Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems, Second Edition (PDF)

Kevin Russell, PhD, PE, is an adjunct professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Formerly, Dr. Russell was a senior mechanical engineer at the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Center at Picatinny, New Jersey. His responsibilities included the utilization of computer-aided design and modeling and simulation tools for small and medium-caliber weapon-system improvement, concept development, and failure investigations. A registered professional engineer in New Jersey, he holds several small and medium-caliber weapon-system patents and has published extensively in engineering journals in the areas of kinematic synthesis, theoretical kinematics, and machine design.

Qiong "John" Shen, PhD, is an independent consultant at Softalink LLC, cofounder and president of a privately held data analytics company, and an adjunct professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dr. Shen obtained his Ph.D. degree by successfully completing National Science Foundation-funded research which also resulted in a U.S. patent. He was an engineering manager at Emerson Network Power in charge of supervisory control and data acquisition systems of critical facilities such as healthcare and datacenter. Dr. Shen has been actively involved in extensive academic research in robotics and mechanism synthesis.