RIT Professor Co-Writes Textbook on Mechanical Engineering Design

Note: Digital photograph available

Richard Budynas, professor of mechanical engineering in the Kate Gleason College of Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology, co-wrote Mechanical Engineering Design, Seventh Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2004), an undergraduate textbook on mechanical engineering design, stress analysis and failure prevention.

Budynas, a member of the RIT faculty since 1971, also co-wrote Roark’s Formulas for Stress and Strain, Seventh Edition (McGraw-Hill, 2002). He wrote Advanced Strength and Applied Stress Analysis, Second Edition (McGraw-Hill, 1999) and a chapter in the book, Interactive Graphics in CAD (UNIPUB Publishing Co., 1985).

His latest work was co-written with Joseph Shigley and Charles Mischke. For more information, visit www.mhhe.com/engcs/mech/shigley.

Budynas resides in South Bristol.

Note: RIT’s Kate Gleason College of Engineering is among the nation’s top-ranked engineering colleges. The college offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in applied statistics, engineering science, and computer, electrical, industrial and systems, mechanical, and microelectronic engineering and a doctoral degree in microsystems engineering. RIT was the first university to offer undergraduate degrees in microelectronic and software engineering.

Founded in 1829, RIT enrolls 15,500 students in more than 340 undergraduate and graduate programs. RIT has one of the nation’s oldest and largest cooperative education programs.