Mario Luca Fravolini was born in Perugia, Italy. He received the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Perugia, Perugia, in 2000. He is currently a Research Assistant with the Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, University of Perugia. In 1999, he was with the Control Group at the School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. He has been a Visiting Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, West Virginia University, Morgantown, for several years. He teaches courses in the area of feedback control systems at Perugia and Terni University, Perugia. His current research interests include fault diagnosis, intelligent and adaptive control, predictive control, optical feedback, and active control of structures.