Dr. Maciej J. Zawodniok graduated from the Silesian University of Technology with a Master of Science degree in Computer Science in 1999 and received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 2006. Since 2008, he is at Missouri University of Science and Technology, where currently he is an Associate Professor in Computer Engineering and Assistant Director of NSF I/UCRC on Intelligent Maintenance Systems. Dr. Zawodniok's research focuses on adaptive and energy-efficient protocols for wireless networks, network-centric systems, network security, cyber-physical and embedded systems with applications to manufacturing and maintenance.