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Dr. Vukica Jovanovic is an Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology in Mechanical Engineering Technology Program. She holds a Ph.D. from Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering Technology, focus on Digital Manufacturing. Her research is focused on mechatronics, digital manufacturing, digital thread, cyber physical systems, broadening participation, and engineering education. She is a Co-Director of Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Lab at ODU and a lead of Area of Specialization Mechatronics Systems Design. She worked as a Visiting Researcher at Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing in Disputanta, VA on projects focusing on digital thread and cyber security of manufacturing systems. She has funded research in broadening participation efforts of underrepresented students in STEM funded by Office of Naval Research, focusing on mechatronic pathways. She is part of the ONR project related to the additive manufacturing training of active military. She is also part of the research team that leads the summer camp to nine graders that focus on broadening participation of underrepresented students into STEM (ODU BLAST).

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Born and raised in Brazil, Denise Tombolato-Terzic earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomical Engineering at her prestigious alma mater "ESALQ", University of São Paulo's agricultural campus. She completed her graduate work at the University of Florida, having pursued Master's and PhD degrees in Plant Pathology and Molecular Biology, respectively. After a brief time in industry, Dr. Tombolato-Terzic returned to academia, seeking a Master's degree in Bioinformatics at Northern Illinois University. Currently, Dr. Tombolato-Terzic is a lecturer at the Molecular Biology and Chemistry department at Christopher Newport University. She teaches laboratory courses, lectures, scientific literacy, scientific writing and how to deliver oral presentations.

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Daniel Richards, Ph.D. is assistant professor of technical and professional writing in the Department of English at Old Dominion University. His research interests include writing pedagogy, rhetorical theory, and technical communication in disasters.

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Pilar Pazos is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, USA. Her main areas of research interest are collaborative work structures, virtual teams and team decision-making and performance.

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Megan McKittrick is a Lecturer and PhD candidate in the Department of English at Old Dominion University. She teaches composition, scientific, digital, and technical writing, and her research interests include technical communication and game studies.

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Julia Romberger is an Associate Professor of Professional Writing at Old Dominion
University. Her research interests include pedagogical practices, visual rhetoric, and the rhetoric of interface design. She teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in business writing, technical writing, writing for the web, visual rhetoric, and has mentored business and professional writing teaching staff. She has published on undergraduate and graduate pedagogy, cultural implications of interface design, and methodology.

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Dr. Otilia Popescu received the Engineering Diploma and M.S. degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest, Romania, and the PhD degree from Rutgers University, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her research interests are in the general areas of communication systems, control theory, and signal processing. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering Technology, Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. In the past she has worked for the University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at San Antonio, Rutgers University, and Politehnica University of Bucharest. She is a senior member of the IEEE, serves as associate editor for IEEE Communication Letters, and has served in the technical program committee for the IEEE ICC, WCNC, RWW, VTC, GLOBECOM, and CAMAD conferences.

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