Yildirim Hurmuzlu received his B.S. degree from Bogazici University in 1981, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Drexel University in 1983 and 1987, all in Mechanical Engineering. Since 1987, he has been at the Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, where he is University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, and served as department chair for seven years. His research focuses on nonlinear dynamical systems and control, with an emphasis on robotics, biomechanics, and vibration control. Dr. Hurmuzlu is an ASME fellow and IEEE senior member. He has been the past associate Editor of the ASME Transaction on Dynamics Systems, Measurement and Control and IEEE/ASME Transaction on Mechatronics. He is presently on the editorial board of the Actuators and Machines journals.