Engineering Mechanics: Statics: Modeling and Analyzing Systems in Equilibrium
暫譯: 工程力學：靜力學：平衡系統的建模與分析

力學課程往往為工程學生提供一種精確、數學化但缺乏吸引力的學習體驗。學生們常常將傳統方法視為一套神秘的事實和「技巧」，這些技巧能夠解決理想化的案例。當面對更現實的系統時，他們常常不知所措，不知道該如何進行。為了解決這個問題，本課程使學生能夠在學習的早期階段就能夠處理有意義的問題。

《工程力學：靜力學（第一版）》以易讀的方式概述了力學的概念。重要的方程式被引入，但重點在於培養對力和力矩的「感覺」，以及負載如何通過結構和機械進行傳遞。在這個基礎上，課程幫助建立一個激勵框架，讓學生能夠在解決工程問題的技能上不斷進步。

Sheri D. Sheppard, Ph.D., is the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Senior Scholar principally responsible for the Preparations for the Professions Program (PPP) engineering study. She is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1985. Besides teaching both undergraduate and graduate design-related classes at Stanford University, she conducts research on weld fatigue and impact failures, fracture mechanics, and applied finite element analysis.
Dr. Sheppard was recently named co-principal investigator on a NSF grant to form the Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education (CAEE), along with faculty at the University of Washington, Colorado School of Mines, and Howard University. She was co-principal investigator with Professor Larry Leifer on a multi-university NSF grant that was critically looking at engineering undergraduate curriculum (Synthesis). In 1999, Sheri was named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Recently Sheri was awarded the 20 04 ASEE Chester F. Carlson Award in recognition of distinguished accomplishments in engineering education. Before coming to Stanford University, she held several positions in the automotive industry, including senior research engineering at Ford Motor Company's Scientific Research Lab. She also worked as a design consultant, providing companies with structural analysis expertise.

Thalia Anagnos, Ph.D., is the Associate Vice President for Graduate and Undergraduate Programs at San Jose State University. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in mechanics, structural analysis nd design, probability and reliability, and technical writing. She earned her Ph.D. from Stanford University and has focused much of her research on seismic hazard mitigation. Most recently she was involved in a multi-university study of older nonductile concrete buildings that are vulnerable to collapse in earthquakes. She is the Past-President of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and served as the co-Leader of Education, Outreach, and Training for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation from 2009 to 2014. She was named as San Jose State's Outstanding Professor in 2011 and received the College of Engineering Applied Materials Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2013.

Sarah L. Billington, Ph.D., is professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Stanford University where she is a Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment and the Milligan Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education. She teaches undergraduate and graduate design, as well as analysis and materials related classes, and her research focuses on durable and sustainable materials for the built environment. Sarah served as Associate Chair of her Department from 2009-2015. She is a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute and has served on the Board of Directors for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES Inc., 2006-2009) and the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC, 2012-2014). Prior to joining Stanford's faculty she was Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Cornell University from 1997 to 2002. She completed her M.S. and Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin and her undergraduate degree was from Princeton University.

Sheri D. Sheppard，博士，是卡內基教育基金會高級學者，主要負責職業準備計畫（PPP）工程研究。她是史丹佛大學機械工程的副教授。她於1985年在密西根大學獲得博士學位。除了在史丹佛大學教授本科和研究生的設計相關課程外，她還進行焊接疲勞和衝擊失效、斷裂力學以及應用有限元素分析的研究。
Sheppard博士最近被任命為國家科學基金會（NSF）資助的共同首席研究員，與華盛頓大學、科羅拉多礦業學院和霍華德大學的教職員一起成立工程教育推進中心（CAEE）。她曾與Larry Leifer教授共同擔任多所大學的NSF資助計畫的共同首席研究員，該計畫專注於工程本科課程的批判性研究（Synthesis）。1999年，Sheri被美國機械工程學會（ASME）和美國科學促進會（AAAS）授予院士。最近，Sheri因在工程教育方面的卓越成就而獲得2004年ASEE Chester F. Carlson獎。在加入史丹佛大學之前，她在汽車產業擔任多個職位，包括福特汽車公司科學研究實驗室的高級研究工程師。她還擔任設計顧問，為公司提供結構分析專業知識。

Thalia Anagnos，博士，是聖荷西州立大學研究生和本科課程的副校長。她教授機械學、結構分析與設計、概率與可靠性以及技術寫作的研究生和本科課程。她在史丹佛大學獲得博士學位，並將大部分研究重點放在地震災害減緩上。最近，她參與了一項多所大學的研究，針對在地震中易於倒塌的老舊非延展性混凝土建築。她曾擔任地震工程研究所（EERI）的前任會長，並於2009年至2014年擔任地震工程模擬網絡的教育、外展和培訓共同領導者。她於2011年被評選為聖荷西州立大學的傑出教授，並於2013年獲得工程學院應用材料卓越教學獎。

Sarah L. Billington，博士，是史丹佛大學土木與環境工程的教授，並擔任環境伍茲研究所的高級研究員及本科教育的Milligan家庭大學研究員。她教授本科和研究生的設計、分析及材料相關課程，研究重點在於建築環境的耐用和可持續材料。Sarah於2009年至2015年擔任其系的副主任。她是美國混凝土學會的院士，曾擔任地震工程模擬網絡（NEES Inc.，2006-2009）和北加州結構工程師協會（SEAONC，2012-2014）的董事會成員。在加入史丹佛大學之前，她於1997年至2002年擔任康奈爾大學土木與環境工程的助理教授。她在德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校獲得碩士和博士學位，本科學位則來自普林斯頓大學。