The 3D Audio and Applied Acoustics (3D3A) Laboratory was founded in 2008 by Professor Edgar Choueiri with a research grant he obtained from the Shostack Foundation to study fundamental aspects of spatial hearing in humans. The laboratory became operational in early 2009 and was completed later that year with the addition of an instrumented anechoic chamber.

The scope of research encompasses such related topics as sound field control, spatial hearing, auralization, 3D audio, binaural audio through speakers, crosstalk cancellation, and advanced hearing aids.