People
COGENT Principal Invstigator
Dr. Joe Gabbard
Joeseph Gabbard, PhD
Associate Professor, Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
jgabbard@vt.edu
(540) 231-3559
Dr. Gabbard's work centers on human factors and human-computer interaction; specifically perceptual and cognitive issues related to user experience and usability engineering of novel user interfaces including 3D visualization and interaction in augmented and virtual environments, multimodal interactive systems, and visualizations for life sciences. As a pioneer in usability engineering with respect to applying and creating methods for new interactive systems for more than 19 years, Dr. Gabbard has conducted numerous user-studies in augmented reality examining human performance and safety in applied (usability engineering) and basic science domains (color perception, occlusion, depth perception). He was the lead user experience engineer of one of the first mobile head-worn AR systems (the Battlefield Augmented Reality System). More recently, he has been focusing his research on human performance, natural user interaction, situational awareness and safety associated with AR displays in transportation, military, manufacturing, building & construction domains.
Reserachers & Post Docs
Kyle Tanous
Research Scientist, Grado Depatment of ISE
Augmented & Virtual Reality
Computer Vision
Graduate Students
Eric Bloomquist
PhD
My research interests are generally related to advancing the field of accessible transportation and automotive interface design. My current research focuses on understanding how we can design level 4-5 automated driving systems to be more accessible to blind and low vision riders.
Nayara de Oliveira Faria
PhD
Experienced human factors researcher with a background exploring the impact of augmented reality on perception, performance, and preferences. I am interested in the intersection of HCI, UX Research, Perception & Cognition, and AR/VR.
Personal Website
Jon Flittner
PhD
Rick Greatbatch
PhD
The goal of my research is to investigate use cases of HUDs to increase driver SA during takeover in vehicles equipped with L3 driving automation systems.
Alex Krasner
MS
I am a Computer Science master's student with a focus on AR/VR Interface and Interaction Design Research. My thesis work is an investigation of the effects of different audio augmentations on mid-air typing performance and user experience.
John Luksas
MS
Cassidy Nelson
PhD
My research is primarily in the usage of AR for emergency response. However, I also have interests in AR for serious game applications in both rehabilitation and in education.
Kelsey Quinn
PhD
My interests include UX research and exploring human cognition and performance when using Augmented Reality head-worn displays.
Obinna Ugwu
PhD
Obinna is Interested in the improvement of the user experience of immersive technologies.
