FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE ELEMENTS

		Fundamentals of Machine Elements Bernard Hamrock
		About the Authors

About the Authors

Bernard J. Hamrock
Bernard J. Hamrock joined the staff of Ohio State University as a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in September 1985. Prior to that he spent 18 years as a research consultant in the Tribology Branch of the NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. He received his Ph.D. and Doctor of Engineering degrees from the University of Leeds, Leeds, England. Professor Hamrock's research has resulted in a book with Duncan Dowson, Ball Bearing Lubrication, published in 1982 by Wiley Interscience, three separate chapters for handbooks, and over 125 archival publications. His second book, Fundamentals of Fluid Film Lubrication, was published in 1993 by McGraw-Hill. His awards include the 1976 Melville Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal in 1984, and the 1998 Jacob Wallenberg Award given by The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

Bo O. Jacobson
Bo O. Jacobson received his Ph.D. and D.Sc. degrees from Lund University in Sweden. From 1973 until 1987 he was Professor of Machine Elements at Luleå Technology University in Sweden. In 1987 he joined SKF Engineering & Research Centre in the Netherlands, while retaining a professorship at Chalmers University from 1987 to 1991 and at Luleå Technical University from 1992 to 1997. In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Machine Elements at Lund University, Sweden. Professor Jacobson was a NRC Research Fellow at NASA Lewis Research Center from 1981 to 1982. He has published four compendia used at Swedish universities. His text Rheology and Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication was published by Elsevier in 1991. Professor Jacobson has more than 60 archival publications. His awards include the prestigious Gold Medal given by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, England.

Steven R. Schmid
Steven R. Schmid received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1986. He then joined Triodyne, Inc., where his duties included investigation of machinery failures and consultation in machine design. He earned his Master's Degree from Northwestern University in 1989 and his Ph.D. in 1993, both in mechanical engineering. In 1993 he joined the faculty at the University of Notre Dame, where he teaches and conducts research in the fields of design and manufacturing. Dr. Schmid holds professional engineering (PE) and certified manufacturing engineer (C Mfg.E) licenses. He has authored more than 30 papers.