Nicholas J. Nagel received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1989. After working in industry for four years, he received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, M.S. in Electrical Engineering, and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1995, 1996, and 1998, respectively. He has focused on control of electric machinery. Dr. Nagel has worked in the aerospace business for more than 20 years, first with MPC Products in Chicago, and now with Woodward. Dr. Nagel was an affiliate professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the University of Washington - Seattle where he taught courses in control systems and electric machines & drives. He currently teaches at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.