2.6 Transient Response Specifications: Selection of Pole Locations / 2.7 Steady-State Response Specifications / 2.8 Stability of Dynamic Systems / 2.9 Experimental Determination of Frequency Response / 2.10 The Root Locus Method / 2.11 Correlation Between Time Domain and Frequency Domain Information / 2.12 Basic Feedback Control Types / 2.13 Translation of Analog Control to Digital Control / 2.14 Problems / 3.2 Rotary to Rotary Motion Transmission Mechanisms / 3.3 Rotary to Translational Motion Transmission Mechanisms / 3.4 Cyclic Motion Transmission Mechanisms / 3.5 Shaft Misalignments and Flexible Couplings / 3.6 Actuator Sizing / 3.7 Homogeneous Transformation Matrices / 3.8 A Case Study: Automotive Transmission as a "Gear Reducer" / 3.9 Problems / 4.1 Embedded Computers versus Non-Embedded Computers.

Appendix: Typical Material Property Values Useful in Modeling Mechanical, Acoustic, and Hydraulic Elements.

12: Design for Six Sigma: A Mandate for Competitiveness / 13: Engineering Applications of Virtual Reality / 14: Physical Ergonomics / 15: Electric Circuits / 16: Measurements / 17: Signal Processing / 18: Data Acquisition and Display Systems / 19: Systems Engineering: Analysis, Design, and Information Processing for Analysis and Design / 20: Mathematical Models of Dynamic Physical Systems / 21: Basic Control Systems Design / 22: General-Purpose Control Devices / 23: Neural Networks in Feedback Control Systems / 24 Mechatronics / 25 Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS): Design and Application.