Jerald A. Caton, Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Professorship at Texas A&M University, USA Professor Caton has been at Texas A&M University since September 1979 in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is holder of the Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Professorship (2007). He teaches and conducts research in the area of IC engines, thermodynamics, cogeneration and power plans. He received his BS and MS degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Caton is a Fellow of both ASME and SAE. He has been focusing on the development and use of engine cycle simulations since 1997.