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Melinda R. Hess is the Director of the Center for Research, Evaluation, Assessment, and Measurement (CREAM) at the University of South Florida. She has written and presented over 30 papers at technology end education research conferences and has co-authored two chapters in educational methods books. She is the Editor of the Florida Journal of Educational Research.

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Autar K Kaw is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher at the University of South Florida. He is the author of the textbook - Mechanics of Composite Materials, CRC-LLC Press. With major funding from National Science Foundation, he is developing award winning web-based resources for an undergraduate course in Numerical Methods. He is the recipient of the 2004 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) & the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT) Florida Professor of the Year and the 2003 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Archie Higdon Distinguished Mechanics Educator Award. His current scholarly interests include development of instructional technologies, integrating research in classroom, thermal stresses, computational mechanics, and mechanics of nonhomogeneous nanolayers.

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Corina M. Owens is a full time graduate student in the Department of Measurement and Evaluation at the University of South Florida. Ms. Owens works as a graduate assistant in the Center of Research, Evaluation, and Measurement. Ms. Owens earned her B.A. degree in interdisciplinary Social Sciences (2002), an M.A.T. degree in Social Science Education (2006), and is currently working towards a PhD degree in Measurement and Evaluation from the University of South Florida.

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