Mwaffaq Otoom earned his M.Sc. in Computer Information Systems from Arizona State University (ASU) in 2006 and his B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Yarmouk University (YU)- Jordan in 2003. He is currently Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech (VT) at the National Capital Region (Washington DC). Mr. Otoom worked as Teaching Assistant and Software Engineer at YU (2004-2005). He worked as an intern at estarta solutions company in Amman - Jordan for six months (Jan. 2003 - July 2003). At ASU, Mr. Otoom worked as a tutor, web developer and Graduate Research Assistant. Currently, he is working as a Graduate Research Assistant at VT in the area of Heterogeneous Multiprocessors Systems on a Chip (HMPSoC). Mr. Otoom was a recipient of scholarships from the Jordanian government (1999-2004), YU, ASU (2005-2006), and currently from VT (2006-present). His research interests are in the areas of HMPSoC, embedded systems design, and software process.