Living Environments Laboratory

The LEL is a space and a place where scholars explore the connection between environment, technology, human action, experience and visualization. We represent a multidisciplinary group of faculty and students who share an affinity for incorporating 3D design, visualization and virtual reality environments into education, research and creative expression. Our primary instrument for research is a six-sided virtual reality CAVE. We engage in projects with departments such as Industrial and Systems Engineering, Design Studies, Library and Information Studies, Nursing, Art, Dance as well as projects in Digital Humanities. We are developing a broader intellectual foray by expanding our repertoire of the types of scientific and scholarly data we analyze and visualize. We welcome collaborators from across campus, the state, and the nation to join in this endeavor through data acquisition, visualization practices and 3D data analysis.