Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics (12th edition) – eBook

Author(s)

Brian Self

Dr. Brian Self got his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech and earned his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Utah. He worked in the Air Force Research Laboratories before teaching at the U.S. Air Force Academy for 7 years. Dr. Self has taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, since 2006. He has been active in the American Society of Engineering Education, serving on its Board from 2008-2010. His professional interests include aviation physiology, educational research, and biomechanics.

David F. Mazurek

Dr. David F. Mazurek holds a B.S. in ocean engineering and an M.S. in civil engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Connecticut. Employed by the General Dynamics Corporation Electric Boat Division for 5+ years, he provided submarine construction support and conducted engineering design and analysis associated with pressure hull and other structures.

Professor Mazurek then taught for 1 year at Lafayette College prior to joining the civil engineering faculty at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, where he has been since 1990. Dr. David is currently a member of the American Railway Engineering & Maintenance-of-way Association Committee 15, and the American Society of Civil Engineers Committee on Blast, Shock, and Vibratory Effects. He has also worked with the Federal Railroad Administration on their bridge-inspection training program. David is a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

E. Russell Johnston

Dr. E. Russell Johnston, a native of Philadelphia, holds a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Delaware and a Ph.D. in structural engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He taught for twenty-six years at the University of Connecticut, where he was Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department and taught for Lehigh University and Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).

Russ was honoured by the Connecticut Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1991 with the Outstanding Civil Engineer Award.

Ferdinand Beer

Dr. Ferdinand Pierre Beer (1915–2003) was a university professor and a French mechanical engineer. He spent most of his career as a member of the faculty at Lehigh University (USA), where he served as the chairman of the mechanics and mechanical engineering departments. His most significant contribution was the co-authorship of several textbooks in the field of mathematics and mechanics, which have been widely utilized and cited in engineering education.

Phillip Cornwell