Abstract: About the time that I became Editor for JMD, I also chose to become more involved in project-based engineering education, and found myself humbled both by the effort involved and the dedication ...

Abstract: I am honored to present this special issue on Design Engineering Education. As I have become more involved in student competition projects, I find that I am more concerned than ever about ...

Abstract: This paper formulates the planar and spatial versions of an equation that determines one vertex of a triangle in terms of the other two vertices and their interior angles. The fact that a ...

Abstract: As we move into the second decade of the 21st century, we can identify three research trends that we can expect to persist into the future. They are the analysis and synthesis of (i) spatial ...

Abstract: As we move into the adolescent years of the 21st century, allow me to discuss where research in mechanisms and robotics has been as a prelude to considering where it is going.

Abstract: Some may recall that twenty-five years ago in January 1983 the rapidly growing Journal of Mechanical Design was divided into two daughter journals. One became the Journal of Vibration and ...

Abstract: A research project with Accuracy Incorporated, a medical robotics company, lead me to an 18‐month assignment as Chief Technical Officer. Accuracy’s product, the Cyberknife, uses X-ray triangulation ...

Abstract: I am pleased to announce that in January 2007, the Journal of Mechanical Design will begin monthly publication. Over the past four years the rate of submissions has doubled, as has the number ...

Abstract: Kinematic mappings, which transform the parameters specifying a rigid displacement into a point in a higher dimensional space, have been the focus of recent study for the purpose of classifying ...