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Join the ASAP Team!
Calling all UMaine students – join the ASAP Media Services team! ASAP Media Services is hiring UMaine students to join the team as video creators and editors. If you have a true passion for learning, honing your skills and some experience, ASAP is the place for you. Competitive student employee rates available. Please email resumes/inquires […]
Expanded Situational Awareness Without Vision: A Novel Haptic Interface for Use in Fully Autonomous Vehicles Publication
VEMI graduate student Paul Fink was published first author for his work “Expanded Situational Awareness Without Vision: A Novel Haptic Interface for Use in Fully Autonomous Vehicles” with VEMI staff Dr. Nicholas Giudice, Dr. Richard Corey, and RJ Perry. The abstract states that “this work presents a novel ultrasonic haptic interface to improve nonvisual perception […]
Student Publication: Whole Body Vibration Detection in an Autonomous Vehicle Simulator
VEMI students Ainslie Allen, Anthony Caccese, and Anna Johnson studied whole body vibration detection in an autonomous vehicle simulator during VEMI’s Rapid Research week of 2022. The published paper can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368302445_Whole_Body_Vibration_Detection_in_an_Autonomous_Vehicle_Simulator
Student Publication: Influence of Music on Emotion in Autonomous Vehicles
VEMI students Emily Hanscom and Maher Alsamsam studied the influence of music on emotion in autonomous vehicles during VEMI’s Rapid Research week of 2022. The published paper can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368301784_Influence_of_Music_on_Emotion_in_Autonomous_Vehicles?channel=doi&linkId=63e134abc465a873a299e76a&showFulltext=true
Dr. Giudice discusses assistive technology
Nick joins a panel of orientation and mobility experts to discuss his perspectives on the effective design, development, and use of assistive technology. Panelist described pros and cons of current practices and ideas for future tech development, research, and instruction. URL: https://youtu.be/6q8TBLrHe9s
Dr. Giudice in 2022 BRAINS Fellows Symposium
Dr. Giudice recently participated as an invited senior mentor in the 2022 BRAINS Fellows Symposium in Seattle WA. BRAINS (Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience) is an annual program that invites promising early career under-represented researchers across neuroscience to a multi-day symposium, held at an island retreat on Bainbridge Island off the coast […]
VEMI in the News- a Media Post by the University of Maine
With VEMI’s 3rd place win in the Inclusive Design Challenge, put on by the U.S. DOT, the lab has been hitting the news! The University of Maine media team writes an article describing VEMI’s win and some of the news centers that have reported on it. Read more, here: University of Maine News Media features VEMI […]
Wiredfocus highlights VEMI and the U.S. DOT Inclusive Design Challenge
VEMI placed 3rd in the national competition held by the U.S. DOT to innovate on increasing accessibility in the upcoming technology of autonomous vehicles. For this competition, named the Inclusive Design Challenge, VEMI developed AVA, the Autonomous Vehicle Assistant; a software that gives the user end-to-end assistance on their rideshare- from ordering it all the […]
Zip-Education posts about VEMI’s Inclusive Design Challenge Win
VEMI placed third in the U.S. DOT Inclusive Design challenge, winning $300,000 with their software, AVA. AVA stands for the Autonomous Vehicle Assistant, and allows the user end-to-end assistance in using a rideshare with an autonomous vehicle. Interviews by University of Maine’s President Joan Ferrini-Mundy and VEMI co-founders Dr. Nicholas Giudice and Dr. Richard Corey […]