Dr. M. Rashad Islam is an Associate Professor at the Colorado State University Pueblo. He is also a registered Professional Engineer (PE), and an ABET Program Evaluator. Dr. Islam received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (with distinction in research, and GPA 4.0 out of 4.0 in coursework) from the University of New Mexico. He has a M.S. degree in Civil Engineering jointly from the University of Minho (Portugal) and Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). Dr. Islam has over 100 publications including text books, scholarly articles in top ranked journals, ASCE book chapters, and conference papers. His major textbooks are Pavement Design Materials, Analysis and Highways, McGraw Hill, ISBN 9781260458916", "Civil Engineering Materials Introduction and Laboratory Testing, CRC Press, ISBN-13: 978-0367224820", "Engineering Statics, CRC Press, ISBN 9781003098157", "Construction Safety Health, Practices, and OSHA, McGraw Hill, ISBN 978-1-264-25782-9" and so on.

Dr. A K M Monayem H Mazumder is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Saginaw Valley State University, Michigan. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering University of New Orleans, Louisiana. Before joining the Saginaw Valley State University, he taught at the Lamar University and Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

Dr. Mabub Ahmed is an Associate Professor of Engineering at the Southern Arkansas University. He earned his Ph.D. with an emphasis in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso. He taught at Georgia Southern University from 2008 to 2012 in the department of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Ahmed teaches a wide variety of courses in engineering, engineering physics, engineering technology, and industrial technology. Dr. Ahmed also does some consulting work for local industries, and has completed several years of consulting work with local aerospace company Amfuel. Dr. Ahmed currently holds a PE license in mechanical engineering in the state of Arkansas.

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This textbook is intended for the first course of engineering dynamics for undergraduate students. This book uses plain language with less vector mathematics and calculus to introduce these topics of mathematics to students with a high school physics background.

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Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Kinematics of Particles. Chapter 3. Kinetics of Particles. Chapter 4. Kinematics of Rigid Body. Chapter 5. Kinetics of Rigid Body. Chapter 6. Dynamics in Roadways. Chapter 7. Vibration. Appendix: A Second-Order Linear Homogeneous Differential Equations.