Acknowledgements
Since its inception in 1998, Quantum® has relied on strong collaborative efforts from a wide range of individuals in academia, industry and government to successfully research, develop, field test and launch its artificial intelligence learning technologies. Quantum® would like to recognize these individuals for their important contributions over the years. Note: titles and affiliations are listed at the time of collaboration.
Academia
Industry
Government
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Quantum® extends special thanks and appreciation to the following individuals for their enthusiastic support and enduring outstanding contributions:
Tim Best,
Project Director, Ohio Board of Regents
Susan Brownlee, Executive
Director, The Grable Foundation
Charles (Chip) Burke, Jr.,
Chairman, The Grable Foundation
Michael Calla, Principal,
Sharon School District, Sharon, PA
Sheila L. Cassidy,
Executive Director, Wexford, Inc.
Linda G. Chase, CPA,
CFE, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Baldwin-Wallace
College
Joseph F. Dominic,
Program Director, The Heinz Endowments
Patty Donahue, Sales
Department Manager, CyberEd, Inc. a Plato Learning Company
Charles Fazzi, Ph.D.,
Professor of Accounting, St. Vincent College
Carlos A. Gonzalez,
Ph.D., Physical and Chemical Properties Division, National Institute
of Standards and Technology
Sara Harris, Accounting
Department Chair/Faculty, Arapahoe Community College
F. James Holler, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky
David Johnson, CPA,
Adjunct Instructor, University of St. Thomas
Thomas L. Joseph,
CLU, ChFC, NFP Securities, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Mike Kainaroi, Freelance
Creative Director and Graphic Designer
Daniel E. Luko,
Jr., CPA, MST, Kline, Keppel & Koryak
Mike Junior, Vice
President, e-Product Development, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Jeffry D. Madura,
Ph.D., Professor and Department Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Duquesne University
Stewart Mattson, Editorial
Director, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
K. Patrick McKay,
Donald McKay, Sandra McKay and Joan
Shinavski, Legal Counsel, Law Offices of K. Patrick McKay
Connie M. Moss, Ed.D.,
Associate Professor, Director, Center for Advancing the Study of Teaching
and Learning (CASTL), Duquesne University School of Education
David Overdick,
Attorney at Law, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP
Donna Panazzi, Vice
President, Laurel Foundation
Fred Phillips, Ph.D.,
CA, George C. Baxter Scholar, Professor of Accounting, University
of Saskatchewan
John Powell,
Attorney at Law, Meyer, Unkovic & Scott LLP
Selma L. Sax, Senior
Evaluator, Wexford, Inc.
Ellen M. Standafer,
Vice President of Science Product Development, Holt, Rinehart &
Winston
Thomas Timp, Chemistry
Editor, McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Mary Beth Walsh, Teaching
Faculty, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University
Kevin Willis, Chemistry
Teacher, Carmichaels Area Junior/Senior High School, Carmichaels,
PA
Russell G. Wright,
Ed.D., Director, Event-Based Science Project, Montgomery County Public
Schools, Rockville, MD
Mark Riccobono, Director
of Education, National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
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ACADEMIA
Elsie Ameen, Ph.D., Professor, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
Quent Below, Instructor, Roanne State Community College, Harriman, TN
Marylyn Brooks-Lewis, Assistant Professor, Warren County Community College, Washington, NJ
Judy Daulton, Professor, Piedmont Technical College, Greenwood, SC
Jim Dodd, Ph.D., Professor, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Amy Haas, Professor, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY
Christine Jonick, Ph.D., Professor, Gainesville State College, GA
Ron Lazer, Ph.D., Professor, INSEAD
Erik Lindquist, Professor, Lansing Community College, MI
Nancy Lynch, Teaching Instructor, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Mallory McWilliams, Lecturer, San Jose State University, San José, CA
Deborah Niemer, Professor, Oakland Community College, MI
Hossein Noorian, Professor, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
Carol Sargent, Ph.D., Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Erik Slayter, Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Philip Verda, Associate Professor, Ohio Business College, OH
Brenda Bindschatel,
Instructor, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA
Tim Chirdon, Chemistry
Teacher, Serra Catholic High School, Pittsburgh, PA
Jennifer Lang, Chemistry
Teacher, Mount Alvernia High School, Pittsburgh, PA
William E. Brown,
Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Biology, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsuburgh, PA
Deborah B. Exton, Ph.D.,
Tenured Senior Instructor, Department of Chemistry, University of
Oregon, Eugene, OR
Donna Furnier, Superintendent,
Jefferson-Morgan School District, Greene County, PA
Sister Mary Francine Horos,
CSSF, Principal, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School, Pittsburgh,
PA
Paul J. Karol, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh,
PA
Kenneth R. Koedinger,
Ph.D., Senior Research Computer Scientist, Departments of Psychology
and Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie
Mellon University, and Founder, Carnegie Learning
Roberta Kuhns, Assistant
Superintendent, Derry Area High School, Derry, PA
Helen Loughner, Ph.D.,
Instructor, Penn-Trafford School District, Harrison City, PA
George R. Long , Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University of Pennsylvania,
Bloomington, IN
Theresa M. Maggiore,
M.Ed., Instructor, Boston Public Schools, Boston, MA
Diane Marker, Associate
Professor, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
Donna M. Masters,
Director, Grant and Contract Administration, Eastern Kentucky University,
Richmond, KY
Richard P. Mathews,
Ed.D., Assistant Director of Science, Unit of Teaching, Learning and
Assessment, City of Pittsburgh Board of Education
Judith McMahon, Ed.D.,
Director of Professional Development, Greensburg-Salem School District,
Greensburg, PA
Debra Moore, Assistant
Professor of Accounting, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX
Albert P. Nous, Ed.D.,
Associate Professor, Department of Instruction and Learning, University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Susan Olsen, Chemistry
Teacher, Steel Valley School District, Munhall, PA
Susan A. Osterhaus,
M.Ed., CTVI, Statewide Mathematics Consultant, Texas School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired, Austin, TX
James Passarelli,
Chemistry Teacher, Franklin Regional High School, Murrysville, PA
Alicia Paterno Parsi,
Assistant Professor, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Susan Patrick,
President and CEO, North American Council for Online Learning
(NACOL)
Terry Peard, Ph.D.,
Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA
La Vonda Ramey, Instructor,
Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI
Jimmy Reeves, Chair,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina
Wilington, Wilmington, NC
Mary Jane Sauceda-Castillo,
Ph.D., CPA, Associate Professor, University of Texas, Brownsville,
TX
Farhad Saba,
Ph.D., CEO, Distance-Educator.com, Professor of Educational
Technology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Shannon Schumann,
Ph.D., Director, Center for Mathematics Excellence, Phoenix, AZ
Erik L. Selinger,
Chemistry Teacher, Franklin Regional Senior High School, Murrysville,
PA
Janice Skraly,
Chemistry Teacher, South Allegheny School District, McKeesport,
PA
Jackie Siminitus, MLS,
Library Advocate, AT&T California
Robert Stalnaker,
Science and Mathematics Teacher, Franklin Regional Middle School,
Murrysville, PA
Donald Teti, Assistant
Superintendent, Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Michael Thomas, Superintendent,
Monaca School District, Monaca, PA
Raymund C. Torralba,
Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Truman College, Chicago, IL
Steve Trail, Ph.D.,
Instructor of Chemistry, Elgin Community College, Elgin, IL
Kurt VanLehn, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh
and Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Constructive
Learning Environments (CIRCLE)
Joanne Ventorini,
Assistant Principal, St. Joseph High School, Pittsburgh, PA
Alissa Watson, Chemistry
Teacher, Bardstown Independent Schools, Bardstown, KY
Kevin Watson, Instructor,
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
Larry D. West, Science
Supervisor, Division of Curriculum and Assessment Development, Kentucky
Department of Education (retired)
Joseph W. Wilson,
Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky
(retired)
Brenda Wingard-Haynes,
Chemistry Instructor, Chemistry/Biochemistry, Milwaukee Area Technical
College, Millwaukee, WI
Paul E. Yeary, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes,
KY
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INDUSTRY
Ralph Bartley, Director,
Research. American Printing House for the Blind
Paul Draper, Ph.D.,
Prentice Hall
John Gardiner, President
and CEO, ViewPlus Technologies
Charles Hartford,
Vice President and Publisher, Houghton-Mifflin
Ted Henter, Founder
and President, Henter Math
Susan Jolly, Retired,
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Gerry Sawchuk, Business
Development, Thomson Gale
Joe Sullivan, President
and Chief Architect, Duxbury Systems, Inc.
Larry Tesler, President,
Stagecast Software, Inc.
Brad Wilson, Vice
President of Development, Carnegie Learning
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GOVERNMENT
Don Barrett, Assistive
Technology Specialist, U.S. Department of Education
Ian Bennett, Ph.D.,
Information Technology Program (IT) Manager, National Science Foundation
David Dixon, Ph.D.,
Associate Director, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory
Joe Hennessey, Ph.D.,
Acting Director, SBIR Program, National Science Foundation
Karyl Loux, Senior
Associate, De Witt & Associates
Edward Metz, Ph.D.,
U.S. Department of Education, IES
Sara Nerlove, Ph.D.,
SBIR Program Manager, National Science Foundation
Jeffrey A. Nichols,
Ph.D., Deputy Director and William R. Wiley Laboratory, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory
Joseph G. Teresa,
Ph.D., Program Manager, Office of Educational Research and Improvement,
U.S. Department of Education
Jerome Wujek, Ph.D.,
National Eye Institute
