Kaufui Vincent Wong grew up in Malaysia and came to the United States in 1973. As a young man, he had four parts of a wish. He accomplished the third part of his wish when he started as a professor at the University of Miami, Florida, in 1979, and that was to teach young men and women from all over the world to become engineers. He started having the fourth part of his wish come true when, in the year 2000, he published his book for students studying to be engineers. By 2012, he has already published four textbooks. The current book represents his fifth book. He has authored well over 200-refereed technical papers. His mass media teachings are well received. He strives daily to be a better communicator and to do good for society.