Dr. Giudice and colleagues publish new book chapter
VEMI Lab receives $500,000 NSF grant to research Autonomous Vehicles
Led by Principal Investigator Dr. Nicholas Giudice, and Co-PI Dr. Richard Corey, the VEMI Lab recently received a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to study self-driving vehicles. A primary goal of the research is to make transportation of the future more accessible, usable and trustworthy. This innovative University of Maine project is designed to improve […]
Read moreDr. Giudice and collaborators receive $748K NSF grant
WABI quotes Giudice in report on $748K NSF grant for VEMI Lab
Read moreVEMI Lab to celebrate 10th anniversary
VEMI Lab to celebrate 10th anniversary with conference, barbecue
Read moreDr. Richard Corey, 2018 Northeast Region Supervisor of the Year Nominee
Dr. Richard Corey, 2018 Northeast Region Supervisor of the Year Nominee
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VEMI Lab student wins big at UMaine Student Symposium
Congratulations to VEMI Lab student, Emily Blackwood, who won both the Alumni Association Award and the Best Graduate Poster for the Social Science category at the UMaine Student Symposium 2018. The Alumni Association recognizes a student who has continued with their studies at UMaine; Emily completed her undergrad studies with a B.A. in Anthropology and […]
Read moreDirector of Operations, Dr. Richard Corey, wins Supervisor of the Year Award
Congratulations to Dr. Richard Corey (left) who was nominated (and won!) by VEMI Lab student Emily (right) for Supervisor of the year at UMaine. We are so excited that he is finally being recognized for all he does for the VEMI students. Included in the nomination letter were multiple quotes from past and present students, […]
Read moreExperimental Aging Research
Check out Dr. Giudice’s new paper published in Experimental Aging Research on spatial updating abilities of older adults after haptic learning. This is one of the only papers studying how haptic updating changes across the lifespan! Giudice N.A., Bennett C.R., Klatzky R.L., & Loomis J.M. (2017). Spatial Updating of Haptic Arrays Across the Lifespan. Experimental […]
Read moreCheck out the new technical report from the FAA by Dr. Giudice and his collaborators on techniques for improving airport accessibility.
Citation: Legge, G. E., Downey, C., Giudice, N. A., & Tjan, B. S. (2016). Indoor Airport Wayfinding for Blind and Visually Impaired Travelers. Report to the Federal Aviation Administration, No. DOT/Faa/TC-TN16/54. Abstract. By conservative estimates, more than 4 million Americans have impaired vision, with the prevalence rising as the population ages. Wayfinding in complex public […]
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Maine Journal Article on Lab Member Brenden Peters
The Maine Journal did a nice profile recently on undergraduate lab member and 2016 UMaine Computer Science grad Brenden Peters. Check out the article and video at this link!
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