Acknowledgment

I would like to first thank Mr Joseph P. Hayton for recognizing the need of such an engineering design book series that offers knowledge in modern engineering design principles, methods, and tools to mechanical engineering students. His enthusiasm in moving the book project forward and eventually publishing the book series is highly appreciated. Mr Hayton’s colleagues at Elsevier, Ms Lisa Jones and her production team, and Ms Chelsea Johnson, have made significant contributions in transforming the original manuscripts into a well-organized and professionally polished book that is suitable and presentable to our readers.
I am grateful to my current and former graduate students Dr. Yunxiang Wang, Dr. Mangesh Edke, Dr. Qunli Sun, Dr. ...

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