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LUIS RABELO, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. He received dual degrees in Electrical and Me-chanical Engineering from the University of Panama and Master degrees from the Florida Institute of Technology and the University of Missouri-Rolla. He received a Ph.D. in Engineering Management from the University of Mis-souri-Rolla in 1990. He also holds dual MS degrees in Aerospace Systems Engineering & Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Ethling Hernandez is a Master’s Degree student of the Engineering Management program in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering in December 2004, from UCF. She is a student member of the Industrial Engineering Society as well as the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Since 2003, Ethling has been a Research Assistant for the IEMS department. Some of her interests are Project Management, Program Development and Quality.

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HAMIDREZA ESKANDARI is a Ph.D. candidate in the
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Systems at the University of Central Florida in Orlando,
Florida. He received his Bachelor's degree in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Tehran in 1998 and his
Master's degree in Socio-Economic Systems Engineering
from the Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran,
Iran in 2001. His research interests include Simulation
Modeling and Analysis, Multiple Criteria Decision
Making, Multiobjective Optimization and Curriculum Development. He is a member
of IIE and INFORMS.

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SERGE N. SALA-DIAKANDA is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida. He holds a B.S in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aero-nautical University, a M.S. in Manufacturing Processes and Systems and a Certificate in Quality Assurance from the University of Central Florida. He has worked as a research assistant with the Center for NASA Simulation Research Group since the fall of 2003. His areas of interest include information fusion, aircraft design and object-oriented simulation of aircraft, and spacecraft development.

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Sandra L. Furterer, Ph.D. is the Assistant Department Chair in the Industrial Engineering and Management Systems department in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Furteres research and teaching interests are change management related to application of Lean Enterprise and Six Sigma, as well as engineering education.

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Dr. Kent Williams, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems in the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. He received a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology/Human Information Processing from the University of Connecticut, and an M.A. in General Experimental Psychology/Neuroscience from Connecticut College. His specialties are Simulation and Training Systems Design and Development, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Simulation and Cognitive Modeling, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Human Computer Interface Design and Evaluation, Human Learning and Memory, among other areas. He is redesigning the instructional strategies using Cognitive Learning Theories for the Reengineering the Undergraduate IE Curriculum NSF research project.

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