for In-Vehicle and Mobile Systems, Istanbul, Turkey, pp.17-19, June 2007.

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