Engineering

This is a book for a lab course meant to accompany, or follow, any first course in circuit analysis and/or electronics. It has been written for today's students, who, as is by now widely recognized, are very different from students of years past when most of the traditional teaching approaches were developed. Among other things, today's students are simply bored when required to go through a long series of procedures, the only purpose of which is...

Economic Analysis of Industrial Projects, Third Edition, provides the best possible methods for applying economic analysis theory to practice. Completely revised and expanded in this new edition, the text now includes five new chapters and new material on real options analysis and replacement analysis.

Using a vectors-first approach, Elements of Electromagnetics, Seventh Edition, covers electrostatics, magnetostatics, fields, waves, and applications like transmission lines, waveguides, and antennas. The text also provides a balanced presentation of time-varying and static fields, preparing students for employment in today's industrial and manufacturing sectors.

Streamlined to facilitate student understanding, Elements of Electromagnetics featur...

Building on the tradition of its classic first edition, the long-awaited second edition of Elements of Power Electronics provides comprehensive coverage of the subject at a level suitable for undergraduate engineering students, students in advanced degree programs, and novices in the field. It establishes a fundamental engineering basis for power electronics analysis, design, and implementation, offering broad and in-depth coverage of basic mater...

The Engineering Communication Manual addresses authentic writing issues and communication tasks faced by engineers, such as collaborative writing, design of data graphics, and poster presentations. The text helps students to generate effective technical arguments and to think critically about how they present content.

Engineering Economic Analysis offers comprehensive coverage of financial and economic decision making for engineers, with an emphasis on problem solving, life-cycle costs, and the time value of money. The authors' clear, accessible writing, emphasis on practical applications, and relevant contemporary examples have made this text a perennial bestseller. With its logical organization and extensive ancillary package, Engineering Economic Analysis i...

Now in its third edition, Ted G. Eschenbach's Engineering Economy: Applying Theory to Practice continues to solidify its reputation as one of the most innovative, authoritative, and reliable texts in Engineering Economics. It provides the tools and concepts—including cost estimating, sensitivity analysis, probability, and multiple objectives—that are necessary to successfully apply engineering economy in industry practice outside of t...

Engineering Your Future: A Comprehensive Introduction to Engineering, Ninth Edition, is an authoritative guide to the academic expectations and professional opportunities in engineering, a field that is both academically rigorous and creatively demanding. Today's engineering students are faced with endless career opportunities. Engineering Your Future clarifies those options and directs students down the path to a rewarding career in the engineer...

Engineering Your Future is an authoritative guide to the academic expectations and professional opportunities in engineering, a field that is both academically rigorous and creatively demanding. Today's engineering students are faced with endless career opportunities. This text clarifies those options and directs students down the path to a rewarding career in the engineering field. Engineering Your Future: A Brief Introduction to Engineering, Si...

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MATLAB, a software package for high-performance numerical computation and visualization, is one of the most widely used tools in the engineering field today. Its broad appeal lies in its interactive environment, which features hundreds of built-in functions for technical computation, graphics, and animation. In addition, MATLAB provides easy extensibility with its own high-level programming language. Enhanced by fun and appealing illustrations, G...

Departing from the style of typical manuals, Hands-On Introduction to LabVIEW for Scientists and Engineers, Fourth Edition, uses a learn-by-doing approach to guide students through using this powerful laboratory tool. It helps students--who are not assumed to have prior experience--master the computer-based skills they need to carry out effective experiments.

Acclaimed for its clear, concise explanations of difficult concepts, its comprehensive problem sets and exercises, and its authoritative coverage, Introduction to Electric Circuits has set the standard for introductory circuit resources in Canada and is the most accessible, student-friendly text available.

Linear Systems and Signals, Third Edition, has been refined and streamlined to deliver unparalleled coverage and clarity. It emphasizes a physical appreciation of concepts through heuristic reasoning and the use of metaphors, analogies, and creative explanations. The text uses mathematics not only to prove axiomatic theory, but also to enhance physical and intuitive understanding. Hundreds of fully worked examples provide a hands-on, practical gr...

Intended for engineering and physical science students, Making Sense in Engineering and the Physical Sciences, 6e provides detailed information on writing summaries, lab reports, and proposals; conducting research and using academic sources; grammar, punctuation, and usage; conducting presentations; using graphics; and more. This revised edition includes more information on including graphics in notes, formal writing, and presentations, as well a...

The start of a university education can be a daunting time for many – and never more so than this year, with all the uncertainty being faced in the wake of a global pandemic.

To help you feel better-prepared for the start of your first semester, we invite you to read the following chapters, which we have drawn from a range of our student texts. Written by some of the UK’s most passionate and experienced educators, these chapters provi...

Mechanics of Machines, Second Edition, is ideal for courses in kinematics and dynamics of machines. It covers the basic concepts of gears, gear trains, the mechanics of rigid bodies, and graphical and analytical kinematic analyses of planar mechanisms. In addition, the text describes a procedure for designing disc-cam mechanisms, discusses graphical and analytical force analyses and balancing of planar mechanisms, illustrates common methods for s...

Microcontrollers and Microcomputers: Principles of Software and Hardware Engineering, Second Edition, is an ideal introductory text for an embedded system or microcontroller course. While most texts discuss only one specific microcontroller, this book offers a unique approach by covering the common ground among all microcontrollers in one volume. Since the text does not focus on a particular processor, it can be used with processor-specific mater...

Microelectronic Circuits by Sedra and Smith has educated over a million students worldwide.  Respected equally as a teaching text and reference, "Sedra/Smith" remains the best text for helping students progress from circuit analysis to circuit design, developing design skills and insights that are essential to successful practice in the field. Significantly revised, slimmed down, and updated with the latest innovations, this edition also con...

As engineering students become more and more aware of the important role that communication systems play in modern society, they are increasingly motivated to learn through experimenting with solid, illustrative examples. To captivate students' attention and stimulate their imaginations, Modern Digital and Analog Communication, Fifth Edition, places strong emphasis on connecting fundamental concepts of communication theory to students' daily expe...

Operation and Modeling of the MOS Transistor has become a standard in academia and industry. Extensively revised and updated, the third edition of this highly acclaimed text provides a thorough treatment of the MOS transistor--the key element of modern microelectronic chips.

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Due to its central role in modern communications technologies, photonics--or optical electronics--has evolved dynamically over the last ten years. Photonics by Amnon Yariv and Pochi Yeh is extensively revised and updated to keep pace with this unprecedented development. Now more tailored to optical communication, the sixth edition integrates material on generating and manipulating optical radiation and designing photonic components for ...

Designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses, Principles of Semiconductor Devices, Second Edition, presents the semiconductor-physics and device principles in a way that upgrades classical semiconductor theory and enables proper interpretations of numerous quantum effects in modern devices. The semiconductor theory is directly linked to practical applications, including the links to the SPICE models and parameters that are commonly...

Probability, Statistics, and Random Signals offers a comprehensive treatment of probability, giving equal treatment to discrete and continuous probability. The topic of statistics is presented as the application of probability to data analysis, not as a cookbook of statistical recipes. This student-friendly text features accessible descriptions and highly engaging exercises on topics like gambling, the birthday paradox, and financial decisio...

Newly revised to reflect the latest developments in the field, this thoroughly updated eighth edition of Reinforced Concrete Design incorporates the changes in design rules arising from the publication of the 2014 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Building Code and Commentary (ACI 318-14).

Reinforced Concrete Design, Ninth Edition, reboots a classic text for today's generation of learners. It has been thoroughly updated to the latest ACI code and slimmed down to the core topics taught to undergraduates.

A comprehensive introductory treatment of signals and linear systems suitable for juniors and seniors.

In Signals and Systems, Sanjit Mitra addresses the question: What are the core concepts that undergraduate students need to learn in order to successfully continue their studies in the field? Straightforward, easy-to-understand, and engaging, Signals and Systems enables students to focus on essential material by avoiding artificial signals and systems that they will never encounter in their professional careers.

Software and Hardware Engineering: Assembly and C Programming for the Freescale HCS12 Microcontroller, Second Edition, provides a general-purpose view of software and hardware engineering in microcontroller systems and a comprehensive technical reference for the Freescale HCS12 microcontroller. It is ideal for a first undergraduate course in microcontrollers, microprocessors, or microcomputers.

Theory of Machines and Mechanisms, Fifth Edition, is an ideal text for the complete study of displacements, velocities, accelerations, and static and dynamic forces required for the proper design of mechanical linkages, cams, and geared systems. The authors present the background, notation, and nomenclature essential for students to understand the various independent technical approaches that exist in the field of mechanisms, kinematics, and dyna...

Ideal for undergraduate and beginning graduate students in electrical engineering, Understanding Semiconductor Devices provides a solid grounding in both fundamental principles and practical skills. The text features intuitive explanations and a motivating "electronics-to-physics" approach that progresses from basic to more abstract concepts. It includes intriguing and diverse problems, review questions, and worked out examples.

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