E John FinnemoreE. John Finnemore is professor emeritus of Civil Engineering at Santa Clara University. He has conducted research in environmental protection, including stormwater management and onsite wastewater disposal. He was coauthor of the previous thre editions of Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications.

Ed Maurer is professor of Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering at Santa Clara University, where he teaches classes in fluid mechanics and hydraulics, surface and groundwater hydrology, geographical information systems, and sustainable engineering. He has published extensively on hydrologic modeling and the impacts of climate change on water.