Research and support facilities available to students in the program:
Lab facilities are available for research in human cognition, perception and performance, modeling and simulation, and psychophysiology. Facilities include personal computers, local area networked testing stations, sound-attenuated testing chambers, driving simulators (RTI and STISIM), flight simulators, robotic devices, eye trackers, and a human-computer interaction laboratory. Access to university computing and multimedia development facilities is also available. To complement the university’s emphasis on modeling and simulation, students also have access to the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center (VMASC). VMASC is an ODU-affiliated research and development center where scientists from a number of disciplines create and test computer models and simulation applications to benefit industrial, academic, and governmental interests. Research is supported by private sector, local, state or federal governmental organizations (e.g., National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, NASA, etc.), or one of the military services. Doctoral students are encouraged to become engaged in one of these research programs early in the process of their education.
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Teaching opportunities available to students in the program:
All graduate students are encouraged to teach their own course of record for at least one semester before graduation. Students typically teach undergraduate courses in their area of interest. Students may teach more often if they desire. The Teaching of Psychology course (listed in the electives) is required of students who teach their own course of record. However, nearly all students will obtain experience as a Teaching Assistant as part of their funding, regardless of their later interest in teaching their own course of record.
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Current research activities and projects being carried out by program faculty and/or students:
Cybersecurity, human-computer interaction, visual and auditory display design, vigilance and attention, use of advanced automation, automation trust, attention and driving, advanced air mobility, healthcare simulation, measurement and impact of forms of computer usage on productivity, and human cognition and performance.
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