About the Author

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Ram S. Gupta, PhD, earned a master's in engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India, and a PhD at Polytechnic University, New York. He is a registered professional engineer in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Dr. Gupta is president of Delta Engineers Inc., a Rhode Island-based consulting company. He is the author of numerous research papers and three textbooks. Dr. Gupta is professor emeritus at Roger Williams University (RWU), Bristol, Rhode Island.