The second edition of The Engineering Handbook provides a ready reference for the practising engineer in industry, government, and academia. The book is divided into thirty sections that encompass the field of engineering and provides the most up-to-date information in the classical fields: mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical, biomedical engineering (new), nanotechnology/MEMS (new), environmental, industrial, and aerospace engineering as well as the underlying fields of mathematics and materials. The Handbook satisfies the information needs of all professional engineers, whether they work in industry, education, or government. Dorf; Richard C. University of California, Davis, California, USA,