Sam Fentress has been a software engineer at the Concord Consortium since 2007. He has a particular interest in designing models that allow students to discover scientific phenomena for themselves, while remaining engaged and excited about learning. While at Concord he has worked extensively on the Geni-* family of genetics projects, as well as most of the other projects at one point or another. Sam holds a B.A. in Cognitive Science from Wesleyan University and an M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh.