Prof. John Michael Cimbala received his BS degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1979 from The Pennsylvania State University. From there, he went to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), where he obtained his MS degree in 1980 and his Ph.D. degree in 1984, both in Aeronautics. In July of 1984, Dr. Cimbala returned to Penn State as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. In July of 1990, he was promoted to Associate Professor and in July of 1997, he was promoted to Professor of Mechanical Engineering. During the academic year 1993-94, Professor Cimbala took a sabbatical leave from the University and worked at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, where he advanced his knowledge of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and turbulence modeling. Dr. Cimbala is the author of several engineering textbooks, including the popular "Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications," McGraw-Hill, co-authored with Yunus Cengel.