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Book SynopsisThe Autodesk AutoCAD Certified User Study Guide is designed for the AutoCAD user who is already familiar with AutoCAD. It provides a series of hands on exercises and tutorials in the use of AutoCAD to help you prepare for the Autodesk AutoCAD Certified User Exam. The text covers all the exam objectives for the AutoCAD Certified User Exam. Each topic is covered in detail, and then is followed up with tutorials and quizzes to reinforce the material covered.The emphasis of the tutorials is to focus on the use of the ribbon and contextual menus rather than keyboard entry in the command line. The tutorials will strengthen your ability to use the software without reliance upon tool tips.Passing the AutoCAD Certified User Exam establishes that you have a basic aptitude in AutoCAD. This credential can be added to job applications and your resume to help you stand out from the crowd. Once you pass the Certified User Exam you can continue your journey and begin working toward the next level of certification.Practice Exam SoftwareIncluded with your purchase of this book is practice exam software. The practice exam software is meant to simulate the actual Autodesk AutoCAD Certified User exam. It can be downloaded and run from any computer and it will get you familiar with the official exam and check your skills prior to taking the official exam. The practice exam software requires you to use Autodesk AutoCAD to perform actions in order to formulate the answer to questions, just like the actual exam.

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Book SynopsisThe CSWPA is a set of exams designed to demonstrate your advanced abilities in five distinct areas of SOLIDWORKS. By passing the CSWPA exams you prove to potential employers that you have an advanced skill set within SOLIDWORKS, and you become more desirable in the job market.Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Advanced Preparation Material is intended for the SOLIDWORKS user who has already passed the CSWP exam, and is ready to advance to the next level. This book covers the five CSWPA examinations: Sheet Metal, Weldments, Surfacing, Mold Tools, and Drawing Tools.The lessons in this book were created based on the actual CSWPA examinations. Each of these projects has been broken down and developed into easy and comprehensible steps for the reader. Every challenge is explained very clearly in short chapters, ranging from 30 to 50 pages. Each step comes with a screen shot to help you understand the main concept of each design more easily. Learn the CSWP Advanced Preparation Materials at your own pace, as you progress from Parts, Assemblies, Drawings and then to more complex design challenges.To get the most out of this CSWPA-Certification Preparation book it is strongly recommended that you have studied and completed all the lessons in the Basic Tools, Intermediate Skills and Advanced Techniques books. It is also a great resource for the more CAD literate individuals who want to expand their knowledge of the different features that SOLIDWORKS 2025 has to offer.This book is a great resource to prepare for and pass the CSWPA exams which will prove your expertise and further your career. After completing at least four of the five CSWPA exams you will become eligible to try for the highest level SOLIDWORKS certification, the Certified SOLIDWORKS Expert.

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Book SynopsisWe thrive as learners when we actively practice the skills we want to master, and this is especially true for learning computer-aided design. Mastering Modern CAD Drawings with SOLIDWORKS 2025 provides new and more experienced users with the perfect blend of preparation and plenty of practice to build their skills. Clearly explained theory and techniques help you create 2D drawings and engineering graphics for a variety of parts, meaning you will never have to ask why you are completing a step. Designed as an efficient tool for busy, visually oriented learners, this book offers excellent technical detail and motivating real-world examples, focusing on the latest standards, materials, industries and production processes.Because of its popularity, there is a high demand for those with SOLIDWORKS skills. In Mastering Modern CAD Drawings with SOLIDWORKS 2025 you create the types of SOLIDWORKS projects that students, designers, engineers, and other manufacturing professionals routinely encounter. The diverse assortment of parts covered, including machined, plastic injection molding, casted and sheet metal, will pique every learnerâs interest. The drawing exercises give you room to remember and apply your new-found skills at your own pace. Topics important to technical drawing are included, such as customizing the Bill of Materials, using the Custom Properties, creating Tabulated Tables in MS-Excel, Model Based Definition (MBD), and one of the most used standards in CAD: ASME ANSI GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing). This thoughtfully written and organized book gives you a balanced view of computer-aided drafting that you wonât get with other SOLIDWORKS books.Why this book?Mastering Modern CAD Drawings with SOLIDWORKS 2025 stands out from other books because the authorâs unembellished and effective writing style unravels the complexities of CAD drawing and design, providing a gateway to mastering drafting in general and with SOLIDWORKS. Chapter one provides a first-rate overview of technical drawing and SOLIDWORKS. Chapter three describes GD&T so any learner will understand it, including a section of fully defined terms. Solid descriptions of CAD topics ease new users into each chapter while reacquainting more seasoned users with important information. Mastering Modern CAD Drawings with SOLIDWORKS 2025 makes it easy to explore and understand technical drawing with SOLIDWORKS. Readers would do well to keep this text for future reference. It is a must-have for any student, team, company, or school to research drawing standards whenever needed.

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Book SynopsisThe Complete Guide to Mold Making with SOLIDWORKS 2025 is a quick paced book written to provide experienced SOLIDWORKS users with in-depth knowledge of the mold tools provided by SOLIDWORKS. Throughout this book you will learn the procedures necessary for using these tools to create and analyze effective mold designs.Utilizing step-by-step instructions, each chapter of this book will guide you through different tasks, from designing or repairing a mold, to developing complex parting lines; from making a core in the part mode to advancing through more complex tasks in the assembly mode. Throughout this book you will be introduced to using surfacing tools to repair models and prepare them for the mold making process.Towards the end of this book, you will learn how to work with SOLIDWORKS Plastics and Flow Simulation to simulate the way melted plastics flow during the injection molding process. You will also learn to analyze the thick-thin wall regions to predict defects on plastic parts and molds. Learning how to analyze plastic parts for errors and correct them early in the design stage is a valuable skill, which can save a significant amount of time throughout the span of the entire design process.Every project in this book is based on real world products. Each of these projects have been broken down and developed into simple, comprehensible steps. Furthermore, every mold design is explained very clearly in short chapters, ranging from 15 to 25 pages. Each step comes with the exact screen shot to help you understand the main concept of the design. Learn the mold designs at your own pace, as you progress from simple core and cavity creation to more complex mold design challenges.This book will also teach you to use various surfacing tools such as: Ruled Surface Planar Surface Knit Surface Filled Surface Extend Surface Trim Surface Lofted Surface Who This Book Is ForThis book is for users already familiar with SOLIDWORKS who want to expand their knowledge of mold design. To get the most out of this mold design book, it is strongly recommended that you have completed all the lessons in the SOLIDWORKS Advanced Techniques book or have comparable knowledge. More CAD literate individuals, who want to expand their knowledge of the different features that SOLIDWORKS 2025 has to offer, will also find this book to be a great resource.About the AuthorThis book is based on feedback from the authorâs former tool-die maker students and engineering professionals. Paul has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of mechanical and manufacturing engineering. As an active Senior SOLIDWORKS instructor and design engineer, Paul has worked and consulted with numerous of fortune 500 companies, NASA, the US-Navy, Community Colleges, Universities, and many others.

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Book SynopsisThe humorous and personal account of a life spent working on the design of some of the world's best known cars. Commencing his career as a designer at Vauxhall Motors, Luton in 1973, Peter Birtwhistle then left the UK in 1977 to take a position abroad, at Audi in Germany, where he lived for the rest of his working life. From Audi his career took him to Porsche in Stuttgart, and eventually, in 1988, to the Japanese company Mazda, with whom he would help develop a Design Centre close to Frankfurt, eventually becoming Chief Designer for Mazda Motor Europe. During his career, Birtwhistle was involved in the design of some very significant cars and in his work and travels, crossed the paths of many significant personalities from the car industry. Car design has changed enormously since the time he commenced his career, and for Birtwhistle it was clear, his story needed to be documented before it was lost in time. Featuring original photographs and illustrations from the author's own collection, this highly humorous and very personal story creates a fascinating collage of anecdotes and historical facts, not only from the secretive world of car design, but also his private life.Trade ReviewA brilliant read. Classic Cars --- [Birtwhistle] provides a fascinating window into a side of cars that the public rarely sees. All in all, it is highly recommended. Classics Monthly --- A must buy for marque fans and anyone interested in pursuing a career in automotive design - or who wishes they had. Classic Car Weekly --- a very personal autobiography ... a thoroughly entertaining as well as historically informative read. Kieron Fennelly --- Peter Birtwhistle's life story is both well written and tremendously entertaining. Iain P W Robertson - Freelance --- An exciting insight into a fruitful career! Autoliefhebbers.be --- You'll love it; I did. Autocar (Steve Cropley) --- A pearl among automotive books! autobuch.guru --- Birtwhistle provides an interesting behind-the-scenes look into the life of a car designer and there's plenty to interest readers with an interest in this area. Classic Driver --- A wonderful and unique adventure in car design ... With plenty of never-before-seen images and illustrations from the author’s archive, this is a fascinating and incredibly personal glimpse into an English car designer’s adventures abroad. Octane (UK)

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Book SynopsisEDE 99 (Engineering Design Education Conference 99) is an important international event bringing together a range of experts from engineering design education to showcase the latest ideas and innovations.Table of ContentsThe continuum of design education; learning to design or designing to learn?; teaching design in secondary schools; developing observation and spatial skills; IT in design; international comparisons; poster papers - projects; poster papers - courses and models; poster papers -student admission and training.

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Book SynopsisThis book covers the principles and applications of vehicle handling dynamics from an advanced perspective in depth. The methods required to analyze and optimize vehicle handling dynamics are presented, including tire compound dynamics, vehicle planar dynamics, vehicle roll dynamics, full vehicle dynamics, and in-wheel motor vehicle dynamics. The provided vehicle dynamic model is capable of investigating drift, sliding, and other over-limit vehicle maneuvers. This is an ideal book for postgraduate and research students and engineers in mechanical, automotive, transportation, and ground vehicle engineering.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Tire Dynamics.- Chapter 2. Vehicle Planar Dynamics.- Chapter 3. Vehicle Roll Dynamics.- Chapter 4. Road Dynamics.

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the single components that commonly constitute luminaires for interiors, describing their operating principles, families, strengths and weaknesses. It opens with the product classification and main standard requirements. The following chapters describe the different components: light sources, power supplies, thermal dissipation techniques, control technologies, optical systems. The description focuses on the most recent technologies to allow the reader to consider a product design capable of confronting future lighting scenarios. The book provides a simple path addressed to all those who want to try their hand at designing luminaires for interiors, even without a specific engineering background.

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Book SynopsisMATLAB and Simulink Crash Course for Engineers is a reader-friendly introductory guide to the features, functions, and applications of MATLAB and Simulink. The book provides readers with real-world examples, exercises, and applications, and offers highly illustrated, step-by-step demonstrations of techniques for the modelling and simulation of complex systems. MATLAB coverage includes vectors and matrices, programs and functions, complex numbers, visualization, solving equations, numerical methods, optimization problems, and graphical user interfaces. The Simulink coverage includes commonly used Simulink blocks, control system simulation, electrical circuit analysis, electric power systems, power electronics, and renewable energy technology. This powerful tutorial is a great resource for students, engineers, and other busy technical professionals who need to quickly acquire a solid understanding of MATLAB and Simulink.Table of ContentsIntroduction to MATLAB.- Vectors and Matrices.- Programs and Functions.- Complex Numbers.- Visualization.- Solving Equations.- Numerical Methods in MATLAB.- Electrical Circuit Analysis.- Control System and MATLAB.- Optimization Problem.- App Designer and Graphical User Interface in MATLAB.- Introduction to Simulink.- Control System in Simulink.- Commonly Used Simulink Blocks.- Electrical Circuit Analysis in Simulink.- Application of Simulink in Power Systems.- Application of Simulink in Power Electronics.- Application of Simulink in Renewable Energy Technology.

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Book SynopsisThe text introduces engineering to first-year undergraduate students using Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL). It draws on several different inquiry-based instruction types such as confirmation inquiry, structured inquiry, guided inquiry, and open inquiry, and all of their common elements. Professor Blum’s approach emphasizes the student’s role in the learning process, empowering them in the classroom to explore the material, ask questions, and share ideas, instead of the instructor lecturing to passive learners about what they need to know. Beginning with a preface to IBL, the book is organized into three parts, each consisting of four to ten chapters. Each chapter has a dedicated topic where an initial few paragraphs of introductory or fundamental material are provided. This is followed by a series of focused questions that guide the students’ learning about the concept(s) being taught. Featuring multiple inquiry-based strategies, each most appropriate to the topic, An Inquiry-Based Approach to Introduction to Engineering stands as an easy to use textbook that quickly allows students to actively engage with the content during every class period. Table of ContentsPart I: Being an Effective Student 1) Achieving Success in Engineering 2) Teaching & Learning Approaches 3) Essential Skills for Learning4) Understanding Yourself and Others Part II: The Engineering Profession 5) The Engineering Profession 6) Engineering Problem Solving 7) Engineering Design and Experiments 8) Engineering Ethics 9) Engineering Communication Part III: Engineering Fundamental Parameters10) Dimensions and Units 11) Length 12) Time 13) Mass 14) Force 15) Temperature 16) Electric Current 17) Power, Energy and Efficiency18) Engineering Mathematics, Models and Reasoning

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative book introduces and summarizes the latest models and skills required to design and fabricate nanomechanical resonators with a focus on nanomechanical sensing. It also establishes the theoretical foundation for courses on micro and nanomechanics. This book takes an applied approach to nanomechanics, providing a complete set of mechanical models, including strings and membrane resonators. Also discussed are quality factors, noise issues, transduction techniques, nanomechanical sensing, fabrication techniques, and applications for all common nanomechanical resonator types. It is an ideal book for students and researchers working with micro and nanomechanical resonators.Table of ContentsResonance Frequency.- Quality Factor.- Responsivity.- Transduction.- Measurement and Noise.

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Book SynopsisA fresh, research-based look at how companies can better compete, on their own terms, with tech giants—from a Harvard Business School professor and a former Bloomberg journalist.Companies are fighting the wrong battle. The consensus has been to learn the best practices from tech giants and then imitate them. But new paths for growth aren''t created by imitation; they''re forged by radical differentiation.In Smart Rivals, Harvard Business School professor Feng Zhu and former Bloomberg journalist Bonnie Yining Cao show business leaders how to create competitive advantages by offering product features and benefits that tech giants and other competitors cannot match in the digital/AI age.Taking readers on a global journey, Zhu and Cao showcase a variety of companies—including Domino''s, Nike, and Sephora—and fascinating case studies, such as Belle, the leading women''s footwear retailer in China; EbonyLife, Nigeria''s top media

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Book SynopsisEric Bogatin received his B.S. in Physics from MIT in 1976 and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Arizona in Tucson in 1980. For more than 30 years he has been active in the fields of signal integrity and interconnect design. He worked in senior engineering and management roles at AT&T Bell Labs, Raychem Corp, Sun Microsystems, Interconnect Devices Inc., and Teledyne LeCroy. In 2011, his company, Bogatin Enterprises, was acquired by Teledyne LeCroy. Eric currently is a Signal Integrity Evangelist with Teledyne LeCroy, where he creates and presents educational materials related to new applications for high-performance scopes. Eric turns complexity into practical design and measurement principles, leveraging analysis techniques and measurement tools. Since 2012, he has been an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado in Boulder, teaching graduate courses in signal integrity, interconnect design, and PCB design. He has written regular montTable of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition xixPreface to the Second Edition xxiPreface to the First Edition xxiii Chapter 1 Signal Integrity Is in Your Future 1 1.1 What Are Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, and Electromagnetic Compatibility? 3 1.2 Signal-Integrity Effects on One Net 7 1.3 Cross Talk 11 1.4 Rail-Collapse Noise 14 1.5 Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) 17 1.6 Two Important Signal-Integrity Generalizations 19 1.7 Trends in Electronic Products 20 1.8 The Need for a New Design Methodology 26 1.9 A New Product Design Methodology 27 1.10 Simulations 29 1.11 Modeling and Models 34 1.12 Creating Circuit Models from Calculation 36 1.13 Three Types of Measurements 42 1.14 The Role of Measurements 45 1.15 The Bottom Line 48 Review Questions 50 Chapter 2 Time and Frequency Domains 51 2.1 The Time Domain 52 2.2 Sine Waves in the Frequency Domain 54 2.3 Shorter Time to a Solution in the Frequency Domain 56 2.4 Sine-Wave Features 58 2.5 The Fourier Transform 60 2.6 The Spectrum of a Repetitive Signal 62 2.7 The Spectrum of an Ideal Square Wave 64 2.8 From the Frequency Domain to the Time Domain 66 2.9 Effect of Bandwidth on Rise Time 68 2.10 Bandwidth and Rise Time 72 2.11 What Does Significant Mean? 73 2.12 Bandwidth of Real Signals 77 2.13 Bandwidth and Clock Frequency 78 2.14 Bandwidth of a Measurement 80 2.15 Bandwidth of a Model 83 2.16 Bandwidth of an Interconnect 85 2.17 The Bottom Line 89 Review Questions 90 Chapter 3 Impedance and Electrical Models 93 3.1 Describing Signal-Integrity Solutions in Terms of Impedance 94 3.2 What Is Impedance? 97 3.3 Real Versus Ideal Circuit Elements 99 3.4 Impedance of an Ideal Resistor in the Time Domain 102 3.5 Impedance of an Ideal Capacitor in the Time Domain 103 3.6 Impedance of an Ideal Inductor in the Time Domain 107 3.7 Impedance in the Frequency Domain 109 3.8 Equivalent Electrical Circuit Models 115 3.9 Circuit Theory and SPICE 117 3.10 Introduction to Measurement-Based Modeling 121 3.11 The Bottom Line 126 Review Questions 128 Chapter 4 The Physical Basis of Resistance 131 4.1 Translating Physical Design into Electrical Performance 132 4.2 The Only Good Approximation for the Resistance of Interconnects 133

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Book SynopsisThe eleven lessons in this tutorial introduce you to the design capabilities of Creo Parametric 9.0. Major topics include part and assembly creation, and creation of engineering drawings. This book has been written specifically with students in mind.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review[An] engaging book… Reading these pages reminds us of how many spectacular failures have occupied the news pages for a week or two in our lifetimes… If Petroski’s account proves anything, it’s that the forces of the real world may eventually prevail on even the mightiest structures. -- Bill McKibben * New York Review of Books *A book that is at once an absorbing love letter to engineering and a paean to its breakdowns… This book is a litany of failure, including falling concrete in the Big Dig in Boston, the loss of the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, the rupture of New Orleans levees, collapsing buildings in the Haitian earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon blowout, the sinking of the Titanic, the metal fatigue that doomed 1950s-era de Havilland Comet jets—and swaying, crumpling bridges from Britain to Cambodia… [Readers will encounter] a moving discussion of the responsibility of the engineer to the public and the ways young engineers can be helped to grasp them. -- Cornelia Dean * New York Times *[A] fascinating and occasionally unnerving history of engineering failures… After reading this book, one might be tempted never to venture across a bridge again. But of course that would miss Petroski’s goal: to show how engineers learn from failure and improve their designs… For those who enjoy reading about girders and trusses, To Forgive Design is, yes, riveting… [Petroski] amply shows the wisdom of the proverb that failure is a good teacher. Even a collapsed bridge leads somewhere. -- Matt Ridley * Wall Street Journal *Americans are encouraged to believe that failure is not an option, but author Henry Petroski regards it as just about inevitable. A professor of civil engineering and history at Duke University, Petroski began his writing career with To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design, an influential work that deals with mechanical and engineering failures. This huge sequel devotes much more attention to the interplay between human beings, machines, buildings and disaster. It’s exhaustive, relentless, often exhilarating—and given its technical nature, surprisingly readable… If you’re already a bit phobic about flying in a plane, crossing a suspension bridge, or even driving a car, To Forgive Design is probably not for you… Petroski chronicles the story of failure with a measure of affection reminiscent of a biographer of Attila the Hun who develops a grudging fondness for his subject. But whether or not the latter had redeeming qualities, the former surely does: Failure reminds us to avoid the sin of pride. I thoroughly enjoyed To Forgive Design, even down to the gloomy quote from the famously gloomy writer Samuel Beckett: ‘Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ -- Joe Queenan * Barron’s *Non-engineers needn’t worry that the book will be too dense with details; Petroski makes the science easily understandable… [This is] a book that satisfactorily explains why our determination to push the boundaries guarantees both failure and triumph. -- James F. Sweeney * Cleveland Plain Dealer *Engineering is interesting when it works, but much more compelling when it doesn’t. Petroski may be one of his profession’s establishment figures, but his key finding is highly critical: because most engineers don’t know much about the history of engineering, complacency and gee-whizz design software is likely to foment a fairly regular incidence of potentially catastrophic structural failures… Much of the information will be of great interest to engineers and designers… The most brilliantly explained engineering failure concerns the ocean-bed blowout involving the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in 2010. Petroski’s exposition is immensely detailed and benefits from being linear in its narrative. This section of the book is exemplary in its remorseless exfoliation of the technical and commercial reasons for the incident. -- Jay Merrick * The Independent *Mustering a truly staggering array of examples of past engineering failures, Petroski makes the case that failure is a necessary component of technological development, and that structures, machines and other engineered devices do not exist in isolation, but instead are designed and used within a tangle of competing constraints and unpredictable scenarios… At his best, Petroski is a compelling storyteller, and his recounting of past disasters and near-disasters can be fascinating. In addition to several detailed but well-paced narratives of familiar failures such as the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, the book contains a great deal of intriguing arcana… Petroski’s greatest asset as a writer is his impressive historical erudition. He seems to have an infinite file of meticulously detailed case studies that illustrate his points, and any thought of just how long he must have spent researching inspires mild fear. He has written prolifically for nearly three decades on the topic of failure in engineering, and there is no doubt whatsoever that he knows what he’s talking about… I would sincerely recommend To Forgive Design to anyone with a particular interest in historical engineering fiascos. -- Colin McSwiggen * Literary Review *To Forgive Design remains a largely accessible, important contribution to the growing library of failure. -- Colin Dickey * Los Angeles Review of Books *When a plane crashes or a bridge collapses, faulty engineering is the usual suspect. But in seeking the roots of failure, we should look beyond design, says engineer Henry Petroski. We must probe the political and economic imperatives that shape purposes and use. In this follow-up to his influential To Engineer Is Human, Petroski argues that accidents such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are the result of faults as much in ‘human machinery’ as in mechanical devices. He praises software developers for learning from structural engineering about how to report and analyze mishaps. * Nature *A rewarding read. -- Jonathon Keats * New Scientist *By critically examining the interdependency of people and machines related to bridge collapses, airplane crashes and space shuttle failures, Petroski discovers that understanding failure is the only way to bring successful design and engineering into the future. -- Megan Wood * Salon *For more than two decades, Petroski has been delighting and educating readers with tales of engineering failures and how they can lead to safer technology… Always technically well informed and gifted with a comfortable, engaging storytelling style, Petroski shows readers how engineering design is a compromise between the ideal of perfect safety and the practicalities of limited resources. The lesson is that engineering makes advances through failure, but only if the lessons that failure teaches are applied to future projects… To Forgive Design succeeds in conveying Petroski’s message in a way that can be appreciated by the general reader and put to practical use by engineering students of all levels. -- K. D. Stephan * Choice *[An] authoritative text about the interrelationship between success and failure in the engineering enterprise… Petroski’s most gripping passages are his Sherlockian dissections of engineering fiascos and the importance of learning from the vast archive of forensic analyses. * Kirkus Reviews *Petroski follows up his first book, To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design, with this examination of human failure. In the previous title, he primarily considered mechanical and structural failures. Here, he looks not only at how people contribute to the failure of engineering designs but also at how analyzing those failures can improve subsequent models. He considers many different types of failures, from several infamous bridge collapses to carefully designed intentional failures, which are engineered specifically to prevent greater failures. In each case, Petroski goes beyond an explanation of the mechanical failure itself to point out how humans created these and other problems through systemic mistakes. -- Carla H. Lee * Library Journal *Though his focus here is primarily on bridges, Petroski extends his analysis to include the sinking of the Titanic, the mid-flight explosion of TWA Flight 800, the Challenger tragedy, the Y2K computer programming crisis, and the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Each has its own unique set of human, mechanical, and engineering failures, and Petroski does a terrific job of identifying and communicating not only what went wrong, but what was learned from the failure and how that knowledge has since been put into practice. Fellow engineers and armchair scientists will get the most out of the book, but even the layman will find Petroski’s study to be accessible, informative, and interesting. * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisA gripping account of the perpetual war between human and machine examines the many disasters that have occured in the world of high technology.Trade Review"ultimatly hopeful, recounting numerous acts of foresight or bravery in the face of bureaucratic opposition" -- Publisher's Weekly "Full of scary news, but unsensational and thoroughly documented. Just don't read it in flight." -- Kirkus Reviews

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Book SynopsisAutodesk Revit 2025 Architecture Certified Professional Exam Study Guide is geared toward users who have been using Autodesk Revit for at least six months and are ready to pursue their official Autodesk Revit certification. This fast-paced book will get you ready for the certification exam quickly with fun and easy to follow instructions, covering everything from masses to views to documentation. The author brings years of professional experience with Revit as well as wisdom gleaned from preparing her students for the Autodesk Certified Professional exam to provide you with step-by-step instruction and valuable information youâll want to know before taking the exam.This book will get you up to speed quickly on the nature of the exam and its questions so you will know exactly what to expect on exam day. This book is the most comprehensive and thorough preparation for this exam available. Included are exercises, practice questions and an exam simulation which are inten

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Book SynopsisWhether it is the effects of climate change, the avalanche of electronic and plastic waste or the substandard living and working conditions of billions of our fellow global citizens, our ability to deal with unsustainability will define the twenty-first century. Given that most consumption is mediated through products and services, the critical question for designers is: How can we radically reshape these into tools for sustainable living? As a guide and reference text, Product Design and Sustainability provides design students, practitioners and educators with the breadth and depth needed to integrate the most appropriate sustainable strategies into their practice. It establishes the principles that underpin sustainability and introduces a diverse range of social, economic and environmental design responses and tools available to designers. The numerous real-world examples illustrate how these strategies play out in different product sectors and reinforce the vTrade Review"For anyone fatigued by the term "sustainability," Jane Penty breaths vitality back into the word—expanding its purview and animating its potential. Traversing multiple disciplines from material culture and artificial intelligence, to business frameworks, ethics, and social innovation, Jane Penty's Product Design and Sustainability may be the single most effective compendium for simultaneously defining a contemporary understanding of sustainability while providing an actionable toolkit for its practice. Required reading for design professionals, educators, and students; essential reading for anyone who needs to believe that we can find a way forward."Allan Chochinov, Chair, SVA MFA Products of Design, NY; Partner, Core77"A book that is timely and urgently needed - revisiting the complex and fast-evolving relationships between design, consumption, economics and technology at a pivotal moment. Product Design and Sustainability will help answer questions we all have as designers, and help further close the gap between the work that we do and our lived experience of the world." Hugo Jamson, Creative Director, New Territory, London"Far from the tired, doom and gloom rhetoric peddled by so many academics on this topic, Penty’s hopeful treatise lights the way toward a sustainable design future. Her clear and precise theoretical writing is further elucidated by a rich repertoire of case studies, methodological tools and practical examples. This important book will surely become an essential point of reference for anyone working at the intersections of design, sustainability and systems change."Jonathan Chapman, Professor and Director of Doctoral Studies, School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh"A wonderfully comprehensive real-world guide through the maze of sustainability for anyone involved in new product creation. It manages to be both rigorous and pragmatic in equal measure and is the perfect starting point for designers, students and academics."Alex Hulme, director, Map Project Office, London"Through a very accessible yet profound work, Jane Penty reminds us that product designers can play a major role in the transition to a more sustainable and meaningful tomorrow. For a whole new generation of designers ready and mobilised to engage on this course of action, this book offers a valuable tool to inform their thinking and practice."Anne Marchand, Professor of Product Design, School of Design, Université de Montréal "Product Design and Sustainability is a resource primed for designers to tackle wicked global problems they are increasingly required to help solve. Penty sets the scene of humanity's 'unsustainability' from a vast body of knowledge, identifying practical environmental, economic and social levers for designers to use in response. Real world examples then contextualise frameworks that are life cycle based; systemic; efficiency-led; regenerative; regulatory; socially equitable; circular; and economically transformative, to assist designers in reorienting their practice to be sustainability-driven." Simon Lockrey, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University, Executive Director, Glowpear, Melbourne"Jane Penty’s book is a well-informed and engaging overview of the dramatic material challenges of our contemporary world we live in, as well as a useful and practical guide as to how design tools, methods and practice can be used to drive change." Clare Brass, designer, circular economy expert and director, Department 22, London"In a world where doomsday scenarios paint alarming pictures while designers work on the next new trend, Jane Penty’s voice is calm and points to a better world through design. She asks the difficult question - what problems are we solving and how? Product Design and Sustainability calls upon us to be conscious and responsible designers and shows us how. The mix of carefully put together information, insightful analysis, detailed examples and design strategy is valuable for both the student and practitioner of design. It is comprehensive and covers several design disciplines and their intersections." Naga Nandini, Industrial Arts and Design Practices, Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, BangaloreTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part 1: Concepts and context. 1. Sustainability and design in context. 1.1 Our unsustainability and major threats. 1.2 The concept of sustainability: definitions and models. 1.3 A timeline: design and the sustainability movement. 1.4 Obstacles, challenges and key players for change. Chapter summary. Key texts and further reading. Endnotes. Part 2: Strategies, tools and approaches. 2. Environmentally led strategies. 2.1 From less bad to better and positive: an overview of approaches. 2.2 Thinking in systems and designing for life cycles. 2.3 Tools and metrics for better design choices. 2.4 Carrot and stick: voluntary, mandatory, regulations and certification. 2.5 Radical rethinks: low tech and old tech. Chapter summary. Key references and further reading. Endnotes. 3. Socially led strategies. 3.1 Overconsumption: shifting the consumer society through behaviour change. 3.2 Better products and real needs: human centred and socially responsible design. 3.3 The other 70%: design for the base of the pyramid. 3.4 Ethics & sustainability: design as a tool for change. Chapter summary and key design challenges. Key references and further reading. Endnotes. 4. Economically led strategies. 4.1 Introduction to economy and sustainability. 4.2 The rise of more responsible business. 4.3 Emerging business models: the collaborative economy. 4.4 Emerging business models: open design and distributed production. 4.5 Emerging business models: the circular economy. Chapter summary. Key references and further reading. Endnotes. Part 3: In practice. 5. Short-use products: packaging, consumables and disposables. 5.1 In the balance: pros and cons of Consumer Packaged Goods. 5.2 Key re-design strategies. Chapter summary. Endnotes. 6. Electronic tools and digital gateways. 6.1 the visible and invisible environmental impacts of the digital world. 6.2 design strategies for reducing the environmental impacts of electronic devices. 6.3 the social value of digital tools. Chapter summary. Endnotes. 7. Furniture and space related products. 7.1 Furniture trends and their sustainability implications. 7.2 Problematic materials and toxicity. 7.3 Design strategies for more sustainable furniture. Chapter summary. Endnotes. 8. Transportation and mobility: products and services. 8.1 The environmental, social and economic impacts of transportations and mobility. 8.2 Design for more sustainable transport modes. 8.3 Systems thinking: new technologies and business models for mass personalised mobility. Chapter summary. Endnotes. Conclusion. Glossary. Index.

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