Project Managers Portable Handbook

Authors: Cleland, David; Ireland, Lewis
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174105-7
ISBN-10: 0071741054
©2011 | 3rd Edition | 464 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: August 2010
Price: US$ 49.95
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The Latest Project Management Data at Your Fingertips

Fully updated throughout, this hands-on guide gives you quick access to current information on project management concepts and practices. Project Manager’s Portable Handbook. third edition, offers concise, practical details on the fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to manage projects. Written by world-renowned project management experts, this compact reference summarizes best practices for defining, designing, developing, and producing project results. Handy tables, charts, models, and callout boxes illustrate pertinent information in this essential on-the-job tool.

Easy-to-Find Project Management Topics:

• The discipline of project management
• Project organizational chart
• Alternative project applications
• The strategic context of projects
• Project leadership
• Project initiation and execution Project planning and control
• The project culture
• Improving project management

PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS:

: “It is perhaps the one book that best summarizes a complete knowledge set to be applied in successfully managing projects. It is the one book that project managers should not ‘go to work’ without.” — Ken Rose, Book Review Editor, Project Management Journal

“Unique and invaluable…direct, summarized style…wealth of information…annotated bibliography…one book a project manager should not be without.” — PM Network

About the Author

David I. Cleland, (Pittsburgh, PA) is a Fellow of the Project Management Institute and two-time recipient of the “Distinguished Contribution to Project Management Award.” He has been described as the “Father of Project Management” and is honored annually with the establishment of the “David I. Cleland Excellence in Project Management Literature Award” sponsored by the PMI.

Lewis R. “Lew” Ireland, (Clarksville, TN), Director of Research for the American Society for the Advancement of Project Management (ASAPM), is a 20-year veteran of the Project Management Institute and served as President and Chair in 1998. He received the PMI’s Distinguished Contribution Award and Person of the Year Award.

Table of Contents

Section 1. The Discipline of Project Management
Projects as building blocks to success
Project Success and Failure
Project Management: A Distinct and Changing Discipline
Project Management Competency
Performance competence for ProjectManagements
A Project Management Philosophy
Benefits of Project Management
Ethics in Project Management
Ethics of P Professionals
Project Life Cycle
Project Mangement Bodies of Knowledge (PMBOK) & PM Certification
Project Management Process
Managerial and technical complexity of Projects

Section 2. Project Organizational Design
Organizing for Project Management
Project  Organization Charting
Authority Responsibility Accountability
Project Management Training
International Projects
Working in Projects
Project Office
Setting up a Project Management office
Project Management standards
Project Team Culture

Section 3. Alternative Project Applications
Alternative Project Teams
Reengineering Through Project Teams
Concurrent Engineering
The Management of Small Projects
Ming Multiple Projects
Self Managed Production Teams
Benchmarking Teams
Ming Change by Project Management
New product development using Project Management

Section 4. The Strategic Context of Ps
Selling Project Management to Senior Managers
Project Partnering
Project Strategic Issue Management
Project Stakeholder Management
The Strategic Management of Teams
Senior Management and Projects
Board of Directors and Major Projects
Program Management
Portfolio Management for Projects
Project portfolio Management
International vis-à-vis national Projects

Section 5. Project Leadership
Overview of Project Leadership
Leadership in Projects
Coaching Project Team Members
Ming Conflict in Projects
Team Leadership
Project Manager’s decision process
The role of Project resource Managers
Trust in Project teams
Project Team Building
Behavioral aspects of Project team members

Section 6. P Initiation and Execution
Project Statement of Work
Project Contract Negotiations and Administration

Section 7. P Planning and Control
Establishing a Project Management System (PMS)
Ming Costs in Projects

Section 8. The Project Culture

Section 9. Project Communications
The Project Management Information System
Project Communications

Section 10. Improving Project Management
Project Management Maturity
Project Recovery for the Challenged Project

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Solar Power for Your Home

Authors: Findley, David
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-166784-5
ISBN-10: 0071667849
©2011 | 1st Edition | 208 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: August 2010
Price: US$ 24.95
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Easy, inexpensive, do-it-yourself solar energy projects

Featuring step-by-step instructions and useful photos and illustrations, this hands-on guide is filled with solar energy solutions you can put to use right away. Solar Power for Your Home shows you how to set up a variety of simple, money-saving solar projects quickly and easily, such as a solar water heater, a solar pool pump, solar lighting, a solar oven–and even a solar-powered lawn mower!

Learn all about the different types of solar technologies, including passive solar and photovoltaic, and determine which best suits your projects. You’ll get details on assessing current energy use in your home, estimating the costs of solar installations, and calculating your overall savings. Reduce your carbon footprint–and your energy costs–with help from this practical resource.

Solar Power for Your Home covers:

• History, benefits, and potential detriments of solar energy
• Fundamentals of solar technologies–passive solar, photovoltaic, concentrating solar energy, and more
• Evaluating home electricity consumption
• Creating a personal energy plan
• How and when to contract your solar project
• Emerging technologies–thin film, nano, and hybrid solar and solar storage
• Funding options including rebates, incentives, and grants
• Standards, conversions, and helpful resources

About the Author

David S. Findley (South Huntington, NY) is an Assistant Professor at Farmingdale Sate College. He is also the owner of Synergy New Technology, a not-for-profit organization that develops and sells green technology, provides global solutions with the development of partnerships with government, corporations, education, venture capitalists, and individuals, and develops local, regional, and national climate change projects. He has six years of college engineering, green technology education, business, and environmental sciences education. He has overseen the development of a green engineering sciences curriculum. He also has 3 years of environmental science and green business development.

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9780071477727     Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Benefits of Solar
Chapter 2. Zero Cost Solar or Passive Solar Power
Chapter 3. The Basics
Chapter 4. Fundamentals of a Solar System
Chapter 5. How to Plan
Chapter 6. Other Options
Chapter 7. Thin Film Solar
Chapter 8. Specific Solar
Chapter 9. How to Pay For Your System
Chapter 10. Benefits

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Recycling Construction & Demolition Waste
A LEED-Based Toolkit (GreenSource)

Author: Winkler, Greg
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-171338-2
ISBN-10: 0071713387
©2010 | 1st Edition | 256 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date:August 2010
Price: US$ 69.95
Learn More |  GreenSource Series

A Complete Reference on Construction Waste Recycling

This GreenSource guide offers comprehensive information on how to recycle as much as 95 percent of new construction and demolition waste, reuse existing materials, and comply with U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED waste management guidelines.

Recycling Construction & Demolition Waste provides the strategies and tools you need to develop and implement a successful jobsite waste management plan. This practical resource also covers other programs that promote sustainable construction, such as the International Code Council’s ICC-ES program, the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) Green Building Program, the Green Building Initiative Green Globes Program, BREEAM, and more.

FIND OUT HOW TO:

• Manage construction and demolition waste on the jobsite
• Set up an efficient jobsite recycling center
• Recycle new construction waste
• Conduct an on-site audit to assess demolition waste
• Reuse existing materials, including asphalt, brick, concrete, insulation, structural steel, wood, glass, and more
• Develop a comprehensive waste management plan
• Comply with LEED standards to earn waste management credits
• Get details on other green certification and code programs
• Document waste management compliance
• Include appropriate specifications in construction documents
• Market your jobsite recycling program

Greg Winkler, AIA, LEED AP, is a principal in Green Lizard Management, a firm that provides owner representation and project management services to corporate, developer, and institutional clients. An architect with over 25 years of experience, he was a contributor to The Passive Solar Design Handbook, and the co-author of Analysis of Passive Solar System Thermal Performance and Construction Administration for Architects.

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9780071489935      The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction (Green Source)

9780071485630      Solar Power in Building Design (GreenSource)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Recycling Waste: The Fundamentals
Chapter 2. Recycling Construction and Demolition Waste: The Basic Tools
Chapter 3. Recycling New Construction Waste
Chapter 4. Recycling Demotion Waste
Chapter 5. Reuse of Existing Materials
Chapter 6. The Recycling Waste Management Plan
Chapter 7. Compliance Connection (waste management components of the USGBC’s LEED program)
Chapter 8. Other Green Certification Programs
Chapter 9. Documenting Compliance
Chapter 10. Waste Management in the Construction Documents
Chapter 11. Marketing Construction Site Recycling

Appendix: (contractor-specific tools for the most common needs)

Index

The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction
Sustainable Construction for Engineers (GreenSource)

Author: Haselbach, Liv
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-174512-3
ISBN-10: 0071745122
©2010 | 2nd Edition | 464 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: August 2010
Price: US$ 99.95
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Step-by-step details on applying USGBC LEED-NC guidelines to real-world construction projects

Fully up to date, The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction offers practical discussions of the main concepts of sustainability and presents detailed equations and exercises that can be used to perform the calculations outlined in LEED-New Construction. This GreenSource guide presents current, authoritative information on sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy, atmosphere, materials, resources, indoor air quality, innovations in design, and a systematic view of green.

The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction features:

• A practical focus on the LEED-NC rating system and how to apply it
• Details on low-impact development
• Tables comparing the old (version 2.2) and new (2009) versions of LEED-New Construction
• Numerous exercises and equations that can be used to perform the calculations outlined in LEED-NC
• Expert guidance on the main concepts of sustainability

New to This Edition:

• Chapters updated to reflect the USGBC 2009 version of LEED-New Construction
• Chapter 10 updated to include reference to low-impact development
• Tables comparing the old (version 2.2) and new (2009) versions of LEED-New Construction
• New/additional photos of examples of green construction

About the Author

Liv Haselbach, Ph.D., P.E., LEED-Accredited Professional, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University. Her teaching and research focus on sustainable construction, pervious concrete, low-impact development, environmental issues with concrete, alternative transportation, and air pollution. Dr. Haselbach serves on many national and international committees, including ASTM E60 (Sustainability), ACI 130 (Sustainability), ASCE LID (Low Impact Development), and ISO TC71/8 Environmental Management of Concrete and Concrete Structures.

Related Title:

9780071489935     The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction (Green Source)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. LEED Sustainable Sites
Chapter 3. LEED Water Efficiency
Chapter 4. LEED Energy and Atmosphere
Chapter 5. LEED Materials and Resources
Chapter 6. LEED Indoor Environmental Quality
Chapter 7. LEED Innovation in Design Process and Regional Priorities
Chapter 8. A Systematic View of Green and Minimum Program Requirements
Chapter 9. Department of Defense (DoD) Sustainable Construction and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
Chapter 10. Low-Impact Development and Stormwater Issues

Appendix A: Notation
Appendix B: Definitions
Appendix C: Units

Index

McGraw-Hill Bestselling Evil Genius Series Top 5

The Evil Genius series has received the following review in the Spring 2010 issue of Make: Technology on Your Time (circulation 100,000):

“Simply Genius

Evil Genius book series

$25 each McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics

Since 2004, McGraw-Hill has released 25 Evil Genius book filled with projects sure to stoke the imaginations of the most jaded makers amongst us.  The books run the gamut from robots to bionics to home automation.  Although some are targeted at a high school demographic, some will provide a good challenge for adults, and many projects could be done by junior high students under adult supervision. My favorites are two challenging books written by Thomas Petruzzellis [ISBN 007-1470360, Electronics Sensors for the Evil Genius: 54 Electrifying Projects and ISBN 007-1489290, 22 Radio and Receiver Projects for the Evil Genius.] The sensor book covers projects to measure sound, light, temperature, vibration, magnetic/electric fields, and radiation.  While the radio receiver book is perhaps most advanced, it will guide you in monitoring the radio spectrum from VLF to UHF as well as lightning storms, the northern lights, or the planet Jupiter.  This year promises six new books in the series.”

Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius

Author: Iannini, Robert
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-142609-1
ISBN-10: 0071426094
©2004 | 1st Edition | 250 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: March 2004
Price: US$ 24.95
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SHOCK AND AMAZE! INEXPENSIVE PROJECTS YOU CAN BUILD!

INSIDE: PROJECTS THAT TOUCH THE LEADING EDGE OF ELECTRONICS

Electronics fans have waited a long time for this book. Not since 1983 has author Bob Iannini published a collection of his amazing projects — all of them fun, easy, and inexpensive to make at home and, best of all, seriously exciting and impressive!

Iannini takes the stuff of science fiction and science future and brings it down to size for the home hobbyist. Full of easy-to-follow plans and clear diagrams and schematics, and respectful of your wallet, Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius gives you:

• Illustrated instructions and plans for amazing pretested projects advanced enough for sophisticated electronics enthusiasts but described in sufficient detail to be built easily by newcomers
• Explanations of the science and math behind each project (i.e., you can explore different methods of achieving acceleration)
• Frustration-free plans — needed parts are listed, along with sources — and most of these projects can be built for $100 or less

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH:

This book equips you with complete plans, instructions, parts lists, and sources for these wonderful projects:

• Infrared viewer
• Object levitation device
• Laser listening system
• Electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generator
• Sonic phaser cannon
• Electromagnetic launcher
• Object projector
• Traveling plasma wave generator
• Multivortex plasma tornado
• Laser beam cutter
• Ion ray projector
• Several Tesla coil projects
• Pyrotechnic blaster and shock wave pulser
• Lightning bolt generator
• Robotic circuit jamming EMP generator
• Ultrabright green laser
• Working light saber
• Magnetic pulse can crusher
• Mass driver and launcher
• Ultrasonic microphone
• Laser protection project
• Ultrasonic shock projector
• Electric fishing and worming machine

New Features:

• Each chapter contains detailed list of materials, sources for obtaining parts, schematics, documentation, and clear instructions for electronic assembly of each project
• Projects contain a briefing on mathematical theory, along with a simple explanation of operation
• Includes explanations of various methods of acceleration, power conditioning, energy source, magnetism, and electro-kinetics
• Proven audience — the author’s company sells nearly 7,000 of just the plans for these projects every year, at an average cost of $15. This number doesn’t even include 4 of the newest projects. Surely a book with ALL of the projects with explanations would be a welcome addition to the buyers’ libraries.
• Perfect hobbyist book — the projects are inexpensive, yet truly make an impression on the serious electronics tinkerer and the mechanical hobbyist

About the Author

Bob Iannini runs Information Unlimited, a firm dedicated to the experimenter and technology enthusiast. Founded in 1974, the company holds many patents, ranging from weapons advances to children’s toys. Mr. Iannini’s 1983 Build Your Own Laser, Phaser, Ion Ray Gun & Other Working Space-Age Projects, now out of print, remains a popular source for electronics hobbyists.

101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius

Authors: Graham , Brad ; McGowan, Kathy
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-146894-7
ISBN-10: 0071468943
©2007 | 1st Edition | 259 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: June 2006
Price: US$ 24.95
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101 SPY DEVICES FOR SERIOUS SNOOPING

This book offers an amazingly awesome and complete collection of professional spy tools that you can build yourself. You can build any project in this thrilling arsenal of spy devices for $30 or less! Not only that, even total beginners to electronics can construct these mind-boggling snooping tools.

You get complete, easy-to-follow plans, clear diagrams and schematics, and hundreds of pictures. 101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius gives you:

• Illustrated instructions and plans for amazing sleuthin’ ‘n snoopin’ devices, presented in sufficient detail to be built even by newcomers
• Loads of projects simple enough for new spies to construct easily, progressing in complexity to devices that will excite investigation professionals
• Explanations of the science and math behind each project
• Frustration-factor removal — needed parts are listed, along with sources

101 Spy Gadgets for the Evil Genius equips you with complete plans, instructions, parts lists, and sources for devices that let you:

• Build and install a nanny cam for viewing and recording activity from afar
• Hear and record what’s said from great distances
• See and photograph in the dark
• Wire yourself for undetected recording
• Construct a hidden briefcase camera
• Tap and record telephone conversations
• Privately record every called number, with a time stamp, from any phone
• Build a secret time-lapse camera
• Build and install motion-activated spy cameras or listening devices
• Alter photographic evidence
• Digitally disguise your telephone voice
• Secretly install key-logging software to see what’s done on any computer
• Learn what Web sites others are surfing
• Recover deleted computer files
• View other peoples’ computer screens from your PC
• Control your spy equipment from afar

About the Authors

Brad Graham is an inventor, robotics hobbyist, founder and host of atomiczombie.com Web site, which receives nearly a million hits a month, and a computer professional. He is the coauthor of Atomic Zombie’s Bicycle Builder’s Bonanza, perhaps the most creative bicycle-building guide ever written, and Build Your Own All-Terrain Robot, both also from McGraw-Hill. Technical manager of Freedom 2000 Complete Technical Services, which specializes in computer network setup and maintenance, data storage and recovery, and security services, Mr. Graham is also a Certified Netware Engineer, a Microsoft Certified Professional, and a Certified Electronics and Cabling Technician.

Kathy McGowan provides logistical and marketing support for Brad’s many robotics, bicycle, computer, and publishing projects. She also manages the daily operations of Freedom 2000 and several Web sites, including atomiczombie.com and xtremeclothes.com, as well as various Internet-based blogs and forums. Additionally, Ms. McGowan provides computer training, advises on Internet security risks, and writes articles for ezines.

123 Robotics Experiments for the Evil Genius

Author: Predko, Myke
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-141358-9
ISBN-10: 0071413588
©2004 | 1st Edition | 355 pages , Softcover
Pub date: January 2004
Price: US$ 24.95
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123 STEPS NEEDED TO BRING OUT THE GENIUS IN EVERY BASEMENT HOBBYIST!

If you enjoy tinkering in your workshop and have a fascination for robotics, you’ll have hours of fun working through the 123 experiments found in this innovative project book.

More than just an enjoyable way to spend time, these exciting experiments also provide a solid grounding in robotics, electronics, and programming. Each experiment builds on the skills acquired in those before it so you develop a hands-on, nuts-and-bolts understanding of robotics — from the ground up.

123 Robotics Projects for the Evil Genius

• Introduces you to robotics, electronics, and programming for robotics step-by-step — you don’t need to be a science whiz to get started, but you will be when you have finished
• Vividly explains the science behind robots and the technologies needed to build them, including: Electronics; Mechanical assembly; Motors and batteries; Programming and microcontrollers
• Shows how you can create simple robots and models using materials found around the house and workroom
• Requires only inexpensive, easily obtained parts and tools
• Provides a PCB (printed circuit board) that will make it easy to create the circuits used in this book as well as your own experiments
• Gives you directions for building a maze-solving robot, two different designs for a light-seeking robot, an artificial intelligence program that will respond to you, and much more
• Explains underlying principles and suggests other applications
• Supplies parts lists and program listings

IMAGINATIVE EXPERIMENTS THAT TEACH THE BASICS — WHILE PROVIDING HOURS OF FUN!

About the Author

Myke Predko is a New Technologies Test Engineer at Celestica in Toronto, Canada. He is the author of McGraw-Hill’s Programming and Customizing PICMicro Microcontrollers, Second Edition, and is the principal designer of the TAB Electronics Sumo-Bot.

Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius

Author: Harper, Gavin
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-147772-7
ISBN-10: 0071477721
©2008 | 1st Edition | 196 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: June 2007
Price: US$ 24.95
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FOLLOW THE SUN TO MORE EVIL FUN!

Let the sun shine on your evil side – and have a wicked amount of fun on your way to becoming a solar energy master! In this guide, the popular Evil Genius format ramps up your understanding of powerful, important, and environmentally friendly solar energy – and shows you how to build real, practical solar energy projects you can use in your home, yard – even on the road!

In Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius, high-tech guru Gavin Harper gives you everything you need to build more than 50 thrilling solar energy projects. You’ll find complete, easy-to-follow plans, with clear diagrams and schematics, so you know exactly what’s involved before you begin.

• Illustrated instructions and plans for 30 amazing pretested solar energy projects that assume no prior experience with energy science
• Explanations of the science and math behind each project
• Projects that progress in difficulty – from simple ones that may inspire science fair entries – all the way to converting a real home to solar energy
• Frustration-factor removal-needed parts are listed, along with sources-plus all the tools you’ll need

Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius provides you with complete plans, instructions, parts lists, and sources for:

• Crushed berries solar cell
• Solar “death ray”
• Solar powered hot dog cooker
• Solar furnace
• Sun-powered refrigerator
• Camping shower, oven, and more
• Hot recipes for solar cooking
• Water purifier
• Flashlight
• Garden lights
• Solar vehicle
• Environmentally friendly robot
• Much more!

About the Author

Gavin D. J. Harper is the author of 50 Awesome Auto Projects for the Evil Genius, Build Your Own Car PC, and Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius (all from McGraw-Hill), and has had work mentioned in the journal Science. Harper holds a BSc. (Hons) Technology from the Open University, has completed an MSc. Architecture: Advanced Environmental & Energy Studies, and is currently undertaking further Postgraduate study with the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology, Loughborough University.

Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius

Authors: Cutcher, Dave
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-144881-9
ISBN-10: 0071448810
©2005 | 1st Edition | 225 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: November 2004
Price: US$ 24.95
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FROM CIRCUIT FAINT HEART TO CIRCUIT LION HEART IN 57 EASY AND FUN LESSONS

Featuring everything an electronics hobbyist could want to learn about circuits and circuit design, Dave Cutcher’s Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius makes it fun to achieve genuine mastery, one simple lesson at a time. What’s more, when you’re done, you’ll have 5 complete projects to show for your efforts!

5 FUN AND INSTRUCTIVE PROJECTS

Cutcher’s 57 lessons build on each other and add up to projects you’ll be proud to display, play with, and put to practical use. You don’t need to know anything about electronics to begin building:

• A night light that turns itself on as darkness falls, and off at dawn’s first light
• A professional-quality burglar alarm
• A toy that thinks for itself with logic gates
• An application that counts — built on your own design
• A two-way intercom using transistors and op amps

BUILD HANDS-ON EXPERTISE

Designed to teach through doing, Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius provides hours of rewarding fun. That’s not all. This book gives you valuable experience in circuit construction and design. You learn to test, modify, and observe results — skills you can put to work in all the exciting circuit-building projects in your future.

Dave Cutcher makes it easy for you to master electronic circuits. Electronic Circuits for the Evil Genius gives you:

• Illustrated instructions and plans for amazing pretested projects advanced enough for sophisticated electronics enthusiasts but described in sufficient detail to be built easily by newcomers
• Frustration-free plans — needed parts are listed, along with sources
• Full instructions on using a digital multimeter and turning your computer into an oscilloscope
• Templates for CAD work and a link to a great public domain CAD program
• Online access to an inexpensive kit (around $50) containing all the materials you need to build these projects (you can, of course, buy parts individually, wherever you choose)

GO TO: www.books.mcgraw-hill.com/authors/cutcher for:

• Animations
• Answers to worksheet problems
• Links to other resources
• .WAV files to be used as frequency generators
• Freeware so you can apply your PC as an oscilloscope

DEVELOP POWERFUL CIRCUIT SKILLS THE FUN WAY!

Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures

Author: Taly, Narendra
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-147555-6
ISBN-10: 0071475559
©2010 | 2nd Edition | 752 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: July 2010
Price: US$ 125.00

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State-of-the-Art Code Knowledge for Designing Strong, Safe, and Economical Structures with Reinforced Masonry

The Second Edition of Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures presents the latest methods and code requirements for designing structures with reinforced masonry. Well-referenced and packed with more than 425 illustrations, this guide now contains 2009 International Building Code, Masonry Society Joint Committee (MSJC) 2008 codes, strength design philosophy for reinforced masonry structures based on ASCE 7-05 design loads for wind and seismic design, and a wealth of new examples and problems.

Written by an internationally acclaimed author, this essential professional tool takes you step-by-step through the art, science, and engineering of materials of masonry construction; flexural analysis and design; walls under axial and transverse loads; and more. Design of Reinforced Masonry Structures features:

• Analysis and design of reinforced masonry structures based on strength design principles
• More than 425 detailed illustrations
• Numerous well-illustrated examples and problems
• SI units used throughout the book
• New to this edition: 2009 International Building Code and MSJC 2008 requirements

Inside This Cutting-Edge Guide to Reinforced Masonry Design

• Masonry Units and Their Applications
• Materials of Masonry Construction
• Flexural Analysis and Design
• Columns
• Walls under Axial and Transverse Loads
• Shear Walls
• Retaining and Subterranean Walls
• Construction Aspects
• Design of Masonry Buildings
• Design Aids and Tables

About the Author

Narendra Taly, Ph.D., P.E. (Los Angeles, CA) is Professor of Civil Engineering at California State University, Los Angeles. He has more than 44 years of experience and has published several technical papers and three books. Dr. Taly’s most recent book is Loads and Load Paths in Buildings-Principles of Structural Design, Published by the International Codes Council.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Masonry Units and Their Applications
Chapter 3. Materials of Masonry Construction
Chapter 4. Flexural Analysis and Design
Chapter 5. Columns
Chapter 6. Walls under Axial and Transverse Loads
Chapter 7. Shear Walls
Chapter 8. Retaining and Subterranean Walls
Chapter 9. Construction Aspects
Chapter 10. Design of Masonry Buildings

Appendices

Holography Projects for the Evil Genius

Authors: Harper, Gavin
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-162400-8
ISBN-10: 0071624007
©2010 | 1st Edition | 176 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: July 2010
Price: US$ 24.95

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Create your own 3-D holograms easily

Holography is a subject with one foot in the arts, and another in the sciences. (The technology behind holography is based on physics. Once understood, this foundation is an invaluable aid to the understanding of optics.) On one level, it is possible to understand relatively little science, and experiment with the creative aspects of holography, and on another level, it is possible to tap a rich vein of scientific experimentation. This makes the book appeal to a wide audience, as it is possible to get stunning results with relatively little understanding of the science. The scientist will be able to expand upon a simple repertoire of techniques, and augment the craft with improved scientific knowledge gained from the book.

As a hobby, holography underwent a surge of interest in the 70s and 80s, and then took a dip in the 90s as a result of the lack of availability of quality holographic emulsions. However, Fuji has recently released a new holographic emulsion, and other companies have followed suit. In addition, the cost of laser pointer diodes has come down drastically, making holography much more affordable and within the reach of the average experimenter.

Features

• The most up-to-date resource for this newly improved—and more affordable—field.
• Features more than a dozen distinct projects, complete with all required tools, materials, and an international source for everything in the book.
• Appeals to those in the art world as well as the scientific field.
• Includes a detailed international source of all holographic material suppliers.
• More than 100 holograms will be posted on an associated website.

About the Author

Gavin D. J. Harper (Cardiff, WALES) is author of 50 Awesome Auto Projects for the Evil Genius, Build Your Own Car PC, 50 Model Rocket Projects for the Evil Genius, Solar Energy Projects for the Evil Genius, Fuel Cells Projects for the Evil Genius, as well as the upcoming Run Your Diesel Vehicle on Biofuels. He has just completed a BSc. (with honors) Technology with the Open University, and an MSc. Architecture: Advanced Environmental & Energy Studies. Gavin will shortly be a research student at WISE Research, an alliance between the Centre for Alternative Technology and the University of East London. He holds an RYA Diesel Engine Servicing Certificate, and is a Ph.D. candidate in the Social, Political, and Economic Impacts of Alternative Vehicles and Fuels at the Business Responsibility, Accountability, Sustainability & Society Research Centre at Cardiff University, under Cardiff Business School.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction to Optics

Chapter 2 – 3D Vision… and How it Works

Chapter 3 – Lasers… not just for zapping aliens.

Chapter 4 – History of Holography

Chapter 5 – Basic Theory of Holography

Chapter 6 – Making Your First Hologram (Basic Techniques)

Chapter 7 – Processing Your Holograms (Photochemistry)

Chapter 8 – Advanced Holography Techniques

Chapter 9 – Displaying Your Holograms

Appendix I – Constructing your holography lab

Appendix II – Suppliers

Index

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Theory of Constraints Handbook

Authors: Cox III, James; Schleier, John
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-166554-4
ISBN-10: 0071665544
©2010 | 1st Edition | 1216 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: July 2010
Price: US$ 99.95

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The definitive guide to the theory of constraints

In this authoritative volume, the world’s top Theory of Constraints (TOC) experts reveal how to implement the ground-breaking management and improvement methodology developed by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt. Theory of Constraints Handbook offers an in-depth examination of this revolutionary concept of bringing about global organization performance improvement by focusing on a few leverage points of the system. Clear explanations supplemented by examples and case studies define how the theory works, why it works, what issues are resolved, and what benefits accrue, and demonstrate how TOC can be applied to different industries and situations.

Theory of Constraints Handbook covers:

• Critical Chain Project Management for realizing major improvements in delivering projects on time, to specification, and within budget
• Drum-Buffer-Rope (DBR), Buffer Management, and distribution for maximizing throughput and minimizing flow time
• Performance measures for applying Throughput Accounting to improve organizational performance
• Strategy, marketing, and sales techniques designed to increase sales closing rates and Throughput
• Thinking Processes for simple and complex environments
• TOC methods to ensure that services actions support escalating demand for services while retaining financial viability
• Integrating the TOC Thinking Processes, the Strategy and Tactic Tree, TOC measurements, the Five Focusing Steps of TOC, and Six Sigma as a system of tools for sustainable improvement

About the Authors

James F. Cox III, Ph.D. (Athens, GA), CFPIM, CIRM, holds TOCICO certifications in Production and Supply Chain, Performance Measurement, Critical Chain, Strategy and Tactics, and Thinking Processes. He is a JONAH’s JONAH, Professor Emeritus, and was the Robert O. Arnold Professor of Business in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Management from Clemson University. Prior to his tenure at UGA, he held the E. L. Lowder Professorship in the school of business at Auburn University. He held positions in construction engineering, industrial engineering, and production planning and control. In addition to teaching Jonah workshops to the Air Force in support of its Lean Logistics efforts, he has conducted numerous academic and practitioner Theory of Constraints workshops and programs on performance measurement, production, supply chains, management skills, project management, and the thinking processes.

Dr. Cox’s research has centered on the Theory of Constraints for over twenty-five years. He has written three books on TOC— Operation Management: A Focus on Excellence (with Blackstone and Schleier), Reengineering Performance Measures (with Lockamy) and the Constraints Management Handbook (with Spencer), in addition to co-authoring an academic text for small businesses and numerous research monographs. With over 90 articles, his publications appear in Decision Sciences, Production and Operations Management Journal, International Journal of Production Research, Academy of Management Journal and Review, MIS Quarterly, Industrial Engineering, and many others. He is the coeditor of the APICS Dictionary, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th editions and an invited contributor on Constraints Management to the Production and Inventory Management Handbook.

John Schleier (Canon, GA) was President and Chief Operating Officer of the Mortgage Services Division of Alltel, Inc., Executive Vice President of Computer Power, Inc., and Director of Office Systems and Data Delivery for IBM, where he directed major software development projects, Sales Administration and Financial functions. He was also Director of Information Systems for IBM’s General Systems Division where he provided oversight for Development Engineering, Manufacturing and Headquarters systems. He served on the faculty of The University of Georgia College of Business Administration as IBM Executive in Residence and as Executive Professor of Management, serving on both the MIS and Production Operations Management faculties. John was a regular lecturer on Strategic Planning at IBM Executive Briefing Centers over a period of fifteen years, speaking to CEO’s and other top executives of major corporations worldwide. He frequently took consulting assignments dealing with complex project management issues around the world. Mr. Schleier holds TOCICO certification in all disciplines. He co-authored Managing Operations, A Focus on Excellence, a college text emphasizing TOC concepts (North River Press, 2003).

Table of Contents

I: What is TOC?

Founder Perspective

Academic Perspective

II: Critical Chain Project Management

Problems of CPM

Critical Chain Tutorial/Value Earned Problems

A System for Managing Multi-Project Execution

The Meta Process: How to Create and Evaluate Effective Implementation Processes Lean Critical Chain

III: DBR, Buffer Management, and Distribution

Traditional P&C Systems

VATI, DBR, and Buffer Management

From DBR to S-DBR

SDBR in Make-to-Available

Supply Chain

Integrated SC

IV: Performance Measures

Problems of Traditional Measures in Finance and Accounting

Resolving Measurement / Performance Dilemmas

Continuous Improvement and Auditing

Implementing the Theory of Constraints

V: Strategy, Marketing, and Sales

Problems of Traditional Strategy/Marketing/Sales

Theory of Constraints Strategy

Strategy

The Layers of Resistance – The Buy-in Process According to TOC

The Sales Process

Mafia Offers/Pricing/Cash to Cash Cycle

VI: Thinking Processes

Problems with Traditional Problem Solving

Managing Day-to-Day Operations

Thinking Processes Including S&T Trees

TOC for Education

TOC in Prisons

TOC for Personal Productivity

VII: TOC in Services

Problems of Traditional Services

TOC in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

TOC in Customer Support Services

TOC in the Medical Practice

TOC in Large Scale Health Care Systems

VIII: TOC in Complex Environments

Applications of the S&T Trees in Organizations

Complex Environments

TOC/Lean/Six Sigma Integration

IX: Summary

Small Antennas:Miniaturization Techniques & Applications

About the Authors

John L. Volakis (Columbus, OH), editor-in-chief of McGraw-Hill’s Antenna Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition, obtained his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 1982 (advisors: Leon Peters, Jr. and W.D. Burnside). From 1982-1984 he was with Rockwell International, Aircraft Division (now Boeing Phantom Works), Lakewood, CA and during 1978-1982 he was a Graduate Research Associate at the Ohio State University ElectroScience Laboratory. From January 2003 Dr. Volakis is the Roy and Lois Chope Chair Professor of Engineering at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio and also serves as the Director of the ElectroScience Laboratory. Prior to moving to the Ohio State Univ, he was a Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept. at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. (1984-2003). Dr. Volakis also served as the Director of the Radiation Laboratory from 1998 to 2000. He served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation from 1988-1992, and as the President of the the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society in 2004. Dr. Volakis also chaired the 1993 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Symposium and Radio Science Meeting, and co-chaired the same Symposium in 2003. He was a member of the AdCom for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society from 1995 to 1998 and serves/served as associate editor of several journals, including Associate Editor of Radio Science (1994-1997), J. Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Magazine, and the URSI Bulletin. Dr. Volakis was elected Fellow of the IEEE in 1996, and is a member of Commissions B and E of URSI.

Chi-Chih Chen (Columbus, OH) received his BSEE in 1988 from the National Taiwan University, his MSEE in 1993 and Ph.D. in 1997, both graduate degrees from The Ohio State University. Following a Two-year postdoc he joined the faculty of the ElectroScience Laboratory as a Senior Research Associate in 1999. Dr. Chen is currently a Research Scientist at ESL and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. of the Ohio State University. His research interests include ground penetrating radar, radar signal processing and wide bandwidth antenna development. Dr. Chen introduced several UWB, fully polarimetric dielectric antenna designs that have been applied to reflector feed, near-field probing and ground penetrating radar. He was the principal investigator on several research projects involving the detection and classification of buried pipes, landmine and unexploded ordnance. Dr. Chen also developed a new commercial X-band imaging radar for automobile backup sensing and blind spot elimination. Currently he is involved in small antenna developments from VHF to GPS.

Kyohei Fujimoto (Tsukuba, Japan) is a professor emeritus at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and consulting professor at Northwestern Polytechnic University, China. He is also a research scientist at the Foundation for Advancement of International Science in Tsukuba. Dr. Fujimoto is author or co-author of several other books and an extensive list of book chapters, journal articles, and conference papers published over his 40-plus years in the field. A Life Fellow of IEEE, he is a former chair of the IEEE Tokyo Chapter and chair of its International Advisory Committee. Dr. Fujimoto holds a B.Eng. and a Dr.Eng. in electrical engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Table of Contents

1 Survey of Small Antenna Theory
2 Fundamental Limits and Guidelines for Miniaturizing Ultra-Wideband Antennas
3 Small Antenna Designs
4 Antenna Miniaturization via Slow Waves
5 Miniature Wideband Spiral Antennas
6 Negative Refractive Index (NRI) Metamaterial & Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) Based Antennas
7 Antenna Miniaturizing Using Magnetic Photonic & Degenerate Band Edge Crystals
8 Impedance Matching for Small Antennas Including Passive and Active Circuits
9 Antennas for RFID Systems

Nanobiophotonics

Authors: Popescu, Gabriel
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-173701-2
ISBN-10: 0071737014
©2010 | 1st Edition | 464 pages , Hardcover
Pub Date: July 2010
Price: US$ 150.00

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An in-depth guide to achieving super resolution medical imaging using nanotechnology and optical technology

Nano-Biophotonics reviews the basics and recent developments of this emerging field which is cross-disciplinary among nanoscience and nanotechnology, biology, and photonics. The book covers nanoscale and super resolution imaging and biomedical applications. This unique volume is particularly useful for graduate students and researchers in the field of nanoscience, biomedical engineering, and optical science and engineering who are interested in applying their knowledge in the biomedical engineering field.

Nano-Biophotonics:

• Covers fundamentals knowledge of three distinct disciplines: optics, biomedicine, and nanotechnology
• Reviews the most up-to-date research areas of nano-biophotonics
• Allow you to quickly acquire and familiarize the fundamental knowledge necessary for this emerging field
• Includes the most recent research by prominent contributors from major universities: University of Chicago, Arizona State University, and Yale Medical School

About the Author

Gabriel Popescu (Urbana, IL) is an Assistant Professor at Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He and his colleagues started the Nanobiophotonics Summer School at the Beckman Institute in 2009. The school was sponsored by the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN), which is funded by the National Science Foundation. Plans for future Nanobiophotonics Summer School sessions are currently underway.

Table of Contents

Part 1 – Introduction to Optics, Biomedicine, Nanophotnoics

Chapter 1. Optics
Chapter 2. Light Scattering
Chapter 3. Nonlinear Optics
Chapter 4. Biology of the Cancer Cell
Chapter 5. Optical Coherence Tomography
Chapter 6. Spectroscopic Imaging
Chapter 7. Nanophotonics
Chapter 8. Plasmonics and Metamaterials
Chapter 9. Nanofabrication

Part II – Current research area

Chapter 10. Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging: Integrative Approach to Pathology
Chapter 11. Scattering, Absorption, and Modulating Nanoprobes
Chapter 12. Second-harmonic Generation Imaging of Collagen-based Systems
Chapter 13. Squeezing Photons into Metamaterials
Chapter 14. Plasmonics: towards a new paradigm for light manipulation at the naoscale
Chapter 15. Plasmon resonance energy transfer nanospectroscopy
Chapter 16. Superresolution Fluorescence Microscopy
Chapter 17. Nanoscale Fluctuations in Live Cells Measured by Optical Interferometry

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