Holtzapple, Mark T. : Texas A & M University--College Station
Reece, W. Dan : Texas A & M University--College Station
Summary
This book gives freshman engineering students a solid foundation for all their future coursework. It provides
an overview to the engineering profession, an introduction to the skills they will need to develop, as well as
to fundamental engineering topics such as thermodynamics, rate processes, and Newton's laws. An important aspect
of the book's approach is the method of Engineering Accounting, which casts the basic conservation laws (e.g.,
of energy or mass) as simple "accounting" procedures. This is a unifying concept that facilitates problem-solving
across all engineering disciplines.
New to This Edition :
A new chapter, Introduction to Electricity, has been added in response to reviewer requests for more electrical
engineering coverage.
A glossary at the end of every chapter.
References to Holtzapple's web-based Math Supplement (at www.mhhe.com/holtzapple) have been added to places
in the text where students may need to review their high school math to understand a new concept.
Features :
Teaches students how to develop important problem solving skills by describing both creative and systematic
approaches to deciphering problems.
Advanced topics are integrated throughout the book to stimulate and challenge freshman engineering students.
Introduces engineering design using simple problems that can be solved with qualitative information. More advanced
design problems are later included to demonstrate the practical application of engineering, science, and mathematics.
Table of Contents
Section I Introduction to Engineering
1 The Engineer
2 Engineering Ethics
3 Problem Solving
4 Understanding and Using Computers
5 Introduction to Design
6 Engineering Communications
Section II Mathematics
7 Numbers
8 Tables and Graphs
9 Statistics
Section III Engineering Fundamentals
10 Newton's Laws
11 Introduction to Thermodynamics
12 Introduction to Rate Processes
13 SI System of Units
14 Unit Conversions
15 Introduction to Statics and Dynamics
16 Introduction to Electricity
Section IV Engineering Accounting
17 Accounting
18 Accounting for Mass
19 Accounting for Charge
20 Accounting for Linear Momentum
21 Accounting for Angular Momentum
22 Accounting for Energy
23 Accounting for Entropy
24 Accounting for Money
Appendix A Unit Conversion Factors
Appendix B NSPE Code of Ethics for Engineers
Appendix C z Table
Appendix D Summary of Some Engineering Milestones
