MYER KUTZ is founder and President of Myer Kutz Associates, Inc., a publishing and information services consulting firm. He is the editor of the Mechanical Engineers' Handbook, Third Edition (4-volume set) and the Handbook of Materials Selection, both published by Wiley.

ALI  ELKAMEL, co-editor of this volume, is a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He holds degrees from the Colorado School of Mines and Purdue.