Dr. Vahid Motevalli, Phd. P.E, Director : 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 Societyof 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. Motevalli has a Ph. D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland.