Yunus A. Çengel 

Yunus A. Çengel is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University and his M.S. and PhD in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University. His areas of interest are renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy policies, heat transfer enhancement, and engineering education. He served as the Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) director at the University of Nevada, Reno, from 1996 to 2000. He has led teams of engineering students to numerous manufacturing facilities in Northern Nevada and California to perform industrial assessments. He has prepared energy conservation, waste minimization, and productivity enhancement reports for them. He has also served as an advisor for various government organizations and corporations.

Dr Çengel is also the author or co-author of the widely adopted textbooks Heat and Mass Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications (6th ed., 2020), Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications (4th ed., 2018), Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences (6th ed., 2022), Differential Equations for Engineers and Scientists (1st ed., 2013), Fundamentals and Applications of Renewable Energy (1st ed., 2020), and Energy Efficiency and Management for Engineers (1st ed., 2020), all published by McGraw-Hill. Some of his textbooks have been translated into Chinese (Long and Short Forms), Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Turkish, Greek, Tai, and Basq.

Dr Çengel is the recipient of several outstanding teacher awards, and he received the ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award for excellence in authorship in 1992 and again in 2000. 

Dr Çengel is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Nevada and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).

Michael A. Boles

Michael A. Boles is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University, where he earned his PhD in mechanical engineering and is an Alumni Distinguished Professor. Dr Boles has received numerous awards and citations for excellence as an engineering educator. He is a past recipient of the SAE Ralph R. Teetor Education Award and has been twice elected to the NCSU Academy of Outstanding Teachers. The NCSU ASME student section has consistently recognized him as the outstanding teacher of the year and the faculty member having the most impact on mechanical engineering students.

Dr Boles specializes in heat transfer and has been involved in the analytical and numerical solution of phase change and drying of porous media. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and Sigma Xi. Dr Boles received the ASEE Meriam/Wiley Distinguished Author Award in 1992 for excellence in authorship.

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Mehmet Kanoğlu 

Mehmet Kanoğlu is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Istanbul Technical University and his M.S. and PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno. His research areas include energy efficiency, energy storage, refrigeration systems, gas liquefaction, hydrogen production and liquefaction, renewable energy systems, geothermal energy, and cogeneration. He is the author or coauthor of numerous journal and conference papers.

Dr Kanoğlu has taught at the University of Nevada, Reno; Ontario Tech University; American University of Sharjah; and the University of Gaziantep. He is the co-author of the books Fundamentals and Applications of Renewable Energy (1st ed., 2020) and Energy Efficiency and Management for Engineers (1st ed., 2020), both published by McGraw-Hill.

Dr Kanoğlu has served as an instructor in certified energy manager training programs and as an expert for European Union and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. He has instructed numerous training courses and given lectures and presentations on energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. He has also served as advisor for state research funding organizations and industrial companies.

Ronald E. Smith, PhD

Ronald is Professor of Psychology and Director of Clinical Psychology Training at the University of Washington, where he also has served as Area Head of the Social Psychology and Personality area.

Ed Sutherland, PhD

Ed completed his first degree at the University of Bangor and his PhD at the University of Wolverhampton under the supervision of Professor Ken Manktelow. He then held a research post at the University of Reading and his first lectureship at the University of Derby. He became a lecturer in cognitive psychology at the University of Leeds, where he is now Director of Learning and Teaching. His current research interests are on the role of emotion in reasoning and the psychology of design.

Michael L. W. Vliek, PhD

Michael finished his Master’s followed by his PhD at the University of Amsterdam, where he subsequently worked as a senior lecturer until 2017. He is currently an affiliate of the University of Amsterdam and lectures at the University of Tübingen. He is also the co-author of several psychology textbooks and consultant on behaviour change for several government institutions in the Netherlands.