Peter J. Hawrylak, Ph.D., received his B.S. degree in computer engineering (2002), his M.S. degree in electrical engineering (2004), and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering (2006) from the University of Pittsburgh. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with a joint appointment at the Tandy School for Computer Science, at the University of Tulsa. He has published more than 40 publications and holds 13 patents in the areas of radio frequency identificatio (RFID), energy harvesting, and cyber-security. His research interests include RFID, security for low-power wireless devices, Internet of Things (IoT) applications, and digital design. Dr. Hawrylak is a member of the IEEE and IEEE Computer Society, and is currently the Secretary of the Tulsa section of the IEEE. From 2012 to 2013, he served as a chair for the RFID Experts Group (REG) of the Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility (AIM). He received AIM Inc.'s Ted Williams Award in 2015 for his contributions to the RFID industry. Hawrylak is the Publication Chair of the International IEEE RFID Conference, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Radio Frequency Identification Techonology and Applications (IJRFITA) journal published by InderScience Publishers, which focuses on the application and development of RFID technology. Dr. Hawrylak is also the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE RFID Virtual Journal, which provides a single source for high-quality and high-impact publications in the areas of RFID and Internet of Things (IoT).