Developing a Remote Laboratory at TAMUQ Based on a Novel Unified Framework

Dr. Xuemin Chen is the founding Director of Virtual and Remote Laboratory and an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering Technology at the Texas Southern University. He received his BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST), China, in 1985, 1988 and 1991 respectively. He joined the faculty of Texas Southern University (TSU) in the Department of Engineering Technology in September 2006. Prior to that, he had fifteen years working experience in academia with six years (1991-1997) at NJUST and another nine years (1997-2006) at University of Houston. He was the recipient of the Top Research Innovations and Findings Award from Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for his contribution in the ”Thickness Measurement of Reinforced Concrete Pavement by Using Ground Penetrating Radar” in 2004. Upon joining the TSU, he actively engaged in the conception and implementation of next-generation remote laboratory. He initiated the Virtual and Remote Laboratory (VR-Lab) at TSU in 2008. With the support of NSF HBCU-UP, CCLI and IEECI programs, and Qatar NPRP Cycle 4 award, he has established a state of the art VR-Lab at TSU. Now, the VR-Lab website is being served as portal for students to conduct various virtual and remote experiments. He was recognized for excellence in mentoring undergraduate research at TSU in 2012.