Dr. Ahmad Fakheri is a professor of mechanical engineering at Bradley University. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees, all in mechanical engineering, from the University of Illinois in Urbana/Champaign. His teaching and research interests are in the area of thermal sciences. Since 1985, he has taught many different undergraduate and graduate-level courses, developed four new ones—including an intermediate heat transfer course—and published over 50 refereed papers. Dr. Fakheri has served in a number of leadership positions at Bradley University and in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and is a fellow of the ASME.