Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vadim Khayms is currently a senior lecturer at the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering at Stanford University, where he teaches a variety of Computational and Mathematical Engineering (CME) as well as standard engineering (ENGR) courses. He is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics where he serves on the Electric Propulsion Technical Committee.