Theodore Provder currently is Managing Director of Polymer & Coatings Consultants, LLC. He has been Director, Coatings Research Institute in the College of Technology at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) from 2001-2007. Jamil Baghdachi is professor in the polymers and coatings program in the College of Technology at Eastern Michigan University (EMU) since 1997 and the graduate program coordinator.
The editors have produced a well-written, easy to read review of the current state-of-the-art smart coatings. The book is comprehensive and balanced. This book is suitable for the casual scientific reader as well as those requiring a more in depth knowledge into the field of 'Smart Coatings'. -- Peter Zarras, PMSE News, the newsletter of the ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering