Raymond Dean is a Professor Emeritus, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Kansas. He earned an M.S. degree from MIT and a Ph.D. degree from Princeton University, and he is a senior member of IEEE. He has published numerous scientific papers and has 21 U.S. patents. He has industry experience in manufacturing HVAC equipment and energy-management controls, as well as in system energy analysis. At the University of Kansas, he taught a wide range of courses in electrical engineering and computer science.