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Examine today's mechanisms, machines, and the motion they produce with Stanisic's MECHANISMS AND MACHINES: KINEMATICS, DYNAMICS, AND SYNTHESIS, SI, 2nd Edition. The author introduces the synthesis and analysis of planar mechanisms and machines using the Vector Loop Method, which is well suited to computer programming. The book teaches synthesis first, before delving into analysis, to ensure you understand the mathematics behind mechanism design. The author also uses a systematic procedure to summarize many analyses. In addition, an abundance of interesting examples, many of which are drawn from automotive and mechatronic systems, clarify topics and help ensure understanding. Numerous practical problems also provide a clear physical context for this edition's topics.

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Michael M. Stanisic earned his B.S.M.E., M.S.M.E., and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University. Since 1988, he has taught and researched machine and manipulator design at the University of Notre Dame. He holds several patents on dextrous and singularity-free manipulator designs, which were developed with support from the National Science Foundation. He has also published a number of papers concerning the application of curvature theory to the synthesis of mechanisms and to the control of robotic manipulators. In collaboration with the J. Stefan Institute, Dr. Stanisic has developed new types of humanoid shoulder mechanisms that include effects of human scapular motion. He has served several terms on the Mechanisms Committee of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and has been a member of the International Scientific Committee for Advances in Robot Kinematics since 1988. At the University of Notre Dame, he has received numerous teaching awards at the departmental, college, and university-wide levels.

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