Knovel Forms Editorial Advisory Board

Industry and Academic Leaders Help Drive Expansion of New Content Areas

NEW YORK, September 22, 2009 – Knovel, a provider of online technical information and tools that delivers trusted answers to engineers, today announces the formation of its Editorial Advisory Board.  The Board will provide deep engineering experience and leadership and steer the development and prioritization of Knovel’s ongoing additions of content and editorial features.  Members include Adel Sedra, James Speight, Meyer Rosen, Jung Han, Eric A. Grulke, Frank Matthewson and Jack Mattingly.

Knovel delivers trusted engineering reference information produced by top societies and publishers.  As part of an ongoing effort to ensure content and feature development initiatives remain aligned with engineers’ needs, the Board will provide insights into engineering challenges and developing areas of opportunities across industries including aerospace and defense, engineering design and construction, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing, and specialty chemicals.

“Knovel is passionately committed to providing engineers with the information they need to do their work.  In forming this board, Knovel improves upon how we drive content decisions by formally incorporating guidance from leaders in the engineering community,” said Chris Forbes, CEO, Knovel.  “We’re honored to have these accomplished professionals join our advisory board, and their contributions will undoubtedly serve a valuable role in solidifying our position as the leading resource for engineering reference content.”

Adel S. Sedra is currently serving as dean of the faculty of engineering at the University of Waterloo, a position he has held since 2003.  Before this, Sedra was vice president, provost and chief academic officer of the University of Toronto.  He specializes in microelectronics and has coauthored 150 papers and three textbooks, including Microelectronic Circuits now in its fifth edition.

James G. Speight is an independent consultant, author and lecturer with more than forty years of experience in energy and environmental issues.  Speight is the author and coauthor of more than 35 books and bibliographies related to fossil fuels, synthetic fuels, biofuels, fuel processing and environmental issues, and is the editor and founding editor of Petroleum Science and Technology. 

    Meyer R. Rosen is president of Interactive Consulting, Inc., a technology-based management consulting firm committed to creating and facilitating breakthroughs in technical marketing and product evolution.  Rosen is a chartered chemist and fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (London) and a fellow and former director of the American Institute of Chemists.  He is editor of the Handbook of Delivery Systems: Technology, Applications and Formulations, co-author of the Rheology Modifier Handbook: Practical Use & Application, and editor of the Personal Care & Cosmetic Technology series. 

Jung Han is a senior project engineer at Frito-Lay North America.  Han has been an associate editor of Journal of Food Science since 2004 and an advisory board member of the IFT Book Publication Committee.  He has written 70 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles as well as book chapters and three books.

Dr. Eric A. Grulke is the associate dean for research in the college of engineering at the University of Kentucky and a professor of chemical and materials engineering. Dr. Grulke has more than 30 years of professional experience in the field of chemical engineering and served as a congressional engineering fellow in the office of Senator Carl Levin.  He has been awarded three U.S. patents, is the senior U.S. editor of Polymer Handbook and has written more than 130 articles in scientific journals. 

Frank Matthewson is the central engineering and technology engineering manager for work process and technology at Bechtel.  In this role he provides governance, leadership oversight and business analysis for engineering project execution on projects worldwide. Matthewson has extensive experience in cross-functional work processes across multiple industries, including fossil power, nuclear power, oil, gas and chemicals, and mining and metals. 

Jack D. Mattingly is currently a professor emeritus in mechanical engineering at Seattle University.  During 45 years of experience in the analysis and design of propulsion and thermodynamic systems, Mattingly has written three engineering textbooks, developed aerothermodynamic cycle analysis models, and created engineering software for air-breathing propulsion systems.  He wrote Elements of Propulsion (2005) and was a coauthor of the second edition of Aircraft Engine Design (2002) and Aircraft Engine Controls (2009).

About Knovel Knovel is an online resource that helps engineers find reliable technical information faster.  Knovel’s reliable content, optimized search and interactive tools, help engineers solve problems faster by providing answers at the point of need, in turn helping organizations increase the productivity of their engineering staff.  Knovel’s thousands of customers worldwide include 70 of the Fortune 500 companies and more than 300 leading universities.  Founded in 2000, Knovel is a private company headquartered in New York City.  For more information visit www.knovel.com or call (866) 303-3336.