Dr. A. Gapinski received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA in 1988. He obtained his Master Degree in Electronics, Institute of Engineering Cybernetics, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw, Poland in 1978. He also holds an International Business Certificate (Podyplomowe Studium Handlu Zagranicznego) from Warsaw School of Economics. His research interests are in control & system theory, information science and technology, manufacturing processes and pedagogy. He has over 50 refereed publications in various journals and conference proceedings. He consulted for industrial and manufacturing firms in the area of industrial control and manufacturing processes.