"Design is essential in the modern economy, and this book does a superb job in explaining both design analysis and design synthesis. Schmid, Hamrock and Jacobson are well-known experts in the field, and it shows from this concise and well-written book."—Prof. Bharat Bhushan, Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor, Director, Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2), Ohio State University, Columbus, USA "I have been working as a bearing engineer for nearly two decades, and have come across many different machine design and application problems associated with the rolling element bearing. Most of the time, design problems can be handled quickly if the engineer has a good fundamental understanding of how a machine element works, but this information is unfortunately missing from most conventional treatments of the subject matter. This book gives the reader enough of a fundamental background to understand the machine elements and design the overall system, and it is highly recommended."––Mike Kotzalas, The Timken Company, Boca Raton, Florida, USA "This book is a must for every mechanical engineering student for use as a textbook, and should be in every engineer’s library as a reference book. I wish it was available 30 years ago!––Jim Adams, Director, Technical Services, Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, New Jersey, USA "For many years a leading automobile company sponsored Berkeley research on the "Composite Transmission Error Prediction for Automatic Transmissions." I only wish this excellent book was available at that time to bring our software engineers 'up to speed' on gear fundamentals, manufacturing, and gear design synthesis, as well as other machine elements."––Paul Wright, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA "Design is essential in the modern economy, and this book does a superb job in explaining both design analysis and design synthesis. Schmid, Hamrock and Jacobson are well-known experts in the field, and it shows from this concise and well-written book."—Prof. Bharat Bhushan, Ohio Eminent Scholar and The Howard D. Winbigler Professor, Director, Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics (NLB2), Ohio State University, Columbus "I have been working as a bearing engineer for nearly two decades, and have come across many different machine design and application problems associated with the rolling element bearing. Most of the time, design problems can be handled quickly if the engineer has a good fundamental understanding of how a machine element works, but this information is unfortunately missing from most conventional treatments of the subject matter. This book gives the reader enough of a fundamental background to understand the machine elements and design the overall system, and it is highly recommended."––Mike Kotzalas, The Timken Company, Boca Raton, FL "This book is a must for every mechanical engineering student for use as a textbook, and should be in every engineer’s library as a reference book. I wish it was available 30 years ago!––Jim Adams, Director, Technical Services, Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, New Jersey "For many years a leading automobile company sponsored Berkeley research on the "Composite Transmission Error Prediction for Automatic Transmissions." I only wish this excellent book was available at that time to bring our software engineers 'up to speed' on gear fundamentals, manufacturing, and gear design synthesis, as well as other machine elements."––Paul Wright, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA "The book is an excellent combination of theory and practice, and provides a strong foundation for a topic that is at the heart of mechanical engineering."––Thomas Kurfess, HUSCO/Ramirez Distinguished Chair in Fluid Power and Motion Control and Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology "An innovative idea becomes 'innovative' when the idea is realized. This book will equip readers with the necessary tools for building their dream machines while avoiding common mistakes." ––Jian Cao, Associate Vice President for Research and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University "The text is well-organized and easy to follow. The authors tie theory to practical applications in a clear and concise manner; I believe this book is a great reference for students and practicing engineers." ––Michael Hawkins, Vice President, Corporate Research, Zimmer, Inc. "This book is well-organized, clearly-written, and beautifully illustrated. However, the real power of the book lives in the case studies and examples. They are richly detailed, industrially relevant, and instructive, yet they have not been over-simplified. The text provides the background and context, but it is the case studies and examples that really provide insight and an intuitive feel for the practice of engineering design." ––Scott Smith, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science University of North Carolina at Charlotte