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COMPUTER, ELECTRICAL & SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
RESEARCH EXPLORES DIGITAL ACCESS TO LEADING- EDGE LABS
Providing remote access to Embry-Riddle’s suite of cutting- edge engineering labs is an abiding passion for Dr. Luis Felipe Zapata-Rivera. Since coming to the Prescott Campus as an assistant professor of Computer, Electrical and Software Engineering in January 2020, Zapata-Rivera has continued his groundbreaking research into enhancing online access to on-site laboratories. “Working in a lab remotely can never replace the face-to-face experience,” said Zapata-Rivera, who earned his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Florida Atlantic University in 2019. “But we can create scenarios where students can do hands-on work from anywhere, especially in the areas of computer and electrical engineering.”
Creating these hybrid labs is still a “work in progress,” and the COVID-19 pandemic actually provided an unexpected opportunity for a successful initial trial, with students stuck in quarantine logging on to complete their lab assignments. Online laboratory access takes two forms. One is a virtual lab, which uses simulations that students can work on without using any of the equipment in the physical lab. The other is remote access, which plugs students directly into laboratory equipment, such as the wide range of innovative devices offered in the Microprocessor Systems Lab. Zapata-Rivera, who serves as Chair of the IEEE Education Society Standards Committee, has also developed a platform prototype that allows access and real-time lab interaction.
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