Bethany Lapenta
Head Learning Facilitator
Orlando, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBethany Lapenta is an experienced engineer and educator with 13 years blending hands-on technical work in AI/ML, IoT, and embedded systems with leadership in online higher education and course design. She leads learning facilitation for multiple MIT programs at 2U and has supported AI and HCI curricula at Harvard Extension and MIT, translating complex technical topics into engaging online experiences. Her research background includes visual robotics and a Master’s thesis using the Duckietown platform, giving her practical autonomy in robotics and perception systems. Currently pursuing expertise in clean energy and controls, she aims to bridge software and power systems, bringing a rare mix of classroom pedagogy, academic research, and applied engineering to energy-sector software problems.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMaster of Science - MS, Fintech, Master of Science - MS, Fintech at University of Central Florida
Github Skills (26)
tower10
docker10
openedx9
modular9
lms9
python9
ansible9
edx9
edtech7
configuration-management7
denoising6
ros5
image-restoration5
high-resolution4
middleware4
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bzinberg/anagrams_with_fiends
Nov 2013 - Dec 2013
Contributions:45 commits in 1 month
lapentab/code_solutions
Feb 2022 - Feb 2022
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
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