Jamil Ghojel, Ph.D. is retired academic with 25 years' experience of teaching undergraduate and graduate mechanical and aerospace engineering courses in heat engines and heat transfer. He has held positions at the University of Damascus (Syria), the University of Michigan (USA), the University of Melbourne (Australia), and Monash university (Australia). He has conducted extensive research on heat engines and is the author of the Wiley-ASME Press book Fundamentals of Heat Engines: Reciprocating and Gas Turbine Internal Combustion Engines.