JENNIFER MOTT is an engineering professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. She has taught freshmen engineering courses at different universities and coordinated freshmen service outreach projects. Dr. Mott received her B.S. degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and her M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, all in Mechanical Engineering. She shares her unique experience and knowledge of being a successful woman in a still male dominated engineering world in this book. Dr. Mott also has experience in working with underrepresented minorities. Her educational research focuses on new approaches to teach engineering courses.