William Michael is an instructor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. He was also an engineering test pilot and manager for Northrop Grumman, a short course department head and test pilot instructor at the United State Naval Test Pilot School, a commanding officer in the United States Navy Distributed Common Ground System, and systems engineer and department head at the National Reconnaissance Office. Michael earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Purdue University and his master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology.