Links

Educational Organizations/Laboratories/Programs

 

Polytechnic University's David Packard Center for Technology and Educational Alliances

 

Polytechnic University's Youth in Engineering and Science (YES) Center

 

Science and Mechatronics Aided Research for Teachers

 

Web-Enabled Mechatronics/Process Control Laboratory

 

Undergraduate Real-time Control Laboratory in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Polytechnic University Department of Mechanical Engineering - Polytechnic University

 

YES Scholar Workshop organized by MPCRL

 

FIRST Robotics

 

Companies

 

Quanser Consulting

 

ServoToGo Inc.

 

dSPACE Inc.

 

Parallax Inc.

 

JStamp Inc.

 

National Instruments Inc.

 

Mathworks Inc.

 

Educational Resources

 

Web site devoted to Definitions of Mechatronics

 

Stamps in class curriculum material

 

JStamp microcontroller @ University of Utah's CS/ECE Senior Project Class

 

Books

 

D. G. Alciatore and M. B. Histand, Introduction to Mechatronics and Measurement Systems, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2nd Ed., 2003.

 

D. M. Auslander and C. J. Kempf, Mechatronics: Mechanical System Interfacing, Simon and Schuster, 1995.

 

D. M. Auslander, J. R. Ridgely, and J. D. Ringgenberg, Control Software for Mechanical Systems: Object-Oriented Design in a Real-Time World, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1st Ed., 2002.

 

W. Bolton, Mechatronics: Electronic Control Systems in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Addison Wesley Longman, New York, NY, 2nd Ed., 1999.

 

R. Bosch, Mechatronics: Theory and Applications, Society of Automotive Engineers, 2nd Ed., 2000.

 

D. A. Bradley, et al., Mechatronics-Electronics in products and processes, Routledge, 1994.

 

N. C. Braga, Mechatronics Sourcebook, Delmar Learning, 1st Ed., 2002.

 

C. Fraser and J. Milne, Electro-Mechanical Engineering: An Integrated Approach, IEEE Press, New York, NY, 1st Ed., 1994.

 

P. Horowitz and W. Hill, The Art of Electronics, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Ed., 1990.

 

P.L. Hurricks, Handbook of Electromechanical Product Design, J. Wiley and Addison Wesley, 1994.

 

T. Jones and A. Flynn, Mobile Robots: Inspiration for Implementation, AK Peters, Wellesley, MA, 2nd Ed., 1999.

 

L. J. Kamm, Understanding Electro-Mechanical Engineering, An Introduction to Mechatronics, IEEE, 1995.

 

D. Karnopp, et al., System Dynamics: Modeling and Simulation of Mechatronic Systems, Wiley-Interscience, 3rd Ed., 2000.

 

P. Hurricks and S. Dimond, Handbook of Electromechanical Product Design, Longman, 1994.

 

D. K. Miu, Mechatronics-Electromechanics and Contromechanics, Springer-Verlag, 1993.

 

D. Necsulescu, Mechatronics, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1st Ed., 2002.

 

G. Rizzoni, Principles and Applications of Electrical Engineering, McGraw Hill College Div., 4th Ed., 2002.

 

D. Shetty and R. A. Kolk, Mechatronics System Design, PWS Publishing, Boston, MA, 1st Ed., 1997.

 

K. Stiffler, Design with Microprocessors for Mechanical Engineers, McGraw-Hill, 1992.

 

F. S. Tse and I. E. Morse, Measurement and Instrumentation in Engineering: Principles and Basic Laboratory Experiments, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY, 1st Ed., 1989.

 

R. A. Walsh, Electromechanical Design Handbook, McGraw-Hill, 2nd Ed., 1994.

 

Machine Tools Limited Hidustan Press, Mechatronics and Machine Tools, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1998.