Oleg A. Yakimenko is Distinguished Professor of Systems Engineering/Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Associate Dean of Research at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He has been teaching the Engineering Computations course for over 30 years. He is the author or co-author of over 300 publications about modeling, guidance, navigation, and control of air, surface, and underwater vehicles, satellites, guided weapons, and parachutes. He holds two MS degrees in aerospace engineering and operations research from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technologies and the Air Force Engineering Academy. He also holds two PhD degrees in these areas. He is a Chair of AIAA's Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technical Committee, Deputy Director of Education for the Western Region, and an Associate Fellow of AIAA.