Larry Silverberg received his Ph.D. degree in engineering mechanics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1983. In 1995 he was appointed a professorship in mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University (NCSU), where he still teaches. Professor Silverberg is the author of some 50 articles and one book, and has developed two graduate courses. His current primary research interests lie in field dynamics and the control of dynamical systems.