Hwaiyu Geng, CMfgE, P.E. (Palo Alto, California) is a Project Manager of Corporate REWS at Hewlett-Packard Company. His experience in manufacturing engineering is diverse, including work at Applied Materials and Hewlett-Packard s high-tech industries. He has faced many of the challenges facing engineers today, having designed manufacturing processes and facilities for new products, implemented automated manufacturing systems, and established quality, safety, and maintenance programs. He is a Certified Manufacturing Engineer by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and a Professional Engineer in the State of California. Mr. Geng is also the author of McGraw-Hill's "Manufacturing Engineering Handbook."