Guides: Mechanical Engineering: New Books 2024-25

New Books

Fundamentals of Geothermal Heat Pumps Systems by Louis Lamarche
Call Number: TH 7417.5 .L36 2023

This classroom-tested text covers ground heat exchanger modeling, secondary loop ground-source system design, pumping energy, thermal response testing, commercial building applications, and horizontal and groundwater ground heat exchangers.
Electric and Hybrid Vehicles by Tom Denton; Hayley Pells
Call Number: TL 220 .D4443 2024

It covers the different types of electric vehicle, costs and emissions, the charging infrastructure, and how hybrid and electric vehicles work. Also explores batteries, control systems, charging, maintenance and repair procedures.
Ethics Within Engineering by Wade L. Robison
Call Number: TA 157 .R63 2024

Using real life examples that bring the theory to life, this student-led textbook encourages students to present, challenge, and work through different engineering ethics problems and solutions with confidence and a strong evidence-based approach.
Supply Chain Network Design by Nick Vyas
Call Number: HD 38.6 .D37 2024

Explains how to design intelligent, agile supply chain networks in the age of geopolitical disruptions, fast-paced technological innovation and drive for more sustainable business. Explores robotic process automation, AI and machine-driven intelligence and the evolution of forecasting to demand sensing to enhance network design.
Misconceiving Merit by Mary Blair-Loy; Erin A. Cech
Call Number: Q 175.5 .B55 2022

Blair-Loy and Cech studied more than five hundred STEM professors at a top research university to reveal how unequal and unfair outcomes can emerge alongside commitments to objectivity and excellence.
Latin* Students in Engineering by Lara Perez-Felkner
Call Number: T 73 .L35 2024

Examines the state of Latin* engineering education at present as well as considerations for policy and practice regarding engineering education aimed at enhancing opportunity and better serving Latin* students.

New Mechanical Engineering eBooks

Essentials of Mechanical Stress Analysis by Amir Javidinejad
Uses both analytical and numerical approaches and an interdisciplinary approach to cover beams, plates, columns and elastic instability, fatigue, life cycle, energy methods, MathCAD sample code, material properties, composite materials and finite element analysis.
Systems Design by Brent R. Allen (Editor)
Explores the process of creating work, improvement, and management systems and the Shingo system design map. as well as the five required communication tools that are necessary to improve an organization.
Renewable Energy for Plug-In Electric Vehicles by Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu
Provides a holistic guide to the critical technical challenges of integrating renewable energy for grid-connected electric vehicles. Includes practical solutions, incorporating the latest advances in technologies across meters, sensors, batteries, storage, demand response, artificial intelligence, and power system design.
Indigenous Science and Technology by Kelly S. McDonough
Explores how Nahuas--native⁠ speakers of Nahuatl, the common language of the Aztec Empire and of more than 2.5 million Indigenous people today—have created, built upon, and shared knowledge, practices, tools and objects to help understand and preserve nature and the environment.
Engineering Noise Control by David A. Bies
Covers all aspects of industrial and environmental noise control with theoretical concepts, practical applications, and a wide range of example problems and solutions.
Building Energy Modeling with OpenStudio by Larry Brackney
The fundamentals of building energy modeling and analysis using open source example applications built with the US DOE's OpenStudio modeling platform and EnergyPlus simulation engine. Also explores daylighting, parametric analysis, uncertainty analysis, design optimization, and model calibration.
Electric Vehicles by Yiqing Yuan
The latest information on EVs and their essential components, including cutting-edge battery systems, propulsion technology, and intelligent subsystems. Plus, explore the latest trends in electrification, autonomous driving, connectivity, and shared mobility.

Mechanical Engineering: New Books 2024-25

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