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Congratulations to VEMI student researcher Christopher Erb (left) on placing first in the college division of Saturday's Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race!
ALT Christopher Erb and teammate paddle a canoe down the Kenduskeag Stream.
Join VEMI's own Dr. Richard Corey as he helps NPR's Maine Calling shed some light on the metaverse and how it affects our future. bit.ly/3qaDdod
We are getting so close to the debut of our new autonomous vehicle simulator! A few critical components are still in transit, but here's a sneak peek: youtu.be/8feGaQ0ooQY
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NEW MEMBER ALERT! We are excited to introduce, Nicholas Giudice as our new Maine @SSNScholars! Giudice is a Professor of Spatial Computing and serves as the founder and Chief research Scientist of the VEMI Lab at @UMaine
scholars.org/scholar/nichola…
VEMI Lab’s Autonomous Vehicle Research Group will present at the United States Department of Transportation Charrette this Monday, January 24th at 11:30am. Get involved here: transportation.gov/inclusive…
Dr. Giudice recently moderated a session for Sight Tech Global’s virtual conference entitled: "Indoor Navigation: Can Inertial Navigation, Computer Vision and other new technologies Work Where GPS Can't?" Watch it here: bit.ly/3DDhCbX
Until Sept. 30th, a minimum donation of $150 to the VEMI Lab Fund will provide a VEMI student a UMaine VEMI hoodie. Not only will your donation help a student stay warm, but it will also help maintain VEMI’s ongoing needs!
More info and donation link: bit.ly/2XarUAt
We're excited to announce that we've received a generous award from the Alton '38 and Adelaide Hamm Campus Activity Fund to sponsor VEMI's annual Rapid Research Week this year! These funds will expand technical resources for participants. #UMaine
RRW Info: bit.ly/3zYXtMu
Congratulations Dr. Caitlin Howell on becoming the first woman to receive tenure in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at #UMaine!
#WomeninScience
Take a look at this newly published peer-reviewed article related to autonomous vehicle accessibility and policy by VEMI's Paul Fink and Dr. Nicholas Giudice as well as former lab member Jessica Holz. Assoc. for Computer Machinery article: bit.ly/3mDyPwN #Accessibility
VEMI alumni startup @kinoteksoftware has made front page news on @SportTechie. Keep up the great work KinoTek! bit.ly/2W2ZubM
The Excellence in Writing Award from the American Council for the Blind was given to Nicholas Giudice in recognition of his Medium essay “COVID-19 and Blindness,” which describes the challenges blind people are facing during the pandemic. Congrats Nick!
bit.ly/2VZPIHg
Our friends are looking for female identifying college students to participate in a remote study. Follow this link for more details: umaine.qualtrics.com/jfe/for…
July has already flown by! Check out what we've been up to in our newsletter (bit.ly/3fqJruS). Don't forget to subscribe so you can stay up to date with us.
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The @USDOT Inclusive Design Challenge gives rewards for innovative proposals to make AVs more accessible for people with disabilities. PAVE interviewed the 10 semifinalists to hear about their visionary proposals.
Watch the interviews: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
Our June Newsletter is set to go out next week! Are you subscribed? ⬇️
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UMaine researchers developed an AR app to teach nursing students about heart failure. The app displays a floating, animated heart model through a smartphone camera and allows users to manipulate heart rate, blood pressure and more. bit.ly/3vyjMW1
Check out the UMaine News feature on our collaboration with UMaine Nursing ⬇️ 🫀
umaine.edu/news/blog/2021/06…
Dr. Caitlin Howell (@CHowellLab) will be presenting in the @NYASciences webinar “Finding Inspiration for Functional Nanomaterials from Nature” on June 21st at 11:30am!
Learn more & register here:
nyas.org/events/2021/webinar…