Darren M. Dawson is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. He is the coauthor of three books and numerous journal papers and book chapters reflecting his research interests in areas such as nonlinear control techniques for mechatronic systems and boundary control of distributed parameter systems. Professor Dawson received the Ph.D. degree (1990) in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. Jun Hu is an Engineering Manager at Seltrol, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina.

The author of several journal papers, he received the M.S. degree (1990) in industrial automation from Beijing University of Science and Technology, People's Republic of China, and the Ph.D. degree (1995) in electrical engineering from Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina. Timothy C. Burg is a Control Engineer at S. E.

Huffman Corporation, Clover, South Carolina. The author or coauthor of several scientific publications reflecting his research interests in the application of nonlinear control design techniques, he is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Dr. Burg received the Ph.D. degree (1996) in electrical engineering from Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina.