Timothy J. Ross, University of New Mexico, USA Dr. Ross is a professor within the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of New Mexico where he teaches courses in structural analysis, structural dynamics and fuzzy logic. He is a registered professional engineer with over 30 years' experience in the fields of computational mechanics, hazard survivability, structural dynamics, structural safety, stochastic processes, risk assessment, and fuzzy systems. He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal, Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems.