Publications

Pastel, R., Seigel, M., Zhang, W. & Mayer, A. (2015) Team Building in Multidisciplinary Client-sponsored Project Courses, Transactions on Computer Education, ACM. vol. 15, No. 4, Article 19, 1-23.

Gao, C., Pastel, R., and Tan, J. (2013) An Experimental Study of a New Channel for Data Input On Small Mobile Devices, Journal on Knowledge and Data Engineering, .

Pastel, R. (2010) Positioning Graphical Objects on Computer Screens: a Three-Phase Model, Human Factors, vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 23-37.

Pastel, R. and Struthers, R. (2001) Measuring Evaporation Rates of Laser-Trapped Droplets by Use of a Florescent Morphology Dependent Resonances, Applied Optics, vol.40, no.15 p. 2510-14.

Pastel, R. Struthers, A., Ringle, R., Rogers, J., Rohde, C. and Geiser, P. (2000) Laser Trapping of Microscopic Particles for Undergraduate Experiments, American Journal of Physics, 68, pp. 993.

Pastel, R. and Sausa, R. (2000) Spectral Differentiation of trace Concentration of NO2 from NO by Laser Photofragmentation with Fragment Ionization at 226 nm and 456 nm: Quantive Analysis of NO-NO2 Mixtures, Applied Optics, 39, p. 2487-95.

Renn, M. J. Pastel, R. and Lewandowski, H. A. (1999) Laser Guidance and Trapping of Meso Scale Particles in Hollow-core Optical Fibers, Physics Review Letter, 82, p. 1574.

Renn, M. and R. L. Pastel, R. (1998) Laser Particle Manipulation and Surface Patterning by Laser Guidance, Journal of Vacuum Science Technology, B16, p. 3859.

Williamson, C., Pastel, R. and Sausa, R. (1996) Detection of NO using Laser-Induced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy, Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 50, p. 205.

MacKerrow, Bryant, H., Giannelli, R., Gulley, M., Halka, M., Keating, P., Pastel, R., Mohaghi, A., Miller, W., Tang, C., Cohen, S., Donahue, J., Hsu, A., Quick, C., Tiee, J. and Rozsa, K. (1994) Measurement of the 2-photon and 3-photon detachment for H, American Physical Society and American Physics Teachers, Vol. 39, No. 2.

Pastel, R. Miller, H., Hager, G. and McIver, J. (1994) Measurement of the deactiviation of Br* by atomic Iodine, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 100, p.3624.

Pastel, R., Hager, G., Miller, H. and Leone, S. (1991) Efficient Br* Laser Pumped by Frequency-doubled Nd:YAG and Electronic-to-Vibrational Transfer-pumped CO2 and HCN Laser, Chemical Physics Letters, Vol.183, No.6, p.565.

Pastel, R. (1986) Intra-cavity Doubling of a CO2 TEA Laser with Thallium-arsenic-selenide Crystal, Applied Optics, Vol.26, No.9, p.1574.

Zhang, W., & Pastel, R. (2015) Interdisciplinary Team Collaboration between Software Engineers and Technical Communicators, In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, (Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 1486-1490). SAGE Publications.

Brown, C. Pastel, R., Seigel, M., Wallace, C. & Ott, L. (2014) Adding Unit Test Experience to a Usability Centered Project Course, Proceedings of Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, .

Seigel, M., Pastel, R., Zhang, W., Bowen, L., Wallace, C. Ureel, L. (2014) Teaching and Talking in Code Pedagogical Partnership with Computer Science, Conference on College Composition and Communication, (CCCC 2014).

Zhang, W., & Pastel, R. (2014) Communication is More than Verbal The Role of Clients’ Documents in Requirement Solicitation, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, (Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 1486-1490). SAGE Publications.

King, H., Pastel, R., Ward, P. & Wallace, C. (2013) Extrinsic Motivation and User Performance, Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2013), (HFES 2013) p. 1017-1021.

Resnic, M., Pastel, R. … (2013) User Experience Design Charrettee, Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2013), (HFES 2013) pp. 404-408.

Pastel, R, (2012) Precise Positioning on Computer Monitors: Comparison of Mouse and Scroll Whell in One dimension, Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2012), (HFES 2012) p. 1248-1242.

Pastel, R., Brown, C., Walter-Carter, M., & Kumar, S. (2012) Teaching Human Factors to Graduate and Undergraduate Computer Science Students, Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2012), (HFES 2012) p. 595-599.

Brown, C., Pastel, R., Siever, B. and Earnest, J. (2011) JUG: A JUnit Generation, Time Complexity Analysis and Reporting Tool used to Streamline Grading, Proceedings of the 17th ACM annual conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE ’12), pages 99–104, New York, NY, USA, 2012.

Pastel, R. and Ward, P. (2011) Modeling the Orientation of Graphical Objects on Computer Displays Using Indented Mouse Wheels, Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2011), (HFES 2011) p. 510-514.

Gao, C., Pastel, R. and Tan, J. (2010) Yet Another User Input Method: Accelerometer Assisted Single Key Input, Proceedings of World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA 2010), 3949-3954.

Levin, E., Cohen, C., & Pastel R. (2010) Human centric approach to inhomogeneous geospatial data fusion and actualization, Proceedings of the ASPRS, San Diego, CA, May 2010.

Li, H., Pastel, R. , Bezotte, D., Fahey, J. and McMahon, R. (2010) Mobile Library Catalog, Ex Libris Users of North America Annual Conference (ELUMA 2010), Fort Worth, TX, May 11-13, 2010..

Brown, C., Pastel, R. (2009) Combining Distinct Graduate and Undergraduate HCI Courses: An Experiential and Interactive Approach, Proceedings of Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (ACM SIGCSE’09), 392-396, Chattanooga, TN, USA, Mar. 4-7, 2009.

Pastel, R, (2009) Investigating the Difficulty of One Degree of Freedom Positioning: Associating Movement Phases with Regions, Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2009), pp. 965-969.

Pastel, R. (2009) Modeling the Difficulty for Centering Rectangles in One and Two Dimensions, Proceedings of Human Computer Interaction International (HCII’09), 879-888.

Ranspach, P. and Pastel, R. (2009) The Effect of Text Scrolling Speed on Memory, Proceedings of Human Computer Interaction International (HCII’09), 869-874.

Pastel, R. (2008) The Difficulty of Centering Circular Discs, Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES 2008), Computer Systems Technical Group, New York, NY, September 22-26.

Helton, W, Begoske, S., Pastel, R., and Tan, J. (2007) A Case Study in Canine-Human Factors: A Remote Scent Sampler for Landmine Detection, Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2007, General Session, Baltimore MD, October 1-5, 2007, pp. 582-586.

Helton, W.S., Miller, M., & Pastel, R. (2007) Bridges, barriers and the trolls under the bridge: Issues in Human Factors Education for Engineers and Others, Proceedings of the American Society of Engineering Education North Midwest Section, .

Pastel, R., Champlin, J., Harper, M., Paul, N., Helton, W., Schedlbauer, M. and Heines, J., (2007) The Difficulty of Remotely Negotiating Corners, Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2007, Computer Systems Technical Group, Baltimore MD, October 1-5, 2007, pp. 489-493.

Pastel, R., Himes, P., Harper, M., and Helton, W. (2007) Gravity Mouse Design and Evaluation: Effects of Distracters and Target Size, Proceedings of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2007, Computer Systems Technical Group, Baltimore MD, October 1-5, 2007, pp. 444-448.

Pastel, R., Wallace, C. and Heines, J. (2007) RFID Cards: A New Deal for Elderly Accessibility, Proceedings of Human Computer Interaction International (HCII’07), Universal Access in Human Computer Interaction, Beijing, China, July 22-27, 2007, pp. 990-999..

Schedlbauer, M.,and Pastel, R., (2007) A Tool for Enabling Scientific Exploration of Human Performance Models in HCI Education, Proceedings of HCI Educators 2007, Aveiro, Portugal, March, 2007, pp. 116-121.

Pastel, R. (2006) Student Assessment of Group Laboratories in a Data Structures Course, Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, 22(1), pp. 221-230.

Pastel, R. (2006) Measuring the Difficulty of Steering Through Corners, Proceedings of Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM SIGCHI’06), p. 1087-1096, Montreal, Canada, April 24-28, 2006.

Schedlbauer, M., Pastel, R. and Heines, J. (2006) Effects of Posture on Target Acquisition with a Trackball and Touch Screen, Proceedings of International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces (ITI’06), June 2006, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Pastel, R. (2005) Integrating Science and Research in a HCI Design Course, Proceedings of Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (ACM SIGCSE’05), p. 31-35 , St. Louis, USA, Feb. 23-26, 2005.

Pastel, R. and Skalsky, N. (2004) Object-Action Association: A HCI Design Model, International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI’04), p. 295-7, Madeira, Portugal, Jan. 13-16, 2004.

Pastel, R. and Skalsky, N. (2004) Demonstrating Information in Simple Gestures, International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI’04), p. 360-1, Madeira, Portugal, Jan. 13-16, 2004.

Skalsky, N. and Pastel, R. (2004) Transportable Research Instrument: a PDA-based Laboratory for Science Experiments, IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education (IEEE WMTE’04), Jhongli, Taiwan, March 23-24, 2004.

Xu, J., Grant, S. and Pastel, R. (2003) Laser-Guided Direct Writing: A Novel Method to Deposit Biomolecules for Biosensors Arrays, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 30. No. 1, p. 126, 2003.

Nadgorny, E. Pastel, R., Struthers, A. and Miner, A. (2000) Materials Aspects of Laser Guided Direct Writing, International Conference Proceedings of Mass and Charge Transport in Inorganic Materials, Italy, May 2000.

Pastel, R., Ringle, R. and Renn, M. (1999) Morphology-dependent Resonance at small size parameter, CLEO/QUEL, 1999, Baltimore, MD, May 1999.

Renn, M., and Pastel, R. (1999) Direct Writing of Materials by Laser Guidance, CLEO/QUEL 1999, Baltimore, MD, May 1999.

Pastel, R. and Lewandowski, H. and Renn, M. (1998) Laser Trapping of Crystallites in Hollow Optical Fibers, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Vol. 43, No. 3, Santa Fe, N.M. May 1998.

Renn, M. and Pastel, R. (1998) Laser Particle Manipulation and Surface Patterning by Laser Guidance, Electron Ion Photon Beam Nanofabrication, Chicago, IL, June 1998.

Pastel, R. and Sausa, R. (1995) Trace Analysis of Ambient Nitrocompounds by using 452 nm Laser Photofragmentation/Fragment Detection Spectrometry, CLEO/QELS, laser diagnostics, May 1995.

Brennan, S., Pastel, R., McIver, J., Miller, H. and Hager, G. (1992) Parametric Study of Longitudinally Pumped Br* Laser, Proc. Inter. Conf. Laser '92, p.185, 1992.

MacKerrow, E., Bryant, H., Halka, M., Mohagheghi, A., Pastel, R., Tang, C., Quick, C., Donahue, J., Hsu, A., Tiee, J. and Rozsa, K. (1991) Polarization and Intensity Effects on Multiphoton Detachment of H- and H0, Big Sky Workshop on Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics, June 22-25, 1991.

MacKerrow, E., Bryant, H., Halka, M., Mohagheghi, A., Pastel, R., Tang, C., Quick, C., Donahue, J., Hsu, A., Tiee, J. and Rozsa, K. (1991) Polarization and Intensity Effects on Multiphoton Detachment of H-, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., Vol. 36, p. 1163, 1991.

Pastel, R., Dines, D., Singh, and Gottlieb (1986) Rapid Tuning Mechanism for CO2 Lasers, IRIS Proc., Active Systems, John Hopkins University, Laurel MD, 1986.

Pastel, R., Roth, R. and Spence, P. (1984) Parallel Electric Fields and Anomalous Resistivity in Classical Penning Discharge, Proc. American Physics Society, Vol.27, No.8, part II, p.1106, 1984.

Pastel, R., Spence, R. and Roth, R. (1984) Axial Profile of Electrostatic Potential and Electron Number Density in a Classical Penning Discharge, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. of Plasma Sci., San Diego CA, 1983.

Roth, J., Hayman, P. and Pastel, R. (1983) A Paired Comparison of High Frequency RF Emission from Two Configurations of Electric Field Dominated Plasma, Proc. Int. Conf. Plasma Physics, Gutenborg, Sweden, p.250, 1983.

Roth, J., Hayman, P. and Pastel, R. (1982) A Paired Comparison of High Frequency RF Emission from Two Configurations of Electric Field Dominated Plasma, Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. of Plasma Sci., Ottawa, Canada, p. 65, 1982.