Ronald D. Kriz: Associate Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics and Materials Science and Engineering, VPI&SU; Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics, VPI&SU, 1979. Director of the Laboratory for Scientific Visual Analysis and has been teaching a course on Scientific Visual Data Analysis and Multimedia with an emphasis on scientific and engineering applications since 1991. Area of interest: materials research, solid mechanics, structural design, and nondestructive testing with 18 years experience mainly with composite materials.

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