Natti S RaoNatti S. Rao has published over 70 papers and authored six books on designing polymer machinery with the help of computer programs. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and worked for many years as a senor research assistant with BASF AG. Prior to starting his consulting company in 1987, he worked as a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Besides consulting, he conducts seminars on the computer-aided design of polymer machinery. Dr. Rao has given lectures on polymer engineering at the University of Texas, Austin, and he is presently involved in the Continuing Education Department of UMass Lowell, MA. Read More Read Less