Jeffrey Cross is a Professor in the department of Trandisciplinary Science and Engineering and Graduate faculty coordinator for the Energy Course. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Iowa State Univ. He operates his research lab using knowledge gained from his university education in the USA, work experience in Japan at Fujitsu Lab/Fujitsu Ltd. and at Tokyo Tech. He teaches courses on academic writing, educational technology, materials engineering, energy & environment, and chairs the public relations committee for the graduate major energy course. He travels frequently to world-class institutions in the UK, EU, Asia, USA and Canada to speak at conferences on educational technology as well as promote research exchange programs.