THE AUTHORS:

Dr. Frank Eshelman is a retired professor of engineering with 36 ½ years teaching experience at both high school and college levels. He has a Ph.D. from Iowa State University in materials science and has been a consultant in many cases involving product and/or materials failure. His most recent teaching was at Trinity Western University in British Columbia, Canada where Dr. Eshelman was a visiting professor of chemistry and physics.

Dr. Eshelman is an accomplished scholar as well as a dedicated teacher. His many years of teaching experience have been instrumental in the vision and substance behind Quality Science Labs and its products.

The MicroChem Kit was first developed by Dr. Eshelman while helping home school students in chemistry. Dr. Eshelman became aware of the problem many home school teachers have with the laboratory portion of the course, and eventually developed a comprehensive laboratory manual and kit to help meet this need.

Ken Schaefer, co-author of the MicroPhySci manual, taught high school physics for 37 years. He has also taught astronomy at the community college level. His education includes B.A. and M.A. degrees in physics education from the University of Northern Iowa. He is a writer/developer for the PRISMS project, a nationally acclaimed laboratory program and text book for high school physics.