



His research, which has been varied, has resulted in several published articles and contributions to books including chapters in the Encyclopedia of Fluid Mechanics and Developments in Offshore Engineering. At Gonzaga University, Professor Ansari is currently involved in the teaching of courses in the areas of engineering mechanics, numerical methods, advanced engineering mathematics, vibrations, system dynamics and controls, and machine design. Professor Ansari has many years of varied industrial, teaching and research experience, having been associated in the past with such organizations as Bell Helicopter, Westinghouse Electric, Bell Aerospace, Brown and Root, King Fahd’s University of Petroleum and Minerals and Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories. He did his doctoral thesis work in the area of nonlinear vibrations of rotating blades under the guidance of the late Professor Nils O. degree in engineering mechanics from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1972. Khyruddin Akbar Ansari, who has been a professor of mechanical engineering at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, since 1986, received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India in 1964, his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1965 and his Ph.D. Mathcad is a registered trademark of PTC, 140 Kendrick Street, Needham, MA 02494. Mathcad screenshots are reprinted by permission of Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC). All rights reserved No part of this book may be used or reproduced or distributed in any form, or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author. Professor of Mechanical Engineering School of Engineering and Applied Science Gonzaga University Spokane, WashingtonĬopyright 2007 Khyruddin Akbar Ansari. AN INTRODUCTION TO NUMERICAL METHODS USING MATHCAD Mathcad Release 14
