MERLE C. POTTER has four engineering degrees from Michigan Technological University and The University of Michigan. He has coauthored Statics, Dynamics, Strength of Materials, Fluid Mechanics, The Mechanics of Fluids, Thermodynamics for Engineers, Thermal Sciences, Differential Equations, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Engineering Your Future, and Jump Start the HP-48G in addition to numerous exam review books. His research involved fluid flow stability and energy related topics. In addition to teaching awards,he was inducted into the Academy of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Tech; ASME awarded him the 1980 Centennial Award and the 2008 James Harry Potter Gold Medal. He is Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University and continues to write and golf.