William W. Peng

William W. Peng is a professor emeritus of mechanical engineering at California State University, Fresno. He obtained a degree of BSME from National Taiwan University in 1965; MS and PhD in Aeronautics & Astronautics from Stanford University in 1968 and 1973 respectively.

After working for 8 years in private industry, both turbomachines manufacturer and user, he started the academic career with Texas A&M University in 1981. Then he moved to California State University in 1984, where he taught the senior turbomachinery and graduate gas turbine classes. He has extensive experiences in the design and application of centrifugal pumps and fans/blowers through the regular job and consulting work with industry.

There is an errata file for his book post at Wiley's "Student Companion Site"

"bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&itemId=0470124229&bcsId=4315". Or if you have any question regarding his book, he can be reached at

"wwpeng@aol.com".