Mehrdad Zangeneh, Ph.D., a professor of thermofluids at University College London, is founding director and CEO of Advanced Design Technology (ADT) and president of TURBOdesign Technology (TDT). Zangeneh’s research has resulted in important breakthroughs in turbomachinery and marine propulsor design, and he has been granted eight international patents. In 2000, Zangeneh was awarded Japan’s Turbomachinery Society’s Gold Medal, and in 2003, he was awarded the Donald Julius Grone Prize by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in U.K. For more information, visit www.adtechnology.co.uk.