Eugene I. Rivin is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. The author or coauthor of numerous journal articles, patents and books, he is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, a senior member of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and a member of the International Institution for Production Engineering Research [CIRP] and the Institute of Noise Control Engineering. Dr. Rivin received the Machine Tool Design Engineer degree (1954) and the Candidate of Sciences (Technology) degree (1962) from the Moscow Machine Tool Institute, Russia, and the Doctor of Sciences (Technology) degree (1972) from the U.S.S.R. State Supreme Attestation Board, Moscow. Dr. Rivin has extensive industrial experience both in the former Soviet Union and in the U.S.A. (Ford Motor Co.).