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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

The CANFLY Study for Pilots is Underway! Now offering a Remote Option for Participating

Participate in the CANFLY Study!  See below for two ways to participate. The Advanced Cognitive Engineering (ACE) Lab at Carleton University specializes in research regarding aviation safety. The ACE Lab uses online, virtual reality, and full-scale flight simulation to investigate foundational principles of cognition and human-machine... More

Friday, August 21, 2020

ACE Lab Students Receive CLUE Internships

  The ACE Lab is pleased to announce that students Alexia Ziccardi (left image) and Melanie Turabian (right image) were awarded Collaborative Learning of Usability Experiences (CLUE) internships for 2020-2021. Alexia Ziccardi is second year student at the Institute of Cognitive Science (ICS) working on her thesis in the ACE laboratory. She is... More

Monday, June 8, 2020

Aviation Research at the Advanced Cognitive Engineering Lab Goes Virtual!

The Advanced Cognitive Engineering (ACE) Lab at Carleton University specializes in research regarding transport safety. The ACE Lab uses virtual and full-scale flight simulation to investigate foundational principles of cognition and human-machine integration. Given the current physical distancing restrictions, the ACE Lab is seeking volunteers to... More

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

ACE Lab Honours Theses

Congratulations to Donna Monbourquette and Ryan Lacroix who have successfully completed their honours thesis research at the ACE Lab.  Donna’s thesis examined reaching in VR (Title: Investigating Fine Motor Movements in Virtual Reality).  Ryan’s project was focused on assessing cognitive health of pilots (Title:  Developing a Virtual... More

Thursday, April 13, 2017

ACE Lab featured in Crytek VR First program

The ACE Lab is featured on the front page of the Road to VR website for it's role in the Crytek VR First program. Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in... More

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Welcome!

The ACE Lab is pleased to have three new graduate students join the team. Danielle Krukowski and Kiah Prince will be pursuing their M.Cog.Sci. degrees in the Cognitive Science program. Agata Lawrynczyk is in the HCI... More

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Welcome Back Travis!!

The ACELab is proud to welcome back Travis Boudreau! It hasn't been the same without... More

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

ACE Lab Welcomes Visiting International Student

The ACE Lab is pleased to welcome Scott Devine who is a PhD student from the School of Engineering, Queens University Belfast, NI. Scott will be working with the ACE Lab on research to improve hand tracking in... More

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Masters Thesis Defended

Congratulations to Melanie Buset on successfully defending her HCI Masters Thesis titled: “Does Tool Use in Virtual Reality Change the Visual Perception of Extrapersonal and Peripersonal... More

Monday, July 25, 2016

The ACE Lab and the International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

The International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction was held in Toronto, July 18th to 22nd. Dr. Kathleen Van Benthem discussed the prevalence and impact of virtual reality sickness in flight simulation research at the 2nd international conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. This symposium showcased findings from... More

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

The ACELab attends CSBBCS

The ACE Lab had a strong presence at the 26th annual conference of the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science (CSBBCS), held at the University of Ottawa from June 24th to June 26th. The lab was represented by Kathy Van Benthem, Robin Langerak, Chris Nicholson, Ramy Kirollos, Melanie Buset, and Kiah Prince, who... More

Monday, May 30, 2016

Getting to Know Your Campus

The Carleton Library staff stopped by for a tour as part of their "Getting to know your campus" program. Dr. Brown captivated the audience with descriptions of the many simulators and the cognitive research conducted in the... More

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