Matthew R. Jones an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at BYU where he teaches courses in the areas of heat transfer and thermodynamics. Currently, he is involved in research projects related to waste heat recovery, the characterization of thermal fabrics, characterization of deposits formed in coal reactors,and optical fiber thermometry. Prior to coming to BYU, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at The University of Arizona, and a Science and Technology Agency Fellow at the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan. Professor Jones has also held research appointments at the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA) and at Argonne National Laboratory.