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Suitable for students of engineering, this text offers the multidisciplinary approach needed to develop a foundation in mechatronics. It covers electrical and mechanical components, sensors and instrumentation, drives and actuators, controls, signal processing, component interfacing, modeling, and design.

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Suitable for students of engineering, this text offers the multidisciplinary approach needed to develop a foundation in mechatronics. It covers electrical and mechanical components, sensors and instrumentation, drives and actuators, controls, signal processing, component interfacing, modeling, and design.
Autorenporträt
Clarence W. de Silva, PE, is a fellow of ASME, IEEE, and the Royal Society of Canada. A professor of mechanical engineering at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, he holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair professorship in mechatronics and industrial automation. Previously, he served as a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University (1978-1987) and as a Fulbright visiting professor at Cambridge University (1987-1988). Professor de Silva received two Ph.D degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1978) and the University of Cambridge, England (1998), and an honorary D. Eng from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (2008). Having gained application-oriented industrial experience working for organizations including IBM, Westinghouse, and NASA's Lewis and Langley Research Centers, Dr. de Silva also held the Mobil Endowed Chair professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore and the honorary chair professorship of the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Professor de Silva has served as a: * Fellow Canadian Academy of Engineering * Lilly Fellow * NASA-ASEE Fellow * Senior Fulbright Fellow to Cambridge University * Fellow of the British Columbia Advanced Systems Institute * Killam Fellow * Erskine Fellow His awards include: * Paynter Outstanding Investigator Award and Takahashi Education Award (ASME Dynamic Systems & Control Division) * Killam Research Prize (Canada Council for the Arts) * Outstanding Engineering Educator Award (IEEE Canada) * Lifetime Achievement Award (World Automation Congress) * IEEE Third Millennium Medal * Meritorious Achievement Award (Association of Professional Engineers of British Columbia) * Outstanding Contribution Award (IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society)