DR. F.P.J RIMROTT studied Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the T.H. Karlsruhe, the University of Toronto and the Pennsylvania State University where he was a student of Professor Joseph Marin. He was conducted research in Solid Mechanics, and development work on spacecraft structures. The author of more than thirty papers in engineering research and engineering education, he has served as Chairman of the Canadian National Committee for the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (IUTAM). He is a consultant to the aerospace industry and Professor of Mechanical engineering at the University of Toronto.