Dev Shrestha is an Associate Professor at University of Idaho. One of his research foci is in Instrumentation and Robotics. He used machine vision to detect weed identification in corn fields. He developed in-field biodiesel blend sensor and biosensor for biodiesel quality detection. He developed an automated soil sampler to retrofit potato combine harvester for continuous soil sample collection. His teaching area includes instrumentation, power and controls, and precision agriculture.

Dr. Maribeth Gandy is the Director of the Interactive Media Technology Center and the Associate Director of Interactive Media in the Institute for People and Technology at Georgia Tech. She received a B.S. in Computer Engineering as well as a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech. In her fourteen years as a research faculty member her work has been focused on the intersection of technology for augmented reality, mobile/wearable computing, human computer interaction, and gaming. She is a computer scientist focused on developing cutting-edge applications using augmented reality (AR) and mobile computing to provide useful, compelling, and entertaining user experiences. She is interested in advancing AR as a new medium by focusing on authoring, evaluation, and deployment. She was the lead architect on a large open source software project called the Designer’s Augmented Reality Toolkit (DART), which had thousands of users and was used to create a variety of large-scale AR systems. She was also co-PI on an NSF grant focused on the development of presence metrics for measuring engagement in AR environments using qualitative and quantitative data. She is currently collaborating on the creation of an open source AR web browser called Argon. She has also applied AR technologies to a STEM education project for teens, explored how AR interfaces can enhance user abilities during maintenance and repair tasks, and, most recently, is using AR and mobile technologies to create a center of innovation in Midtown Atlanta. In her consulting work she is the co-founder of an AR consulting firm (Aura Interactive LLC) and she has collaborated to integrate real-time AR effects into Duran Duran’s live concerts, has performed usability analysis and evaluation on prototype products for healthcare, communication, and entertainment, and has designed and/or implemented a variety mobile AR applications for advertising, gaming, and education.