J.T. Black received his Ph.D. from Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana in 1969, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from West Virginia University in 1963 and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Lehigh University in 1960. JT. is Professor Emeritus from Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University. He was the Chairman and a Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at The University of Alabama-Huntsville He also taught at The Ohio State University, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Vermont, the University of Illinois and West Virginia University. JT. is a Fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Institute of Industrial Engineering and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. J loves to write music (mostly down home country) and Poetry. Co-authoring with Ron Kohser makes this book a success, just as picking his doubles partner in tennis has given him #1 doubles ranking for 65 years olds in the State of Alabama. Ron Kohser received his Ph.D. from the Lehigh University Institute for Metal Forming in 1975. Ron is currently in his 32nd year on the faculty of the University of Missouri-Rolla, where he is a Professor of Metallurgical Engineering and Dean's Teaching Scholar. While maintaining a full commitment to classroom instruction, he has served as department chair and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Instruction. He currently teaches courses in metallurgy for Engineers, Introduction to Manufacturing academic responsibilities, Ron and h is wife Barb operate a Miner Indulgence, a bed-and-breakfast in Rolla, Missouri.
