The Coleman Exploratory Systems Lab houses long-term student project activities in computation. Projects have included technology for CU faculty to use in their teaching, applications for local nonprofit organizations, and cognitive assistive technology.

Banga ― This system allows patients with aphasia to practice word findings on an Android smart phone. Moving this kind of therapy to a mobile phone device gives more convenience for patients, while allowing therapists to monitor patients' performance and adjust the treatment remotely.

ChatPC Communicator ―This interface links an AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) device on a handheld computer to a smart phone, so that an individual with speech difficulties can use their AAC to carry on a phone conversation or send text messages and emails using the interface on their AAC.

Undergraduate Rob Mickle participated in a special projects class in the Coleman Exploratory Systems Lab, in which students developed prototypes of five systems using the Android mobile phone platform to support people with cognitive disabilities. Later, Mickle was selected as one of the 50 winners of Google's $5 million Android Developer Challenge for his collaborative sketching application, Fingerprint.