Pedro J. Mago is the Glen H. Hiner Dean of the Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources at West Virginia University. He earned his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the Universidad de Oriente in Venezuela, and his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida. Before joining WVU, Mago was the head of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Mississippi State University (MSU), the largest department in the Bagley College of Engineering and the third-largest department at the university. He served in that role as well as the PACCAR Chair Professor since 2014. Mago also has served as director of the Micro Cooling, Heating and Power (Micro-CHP) and Bio-Fuel Center; co-director of the Department of Energy Southeast Clean Energy Regional Application Center; and co-director of the Southeastern Center for Industrial Energy Intensity Reduction, all at MSU. His research focused on energy systems and is currently concentrated on combined heat and power systems, building energy simulation, and waste heat recovery technologies. Among his teaching and research awards at MSU, Mago also secured more than $15 million worth of sponsored research resulting in more than 160 publications. Pedro Mago is an active member of several professional organizations, and he is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.