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1. Weatherization and Energy Efficiency Improvement for Existing Homes

   An Engineering Approach

   By Moncef Krarti

   Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

   Providing a proven set of energy efficiency measures and opportunities for saving energy and reducing operating costs for existing homes, this volume presents general tools and procedures for performing home weatherization such as insulation improvements as well as methods to reduce air leakage....

   Published April 24th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Nanotechnology

   Understanding Small Systems

   By Ben Rogers, Jesse Adams, Sumita Pennathur

   Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

   Although nanotechnology is a hot topic, the search for a true introductory textbook usually comes up cold. Students in a first course on nanotechnology come from a wide variety of backgrounds, so the text must not assume understanding of too much background material, nor be too focused on any...

   Published October 24th 2011 by CRC Press
3. Thermodynamics for Engineers

   By Kau-Fui Vincent Wong, Kaufui Vincent Wong

   Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

   Aspiring engineers have long needed a text that prepares them to use thermodynamics in professional practice. Thermodynamics instructors need a concise textbook written for a one-semester undergraduate course-a text that foregoes clutter and unnecessary details but furnishes the essential facts and...

   Published September 1st 2011 by CRC Press
4. Thermodynamics for Engineers, 2nd Edition

   By Kaufui Vincent Wong

   Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

   Aspiring engineers need a text that prepares them to use thermodynamics in professional practice. Thermodynamics instructors need a concise textbook written for a one-semester undergraduate course—a text that foregoes clutter and unnecessary details but furnishes the essential facts and...

   Published August 4th 2011 by CRC Press
5. Nanotechnology

   Understanding Small Systems, Second Edition

   By Ben Rogers, Jesse Adams, Sumita Pennathur

   Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

   Winner of a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award 2011!Transistors using one electron at a time. Sunscreens made with titanium dioxide particles that look transparent to our eyes but block harmful UV rays. Nanometer-sized specks of gold that change color to red and melt at 750°C instead of 1064°C....

   Published July 4th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Large Energy Storage Systems Handbook

   Edited by Frank S. Barnes, Jonah G. Levine

   Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

   In the current push to convert to renewable sources of energy, many issues raised years ago on the economics and the difficulties of siting energy storage are once again being raised today. When large amounts of wind, solar, and other renewable energy sources are added to existing electrical grids,...

   Published March 2nd 2011 by CRC Press
7. Principles of Sustainable Energy

   By Frank Kreith, Susan Krumdieck, Jan F. Kreider

   Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

   A transition from a fossil fuel–based economy to one that uses renewable energy has become inevitable; this transition will not only be an engineering challenge, but will also be an economic and environmental one. Offering an interdisciplinary, quantitative approach, Principles of Sustainable...

   Published December 15th 2010 by CRC Press
8. The MEMS Handbook

   Edited by Mohamed Gad-el-Hak

   Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

   The revolution is well underway. Our understanding and utilization of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are growing at an explosive rate with a worldwide market approaching billions of dollars. In time, microdevices will fill the niches of our lives as pervasively as electronics do right now....

   Published December 11th 2010 by CRC Press
9. Mechatronic Systems

   Devices, Design, Control, Operation and Monitoring

   Edited by Clarence W. de Silva

   Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

   Mechatronics has emerged as its own discipline over the past decade, yet no reference has lived up to the demands of being a working guide for designing and implementing the new generation of mechatronic systems. Uniting an international team of leading experts, Mechatronic Systems: Devices, Design...

   Published December 11th 2010 by CRC Press
10. Energy Audit of Building Systems

    An Engineering Approach, Second Edition

    By Moncef Krarti

    Series: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Series

    Buildings account for almost half of total primary energy use and related greenhouse emissions worldwide. Although current energy systems are improving, they still fall disappointingly short of meeting acceptable limits for efficiency. Well-trained energy auditors are essential to the success of...

    Published November 7th 2010 by CRC Press