Journals and Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

Nasr-Azadani, E, Smithwick EAH, Fregien, N. Application of Landscape Visualization for systems thinking in context of an Indigenous Model for Sustainable Forestry, in preparation.

Lucash, ML, Helgeson C, Keller K, Nicholas R, Scheller R, Smithwick EAH, Srikrishnan V, Williams N. Balancing multiple forest management objectives under climate change, in preparation.

Steidle S, Lucash ML, Nasr-Azadani E, Smithwick EAH. Testing presence, assessing attitudes: study of a virtual tour in an “aesthetically challenged” landscape, in review

Helgeson C, Keller K, Nicholas RE, Srikrishnan V, Cooper C, Smithwick EAH, Tuana N. Integrating values to improve the relevance and inclusiveness of climate-risk research, in review

Olson, SK, Smithwick EAH, Lucash MS, Scheller RM, Nicholas RE, and Ruckert KL (2021). Landscape-Scale Forest Reorganization Following Insect Invasion and Harvest Under Future Climate Change Scenarios. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00616-w

Radke, N., Keller, K., Yousefpour, R., & Hanewinkel, M. (2020). Identifying decision-relevant uncertainties for dynamic adaptive forest management under climate change. Climatic Change 163, 891–911 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02905-0

Huang, J., Lucash, MS., Scheller, RM., Klippel, A. (2020). Walking Through the Forests of the Future: Using Data-driven Virtual Reality to Visualize Forests under Climate Change. International Journal of Geographical Information Science (IJGIS) 35(6), 1155-1178. (Altmetric: 120, article ranked top 10 of Altmetric among all articles from 2500 journals published by Taylor & Francis; Impact Factor: 3.733). https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2020.1830997 pdf

Klippel, A. (2020). From spatial to platial – the role and future of immersive technologies in the spatial sciences. Journal of Spatial Information Science(21), 33–45. https://doi.org/10.5311/JOSIS.2020.21.722 

Klippel, A., Zhao, J., Oprean, D., Wallgrün, J. O., Stubbs, C., La Femina, P., & Jackson, K. L. (2020). The value of being there: toward a science of immersive virtual field trips. Virtual Reality, 24, 753–770. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-019-00418-5 

Klippel, A., Zhao, J., Sajjadi, P., Wallgrün, J. O., Bagher, M. M., & Oprean, D. (2020). Immersive place-based learning – An extended research framework. In 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 449–454). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW50115.2020.00092 

Sajjadi, P., Bagher, M. M., Cui, Z., Myrick, J. G., Swim, J. K., White, T. S., & Klippel, A. (2020). Design of a Serious Game to Inform the Public About the Critical Zone. In 2020 IEEE 8th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (SeGAH) (pp. 1–8). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/SeGAH49190.2020.9201697 

Wallgrün, J. O., Bagher, M. M., Sajjadi, P., & Klippel, A. (2020). A comparison of visual attention guiding approaches for 360° image-based VR tours. In 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) (pp. 83–91). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR46266.2020.00-78 

Zhao, J., LaFemina, P., Carr, J., Sajjadi, P., Wallgrun, J. O., & Klippel, A. (2020). Learning in the Field: Comparison of Desktop, Immersive Virtual Reality, and Actual Field Trips for Place-Based STEM Education. In 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR) (pp. 893–902). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR46266.2020.1581091793502 

Zhao, J., Simpson, M., Wallgrün, J. O., Sajjadi, P., & Klippel, A. (2020). Extended realities – How changing scale affects spatial learning. In 2020 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 601–602). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/VRW50115.2020.00150 

Huang, J., Lucash, M.S., Scheller, R.M., and Klippel, A (2019). Visualizing Ecological Data in Virtual Reality.  IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces.   1311–1312. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8797771 pdf

Huang, J., Lucash, M.S., Simpson, M., Helgeson, C., & Klippel, A. (2019). Visualizing Natural Environments from Data in Virtual Reality: Combining Realism and Uncertainty.  Proceedings of the 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces.   1485–1488. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8797996 pdf

Lucash MS, K Ruckert, R Nicholas, RM Scheller and EAH Smithwick. (2019). Complex interactions among successional trajectories and climate govern spatial resilience after severe windstorms in central Wisconsin, U.S.A..  Landscape Ecology. 34 (12),  2897. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00929-1

Rochner, M., Mansfield, B., Chappell, M.J., Smithwick, E., Romero, A., Lane, S.N., Lave, R., and Biermann, C. (2019). The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Physical Geography..  The AAG Review of Books. 7 (3),  203. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/2325548X.2019.1615327

Wallgrün, J. O., Chang, J. (.‑K., Zhao, J., Sajjadi, P., Oprean, D., Baka, J., Murphy, T., & Klippel, A. (2019). For the many, not the one: Designing low-cost joint VR experiences for place-based learning. In P. Bourdot, V. Interrante, L. Nedel, N. Magnenat-Thalmann, & G. Zachmann (Eds.), Proceedings of Euro VR – Scientific Track (pp. 126–148). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31908-3_9 

Wallgrün, J. O., Masrur, A., Zhao, J., Taylor, A., Knapp, E., Chang, J. (.‑K., & Klippel, A. (2019). Low-Cost VR Applications to Experience Real Word Places Anytime, Anywhere, and with Anyone. In 2019 IEEE 5th Workshop on Everyday Virtual Reality (WEVR), Osaka, Japan (pp. 1–6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/WEVR.2019.8809593 

Tuana, Nancy (2017). Ethically Valuing the Future: Non-market Loss and Damage in the Context of Climate Change.  Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy. 15  979-998.

Book Chapters

Smithwick EAH., Caldwell C., Klippel A., Scheller R., Tuana N., Bird R., Keller K., Lucash M., Nicholas R., Olson S., Ruckert K., Oyler J., Helgeson C., Huang, J. (2019). Learning about Forest Futures under Climate Change through Transdisciplinary Collaboration across Traditional and Western Knowledge Systems. In S. G. Perz (Ed.), Collaboration Across Boundaries for Social-Ecological Systems Science: Experiences Around the World (pp.153–184). Springer.

Tuana, Nancy (2019). Values-informed Decision Support: The Place of Philosophy,. Philosophy for the Real World: An Introduction to Field Philosophy with Case Studies and Practical Strategies  Evelyn Brister and Robert Frodeman.  Taylor and Francis, Routledge

Other Conference Presentations and Papers

Smithwick EAH, Lucash, MS., Klippel, A., Huang, J., Scheller, RM., Caldwell C. (2020). Modeling and Visualizing Forest Resilience in Response to Disturbance and Climate. The Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting 2020, virtual event, USA

Klippel A. (2020). Extended Realities – Creating Visceral Experiences for Geocommunication. Department of Geography and Regional Research. University of Vienna, Austria.

Smithwick, EAH (2019). Drawdown solutions: forest management and indigenous people’s land management. Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown. The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.

Lucash, MS., Huang, J., Srikrishnan, V., Keller, K., Klippel, A., Scheller, RM., Nicholas, R., Smithwick, EAH. (2019). Using robust decision-making and virtual reality to analyze management tradeoffs under climate change. International Association of Landscape Ecologists (IALE) World Congress, Milan, Italy.

Klippel, A. (2019). An immersive science of place – paradigm shift for spatial/geo sciences?. Department of GeoInformatics, GIForum, The University of Muenster. Germany.

Klippel, A. (2019). An immersive science of place – paradigm shift for spatial/geo sciences?. Cognitive Systems Colloquium, The University of Bremen. Germany.

Huang, J., Helgeson, C., Tuana, N., Smithwick, EAH., Klippel, A. (2019). Understanding the effectiveness of VR on decision making. American Association of Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 2019, Washington, D.C.

Klippel A. (2019). Creating Visceral Experiences for Sustainability. Sustainability Showcase. The Sustainability Institute. The Pennsylvania State University.

Huang, J. (2019). Forest Response to Climate Change. First International Conference on Drawdown — Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown, University Park, PA.

Klippel, A. (2019). Extended Realities – Creating Visceral Experiences for Societal Challenges.. Digital Fluency Symposium: The Future of Teaching, Learning and Research. University Park, PA.

Huang J. Lucash, M. S., Scheller, R.M., Klippel, A, Smithwick EAH (2019). Forest Response to Climate Change.. First International Conference on Drawdown — Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown. University Park, PA.

Klippel, A. (2019). Immersive technologies and experiences at Penn State. Information Science and Technology Colloquium. The Pennsylvania State University.

Klippel, A. et al. (2019). Place-based education – an immersive technologies perspective. American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.

Klippel, A. (2019). Platial Cognition – The Need for a Research Framework.. Iowa State University – Virtual Reality Applications Center. (invited).

Klippel, A. (2019). Toward an immersive science of place-based education.. Geological Society of America Meeting, Pardee Session on Digital Learning Innovation in the Geosciences. Phoenix, AZ.

Huang J, Helgeson C, Tuana N, Smithwick EAH, Klippel A. (2019). Understanding the effectiveness of VR on decision making. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting. Washington, D.C..

Klippel, A. (2018). An immersive science of place – paradigm shift for spatial/geo sciences?. Center for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University. (invited).

Klippel, A., Huang, J., Lucash, MS., Scheller, R. (2018). Immersive experiences for grounding environmental decision-making. Annual meeting of the US Chapter of the International Association of Landscape Ecology, Chicago, IL.

Huang, J., Klippel, A. (2018). Growing Trees in a Green House. Thinking Within Symposium: Immersive Technologies for Education, University Park, PA.

Klippel, A., Huang, J., Wallgrun, JO., Zhao, J., Simpson, M. (2017). Immersive Technologies for decision-making and resilience. Resilience 2017, Stockholm, Sweden.

Huang, J., Klippel, A., Wallgrün, JO. (2017). Finding Efficient Digital Tree Visualization in 3D Applications and Virtual Reality. American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2017, Boston, MA.

Huang, J., Lucash, MS., Scheller, RM., Klippel, A. (2017). Visualizing Forests with Immersive Technologies, Bridging Past, Present and Future. Oral presentation at the launch of Center of Human Ecology. the Launch of Center of Human Ecology, University Park, PA.

Klippel, A., Simpson, M., Keller, K., Smithwick, EAH., Wallgrun, JO., Garner, G., Huang, J., Oprean, D., Bansal, S. 10-11 November, (2016). iVR for Climate Change Visualizations. British Computer Society, London, England.