Instructional Labs
ECI manages 2 Physical labs and 3 separate virtual labs available via remote desktop which includes access to graphical desktops. Open access labs provide access to computers and software for all UCSB College of Engineering students with a valid ECI account. During the academic year (Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters) these labs are available for over 100 hours per week. These labs are designed to support instructional homework needs, collaboration, and Teaching Assistant office hours. ECI also supports a private linux lab for Computer Science which is only available to Computer Science and any cross listed courses for home work or collaboration.
ECI maintains the following instructional labs: the Engineering II Lab and the Computer Science Instructional Lab (CSIL Annex).
Collaborate maintains: Phelps 1521 with Engineering software provided by ECI
All ECI labs feature UCSB Campus Wireless and printing capabilities.
Instructional Labs (Windows)
- E2 Lab - Engineering II, room 3236
- 20 workstations (all Windows 11)
- CoE accounts used to login
- Collaborate Open Access Labs Phelps 1521
- 40 workstations (all Windows 11)
- Guest Access
Instructional Labs (CS ONLY Linux Lab)
- CSIL Annex (CS only): Building 434 Annex, Room 122A (North Side)
- 15 workstations (all Fedora)
- CoE accounts used to login
For more information on what each lab provides, please click here.
Permanently closed after Summer 2025
Auhll Student Center - Engineering II 1401
CSIL - Harold Frank Lab 1138
ECE Windows/Linux Lab - Harold Frank Lab 1140
The Instructional Labs, for the most part, are Open Online Access to the College of Engineering Users.
Remote Access Notes
PLEASE NOTE: ALL LAB SYSTEMS (WINDOWS & LINUX) CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES. YOUR INSTRUCTOR/TEACHING ASSISTANT SHOULD PROVIDE YOU WITH LINKS AND INSTRUCTIONS.
Several departments have departmental labs that are only open to their own department and said departmental labs' remote access instructions are NOT included under our generalized Remote Access knowledge base articles.
For the lab hours → What are the ECI Lab Hours?