About the Editors

Chemical Engineering

As a technology writer and editor for more than 15 years, Joe Ogando has covered a wide variety of design and manufacturing technologies—including industrial automation, motion control, materials science and rapid prototyping. Case study ideas for chemical engineering should be sent to joseph.ogando[at]gmail.com.

Mechanical Engineering, Sustainable Engineering

Myer Kutz is the editor of numerous reference works, including the seven titles in the Environmentally Conscious Engineering Series, the Mechanical Engineers’ Handbook, now a four-volume title and in its third edition, the Handbook of Materials Selection, and the fifth edition of Eshbach’s Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals, all published by Wiley; the Standard Handbook of Biomedical Engineering & Design, now in its second edition,  the Transportation Engineers’ Handbook (a second edition is in process), and the Handbook of Heat Transfer Calculations, all published by McGraw-Hill; and the Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials and theHandbook of Farm, Dairy, and Food Machinery, both published by Elsevier.  Current projects include the Plastics Engineering Encyclopedia (Elsevier) and the Engineering Measurements Encyclopedia (Wiley). Case study ideas for Mechanical Engineering should be sent to myerkutz[at]aol.com.

PLM and Operations Management

Beth Stackpole is a freelance writer who’s been covering technology and business for over 25 years, including a focus on engineering challenges and issues related to product lifecycle management. Case study ideas for PLM should be sent to bstack[at]stackpolepartners.com.