DR. EDWARD G. NAWY, distinguished professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, has been active in the ACI and PCI since 1949 and is internationally recognized for his extensive research work in the fields of reinforced and prestressed concrete, particularly in the areas of serviceability and crack control. Dr. Nawy's work has been published in technical journals worldwide (over 160 technical papers). He is the author of Simplified Reinforced Concrete (1986), Prestressed Concrete (3rd Ed., 2000), both published by Prentice Hall, High Strength High Concrete Construction Engineering Handbook (1998) published by CRC Press. He is recipient of several major awards, including the Henry L. Kennedy Award of the American Concrete Institute, is a licensed Professional Engineer in the States of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California and Florida, Evaluator for the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), and has been a consultant in structural engineering throughout the United States.