Mohammad F. Obeid is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Augmented/Virtual Reality Design program at Shenandoah University as well as Co-Director of the Shenandoah Center for Immersive Learning (SCiL). In those capacities, he leads various initiatives that aim to explore the utility of virtual learning environments for training and decision making in many domains. He holds a PhD and MS in Modeling and Simulation Engineering from Old Dominion University and a BS in Industrial Engineering from the German-Jordanian University. His research and recent career revolve around synthetic environments and medical-oriented simulations. In a general sense, his interests encompass extended reality (XR) platforms, interactive and predictive simulation, computer-assisted interventions, and multi-dimensional immersive environments to support decision making.