Esa Rantanen

College of Art and Design College of Engineering Technology College of Health Sciences and Technology College of Liberal Arts College of Science Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences Golisano Institute for Sustainability International Campuses Kate Gleason College of Engineering National Technical Institute for the Deaf Saunders College of Business

Esa Rantanen

Associate Professor
College of Liberal Arts
Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
Department of Psychology

2020 Submissions

Journal Paper

Lintern, Gavan, et al. "Rapid Development of a Hospital Checklist in a Time of COVID-19." Ergonomics in Design: The Quarterly of Human Factors Applications. (2020): 1064804620963687. Web. *

Invited Paper

Rantanen, E. M. "Provost’s Learning Innovation Grant (PLIG) for 2019." RIT/PSY/TR–20/1 Final Technical Report. (2020). Web.

2019 Submissions

Journal Paper

Oksama, Lauri, Jukka Hyönä, and Esa Rantanen. "Tracking the Identity of Moving Words: Stimulus Complexity and Familiarity Affects Tracking Accuracy." Applied Cognitive Psychology 34. 1 (2020): 64-77. Print. * £

Published Conference Proceedings

Buck, Ashley and Esa M. Rantanen. "Multiple Identity Tracking and Motion Extrapolation." Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Dayton, OH, May 7–10, 2019. Ed. Michael Vidulich and Pamela Tsang. Dayton, OH: n.p., Print. £

Hannon, Daniel, et al. "A Human Factors Engineering Education Perspective on Data Science, Machine Learning and Automation." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2019 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 28–November 2, 2019. Ed. HFES. Washington, DC: SAGE Publications, Print. *

Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation or Conference Paper

Montoya, Juanita and Esa M. Rantanen. "Psychosocial Aspects of Workload in Nursing." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2019 Health Care Symposium. Chicago, IL, March 25, 2019. Ed. HFES. Washington, DC: n.p.. £

2018 Submissions

Invited Article/Publication

Rantanen, Esa M., et al. "Improving Operator Situation Awareness by Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) Data Visualization." RIT/PSY/TR–18/1 Final Technical Report. (2018). Web. ≠

2017 Submissions

Book Chapter

Rantanen, Esa M., et al. "Practitioner operational challenges and priorities." Advances in Aviation Psychology. Ed. Michael A. Vidulich, Pamela S. Tsang, and John M. Flach. New York, NY: Routledge, 2017. 39-54. Print. ∆

Published Conference Proceedings

Rantanen, Esa M., et al. "Data Properties Underlying Human Monitoring Performance." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 Annual Meeting. Ed. NA. Santa Monica, CA: SAGE Publications, 2017. Web. *

Hingu, Dharmendra Praving, et al. "A Software Tool for Cognitive Work Analysis." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 Annual Meeting. Ed. NA. Santa Monica, CA: SAGE Publications, 2017. Web. *

Invited Paper

Rantanen, Esa M., et al. "Jointly Offered Online Course Between Malmö University and Rochester Institute of Technology on Industrial and Organizational Psychology." RIT/PSY/TR–17/1 Final Technical Report. (2017). Web.

Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation or Conference Paper

Kulomäki, Jaakko, et al. "Individual Differences in Attention Allocation in Multitasking: An Eye-Tracking Study." Proceedings of the Psychonomic Society 58th Annual Meeting. Ed. NA. Vancouver, BC: Psychonomic Society. *

Kulomäki, Jaakko, et al. "The Role of Central Cxecutive in Alternating Multitask Situations." Proceedings of the International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Ed. NA. Granada, Spain: n.p.. *

2016 Submissions

Published Conference Proceedings

Umansky, Jonathan and Esa M. Rantanen. "Workload in Nursing." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2016 Annual Meeting. Ed. NA. Santa Monica, CA: SAGE Publications, 2016. Web. *

Rantanen, Esa M. "Trends in Knowledge and Skill Expectations for New Human Factors Professionals." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2016 Annual Meeting. Ed. NA. Santa Monica, CA: SAGE Publications, 2016. Web. *

Rantanen, Esa M., et al. "Education of Future Human Factors Professionals." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2016 Annual Meeting,. Ed. NA. Santa Monica, CA: SAGE Publications, 2016. Web. *

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Rantanen, Esa M. "Application of Cognitive Work Analysis to Map Nurses' Workload in a Hospital Setting." A WebEx meeting presentation for the Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Washington, DC. 2 Nov. 2016. Guest Lecture.

2015 Submissions

Journal Paper

Rantanen, Esa M., et al. "Eye Contact and Video-Mediated Communication: A Review." Displays 34. 2 (2015): 177--185. Print. *

Published Conference Proceedings

Wiele, Paul and Esa M. Rantanen. "Incident-reporting Systems: Usability of Input Interfaces and Resulting Data." Proceedings of the International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare, Baltimore, MD, April 26—29, 2015. Ed. NA. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Web.

Nalbandian, Alexander and Esa M. Rantanen. "Learning of Location-identity Bindings: Development of Level 1 Situation Awareness in an Air Traffic Control-like Task." Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Ed. NA. Dayton, OH: Association for Aviation Psychology, Web.

Invited Paper

Rantanen, Esa M., et al. "Improving Operator Situational Awareness with Wide Area Geographic Data View Displays of the Electric Power Grid." RIT/PSY/TR–15/1 Final Technical Report. (2017). Web. ≠

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Rantanen, Esa M. "Improving Operator Situation Awareness with Wide Area Geographic Data View Displays of the Electric Grid." New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) Seminar Series. New York Independent System Operator (NYISO). Rensselaer, NY. 23 Apr. 2015. Guest Lecture.

Rantanen, Esa M. "Human Factors, Multitask Performance, and Temporal Awareness." Finnish Defence Research Agency, Human Performance Division Seminar. Finnish Defence Research Agency, Human Performance Division. Järvenpää, Finland, FIN. 10 Aug. 2015. Guest Lecture.

2014 Submissions

Published Conference Proceedings

Rantanen, E.M., L. Hochberg, and R. S. Johar. "Linguistic Analysis of Archival Human Factors Jobs Data." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Ed. Unknown. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2014. Print. «

Rantanen, E. M., et al. "Towards Automatic Annotation of Clinical Decision-making Style." Proceedings of the 8th Linguistic Annotation Workshop at the 25th International Conference on Computational Linguistics. Ed. Unknown. Dublin, Ireland: International Committee on Computational Linguistics, 2014. Print. «

Rantanen, E.M., et al. "Decision Style in a Clinical Reasoning Corpus." Proceedings of the BioNLP Workshop. Ed. Unknown. Baltimore, MD: Association for Computational Linguistics, 2014. Print. «

Rantanen, E.M., et al. "Usability of Human Factors Research in Design: Advice From Users of Science to Producers of Science." Proceedings of the Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Ed. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2014. Print. «

Rantanen, E.M. and A.s. Swaminathan. "Usability of Human Factors Standards." Proceedings of the Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Ed. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2014. Print. «

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Rantanen, E. "Linguistic Analysis of Clinical Communications: A Novel Method for Study of Diagnostic Errors." HFES International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. HFES International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. Chicago, IL. 18 Mar. 2014. Conference Presentation. *

Rantanen, E. "Measurement and Modeling of Human Performance in Operational Contexts." Third Annual Joint Mini Conference of the Upstate Chapters of the American Statistical Association. Upstate Chapters of the American Statistical Association. Geneseo, NY. 12 Apr. 2014. Conference Presentation. *

2013 Submissions

Journal Paper

Rantanen, Esa, et al. "Archival Human Factors Jobs Database as a Tool for Tracking Trends in Skills and Knowledge Expectations in the Labor Market." Proceedings of The 57th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 57. 1 (2013): 457-461. Print. *

Rantanen, Esa, et al. "Practicing Relevant Skills in the Classroom: Advice From Experts in the Industry to Professors." Proceedings of The International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 57. 1 (2013): 443-446. Print. *

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Histon, J., Esa Rantanen, and Alm. "Communication Sequences in Controller-pilot Communications." Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Wright State University. Dayton, OH. 9 May 2013. Conference Presentation. *

Nystrom, D. T., Esa M. Rantanen, and G. Lintern. "Stress in Medical Residency: Cognitive Work Analysis and A Literature Review." 2013 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Advancing the Cause. Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Santa Monica, CA. 12 Mar. 2013. Conference Presentation. *

Rantanen, Esa. "Situation Awareness and Other Cross-Domain Constructs: Lessons Learned from 110 Years of Aviation Human Factors Research." at PNNL Future Power Grid Initiative 2nd Workshop on Challenges in Next-Generation Analytics for the Future Power Grid. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Seattle, WA. 19 Sep. 2013. Conference Presentation. *

2012 Submissions

Journal Paper

Rantanen, Esa and Christopher Wickens. "Conflict Resolution Maneuvers in Air Traffic Control: Investigation of Operational Data." International Journal of Aviation Psychology 22. 3 (2012): 266-281. Print. «

Rantanen, E.M. "Conflict Resolution Maneuvers in Air Traffic Control: Investigation of Operational Data." The International Journal of Aviation Psychology 22. 3 (2012): 266-281. Print. *

Bohannon, Leanne S., et al. "Eye Contact and Video-mediated Communication: A Review." Displays. (2012) Print. *

Rantanen, E.M. "Eye Contact and Video-Mediated Communication: A Review." Displays. (2012): Online. Web. *

Book Chapter

Rantanen, Esa. "Human Factors Validation of NextGen Technologies and Procedures." Advances in Human Aspects of Aviation (Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics Series). Ed. Steven Landry. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012. 341-350. Print. ∆

Histon, Jonathan, Esa Rantanen, and Cecilia Ovesdotter Alm. "Air Traffic Control Voice Data Analysis to Validate NextGen Procedures." Advances in Human Aspects of Aviation (Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics Series). Ed. Steven Landry. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012. 129-138. Print. ∆

Rantanen, E.M. "Human Factors Validation of NextGen Technologies and Procedures." Advances in Human Aspects of Aviation. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012. 341-350. Print. *

Rantanen, E.M., C. Alm, and J. Histon. "Air Traffic Control Voice Data Analysis to Validate NextGen Procedures." Advances in Human Aspects of Aviation. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2012. 129-138. Print. *

Published Conference Proceedings

Rantanen, Esa and William Moroney. "Employers' Expectations for Education and Skills of New Human Factors/Ergonomics Professionals." Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Boston, MA, October 22-26, 2012. Ed. HFES. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2012. Print. «

Moroney, William and Esa Rantanen. "Student Perceptions of their Educational and Skill Needs in the Workplace." Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Boston, MA, October 22-26, 2012. Ed. HFES. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2012. Print. «

Rantanen, Esa, et al. "Analysis of Hospital Oncology Department Pharmacy." Proceedings of the Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Bridging the Gap, Baltimore, MD, March 12-14, 2012. Ed. HFES. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2012. Web. £

Deeter, Joe and Esa Rantanen. "Human Reliability Analysis in Healthcare." Proceedings of the Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Bridging the Gap, Baltimore, MD, March 12-14, 2012. Ed. HFES. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2012. Web. £

Rantanen, E.M. and W.F. Moroney. "Employers' Expectations for Education and Skills of New Human Factors/Ergonomics Professionals." Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Santa Monica, CA: n.p., 2012. Print. *

Rantanen, E.M. and W.F. Moroney. "Student Perceptions of Their Educational and Skill Needs in the Workplace." Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Santa Monica, CA: n.p., 2012. Print. *

Rantanen, E.M. "Analysis of Hospital Oncology Department Pharmacy Operations." Proceedings of the 2012 Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Bridging the Gap. Santa Monica, CA: n.p., Print. *

Rantanen, E.M. "Human Reliability Analysis in Healthcare." Proceedings of the 2012 Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Bridging the Gap. Santa Monica, CA: n.p., Print. *

2011 Submissions

Journal Paper

Stankovic, Stephanie, et al. "Individual Differences in the Effect of Vertical Separation on Conflict Detection in Air Traffic Control." International Journal of Aviation Psychology 21. 4 (2011): 325-342. Print. ˜

Published Conference Proceedings

Rantanen, E. M. and W. F. Moroney. "Educational and Skill Needs for New Human Factors/Ergonomics Professionals." Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Las Vegas, NV, September 19-23, 2011. Ed. HFES. Santa Monica, CA: n.p., 2011. Print. *

Rantanen, E. M. and J. L. Smagner. "User Experience with Cybercollaboration Technologies." Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. Santa Monica, CA: HFES, 2011. Print. * †

2010 Submissions

Published Article

Yang, Jiazhong, Esa M. Rantanen, and Kan Zhang. “The impact of time efficacy on air traffic controller situation awareness and mental workload.” International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 20.1 (2010): 74-91. Print. *

Rantanen, E. M., and C. D. Wickens. “Are there standard conflict resolution maneuvers in air traffic control?” Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2010. 45-49. Print. *

Chung, Chnogyoon, and Esa M. Rantanen. “Gestural interaction with In-Vehicle Audio and Climate Controls.” Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2010. 1406-1410. Print. "  *

Hope, Ryan M., Esa M. Rantanen, and Lauri Oksama. “Multiple Identity Tracking and Entropy in an ATC-like Task.” Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2010. 1012-1016. Print. "  *