Prof. Vahid Motevalli, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Director of the Aviation Institute. He was selected as a Congressional Fellow by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and served on the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science in 1995 - 1996. In 1997, he served as an Executive committee member and Safety Track Co-chair of the White House Conference on "International Aviation Safety and Security in the 21st Century." Prior to joining The George Washington University in 1994, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Dr. Cing-Dao (Steve) Kan, he holds an Associate Research Professor position in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the George Washington University. He joined the FHWA/NHTSA National Crash Analysis Center at the George Washington University since 1994. During the past nine years, Dr. Kan has become an expert in the field computational solid mechanics using nonlinear finite element modeling and analysis methodologies. Currently, he is the director of simulation and advance research at the National Crash Analysis Center.