Hawthorne's Functional Settings
     A study of functional settings examining the origins and nature of Hawthorne’s artistic method – an art which transformed him from “the obscurest man of letters in America” to one of the few major figures in pre-Civil War American literature.
Carlson, Patricia Ann, Hawthorne's Functional Settings, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1977.

Literature and Lore of the Sea
     A collection of 23 essays on various aspects of the sea and seafaring.  There are 16 contributors.  Most of the pieces started as papers read at the “Literature and Lore of the Sea” sessions of the U.S. National Popular Culture Association, and were subsequently lengthened and revised for publication.
Carlson, Patricia Ann, Literature and Lore of the Sea, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1986.

     This book offers an intuition-based and example-driven approach to the basic ideas and problems involving manifolds.  A blend of examples and exercises leads the reader to anticipate general definitions and theorems concerning curves, surfaces, knots, and links—the objects of interest in the appealing set of mathematical ideas known as "“rubber sheet geometry."” The result is a text that is accessible to a broad range of undergraduate students, yet still provides solid coverage of the mathematics underlying these topics.
Carlson, Stephan C., Topology of Surfaces, Knots, and Manifolds, New York:  Wiley, 2001.

     Japan, a View from the Bath is an important anthropological study of how seemingly everyday acts are embedded in historically grounded, culturally specific complexes of meanings.  It will be of interest not only to anthropologists but also to a wide range of scholars of contemporary Japan.
Clark, Scott, Japan: A View from the Bath, Honolulu HI:University of Hawaii Press, 1994.

     This book, although it covers matrix methods, emphasizes y-nu ray tracing methods, which are used most commonly by optical engineers and are easier to adapt to third-order optics and y-y diagrams.  Moving by logical degrees from fundamental principles to advanced optical analysis and design methods, this book bridges the gap between the optical theory taught in introductory physics texts and advanced books on lens design.  Providing the background material needed to understand advanced material, it covers important topics such as field of view, stops, pupils and windows, exact ray tracing, image quality, and optimization of the image.
Ditteon, Richard, Modern Geometrical Optics, New York: Wiley, 1998.

     A journey through architecture, programming, and applications of microprocessors.  The book is designed to:  1.) Introduce programming at the assembly language level;  2.)  Introduce the 16-bit processor;  3.)  Help the reader gain a solid foundation in the field.  This is accomplished by beginning with a general microprocessor system design example, which is completed at the end of the book and even includes a parts list, introducing microprocessors in general, illustrating each topic with a large number of examples and including the necessary hardware both to illustrate applications and to provide programming examples.
Eccles, William J., Microprocessor Systems: A 16-Bit Approach, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1985.

     Prepares students to meet the unique challenges of today’s business environment.  It also presents a solid foundation in traditional inferential statistics, making the concepts of processes, variability, and quality unifying themes throughout the book.  The challenges are met through readable and interesting text discussions; inclusion of real business applications, scenarios, and real data; emphasis on the use of statistics for problem solving and decision making; and various learning and motivational features.
Triola, Mario F. and LeRoy A. Franklin, Business Statistics, New York: Addison-Wesley, 1994.

     This book strives to accomplish many goals including 1) Introducing the student to the topics and techniques of discrete methods and combinatorial reasoning  2) Introducing a wide variety of applications  3) Develop the mathematical maturity of the student through the study of an area that is so different from the traditional coverage in calculus and differential equations  4) Present an adequate survey of topics for the computer science student who will be taking more advanced courses in the area.
Grimaldi, Ralph P., Discrete and Combinatorial Mathematics: An Applied Introduction, 4^th ed., Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Longman, 1999. (1^st - 3^rd eds., 1985-1994)

     Provides a fundamental treatment of engineering hydraulics.  The first five chapters deal with fundamentals of fluid statics, fluid dynamics, and pipe flow.  The next three chapters cover open channel flow, ground water, and the design of various hydraulic structures.  The last topics covered are measurements, model studies, and hydrology.
Hwang, Ned H.C. and Robert J. Houghtalen, Fundamentals of Hydraulic Engineering, 3^rd ed., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1996.

Houghtalen, Robert J. and A. Osman Akan, Modeling Urban Hydrology and Nonpoint Source Pollution, Lancaster, PA: Technomic Publishing (in progress, 2001 or 2002).

     A collection of papers in the field of Bioceramics.  As recently as thirty years ago, ceramics were widely ignored as potential biomaterials.  Interest in bioceramics has increased dramatically over the last twenty years to the point where it is anticipated they will be the materials of choice for many orthopedic, otologic, maxillofacial and dental applications.
Hulbert, Samuel F. and Joy E., Bioceramics, Volume 3, Terre Haute, IN: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1992.

Bioceramics:  Engineering in Medicine

     A collection of papers from the Engineering Foundation's symposium on 'Bioceramics' held in Henniker, New Hampshire, August 3-7, 1970.
Hall, C.W. and S.F. Hulbert and S.N. Levine and F.A. Young, Bioceramics · Engineering in Medicine, New York: Interscience Publishers, 1972.

Materials and Design for Musculo-Skeletal System

     Contains contributions presented at Clemson University's Fourth Annual Symposium on Biomaterials, held in Clemson, South Carolina on April 3-7, 1972.  The symposium covers a large number of topics ranging from the purely experimental uses of ceramics, metals, and polymers, to clinical experiences with prosthetic devices and also includes a number of papers of a more fundamental nature, concerned with basic materials and materials-environment interactions.
Hulbert, S.F. and S.N. Levine and D.D. Moyle, Materials and Design for Musculo-Skeletal System, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1973.

Use of Ceramics in Surgical Implants

     A collection of papers from the Annual International Biomaterials Symposium.
Hulbert, Samuel F. and Frank A. Young, Use of Ceramics in Surgical Implants, New York: Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1978.
 

      In the autumn of 1989, Michael Kukral was an American Fulbright scholar in the geography department at Charles University.  He witnessed the police attack on students November 17, 1989, and joined the university strikes and the protests on Wenceslas Square.  Prague 1989:  Theater of Revolution is his analysis of the special role Wenceslas Square played in the Velvet Revolution.
Kukral, Michael A., Prague 1989: Theater of Revolution, New York: Columbia University Press, 1997.

STUDY GUIDE to accompany The Human Mosaic, 7^th and 8^th ed

      This guide is designed to provide a simple and hopefully useful method for students to better understand the maps, concepts, and vocabulary of the textbook.  Most students questioned concluded that the most useful portions of any study guide were sections on key terms and the practice tests.  Both of these sections were expanded from the length found in an average study guide.  A new and innovative section on reading and interpreting selected maps from the textbook is included.  The value of any study guide is measured by its ability to help students better understand the textbook.
----, STUDY GUIDE to accompany The Human Mosaic, 7^th ed., New York: Addison Wesley Longman, 1997.
----, STUDY GUIDE to accompany The Human Mosaic, 8^th ed., New York: Addison Wesley Longman, 1999.

     Presents a systematic exposition of the principles of analytical dynamics applied to the modeling of multidisciplinary engineering systems.  The novel aspects of the book are its fresh and comprehensive development of Lagrange's and Hamilton's equations for constrained systems and its use of differential-algebraic equations instead of the customary independent ordinary differential equations as the basic mathematical model.  The energy methods and structured models presented in this book constitute a basic framework for the systematic treatment of physical systems.
Layton, Richard A., Principles of Analytical System Dynamics, New York: Springer, 1998.

     A book of applied and engineering mathematics, written in traditional notation and language, for students of science, engineering, and applied mathematics. It contains examples drawn from a wide spectrum of physical and mathematical disciplines, and provides a fairly complete curriculum in undergraduate applied mathematics.
Lopez, Robert J., Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Boston, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2001.

Discovering Calculus with Maple

     Contains examples of great detail showing many new Maple features and expanding the use of a computer algebra system in solving different types of problems.
Harris, Kent and Robert J. Lopez, Discovering Calculus with Maple, 2^nd ed., New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1995.

Linear Algebra:  Ideas and Applications

     A student resource manual to accompany Linear Algebra:  Ideas and Applications by Richard C. Penney.  On Line Maple Translations by Robert Lopez.
Emerson, William and Robert J. Lopez, LINEAR ALGEBRA - Ideas and Applications, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1998. 

Maple V: Mathematics and its Application

     This volume contains the contributed papers of the Maple Summer Workshop and Symposium, MSWS '94, which reflects the growing community of Maple users around the world.  Also included are brief abstracts of the talks by the invited speakers.
Lopez, Robert J., Maple V: Mathematics and its Application, Boston, MA: Birthäuser, 1994.

Maple Labs for Linear Algebra

     These labs are a transcription into Maple of an equivalent set of MATLAB linear algebra labs keyed to Terry Lawson's text, Linear Algebra.  The original set of labs was written by Terry Lawson and is accompanied by a number of additional MATLAB files that generate the LAWSON TOOLBOX.
Lawson, Terry and Robert J. Lopez, Maple Labs for Linear Algebra, New York: John Wiley, 1996.

Maple via Calculus: A Tutorial Approach

     "Modern software tools like Maple have the potential to alter radically the way mathematics is taught, learned, and done."  With this principle firmly in mind one can obtain a fresh look at the standard calculus curriculum, colored by the existence of technology like Maple -- a tool that can be used in class during lectures and exams and at home while working assignments, a tool whose universal access will eventually make a software-based approach to mathematics the norm.
Lopez, Robert J., Maple via Calculus: A Tutorial Approach, Boston, MA:Birthäuser, 1994.

Numerical Analysis: A Practical Approach

     Numerical analysis is a blend of mathematics and computer science that has produced powerful tools for solving otherwise intractable problems in science and engineering.  Consequently, this subject can be viewed from the perspective of a mathematician when an algorithm is being created or assessed, a computer scientist when it is implemented in software or modified for optimal performance on a particular device, or a problem solver once a mathematical model is created.
Maron, Melvin J. and Robert J. Lopez, Numerical Analysis: A Practical Approach, 3^rd ed., Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1991, & Spanish edition, 1995.

      Uses visions of the future to guide present actions.  We were guided by a vision of this book as a basic textbook on technology forecasting for business and engineering students.  Technology forecasting and assessment of the potential effects of technological change must be used by those who wish to manage technology.
Porter, Alan L., J. Banks, Thomas W. Mason, Thomas A. Roper, and F. Rossinni, Forecasting and Management of Technology, New York: Wiley,1991.

      This text is a practical introduction to quantum chemistry.  Quantum chemistry is applied to explain and predict molecular spectroscopy and the electronic structure of atoms and molecules.  In addition, the text provides a practical guide to using molecular mechanics and electronic structure computations including ab initio, semiempirical, and density-functional methods.  The use of electronic structure computations is a timely subject as its application in both theoretical and experimental chemical research is increasingly prevalent.

     A concise biographical portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower, is one book in the American Biographical History Series. 
Pickett, William B., Dwight David Eisenhower and American Power, Wheeling, IL: Harlan Davidson, 1995.

Eisenhower Decides to Run

     General Dwight D. Eisenhower's decision to campaign for the presidency in 1952 was a pivotal event in America's cold war years.  It influenced almost a decade of policy toward the Soviet Union and the threat of communism abroad and at home.  This book shows how international events and Eisenhower's own sense of duty combined to persuade him to enter presidential politics; how he began exploring the possibility in 1948; and how in 1951, from his post as NATO supreme commander, he secretly authorized his Republican supporters to begin formal campaign activity.
Pickett, William B., Eisenhower Decides to Run, Chicago, IL: Ivan R. Dee, 2000.

Homer E. Capehart, A Senator's Life 1897-1979

     For many of his generation, Sen. Homer E. Capehart was the archetypical midwestern Republican.  Conservative and anticommunist, Capehart made a successful career out of opposition to big government and support for an anti-interventionist foreign policy.  By the end of his career he appeared a symbol of the politics of  a bygone era.  Yet he was an energetic campaigner for the values of his Hoosier constituents, who rewarded him by returning him to office more times than any other previous Indiana senator.
Pickett, William B., Homer E. Capehart, A Senator's Life 1897-1979, Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society,1990.

Technology at the Turning Point

     The Rose-Hulman Bicentennial Conference on American Technology -- Past, Present and Future was held at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on April 1-3, 1976.  Approximately one thousand people, including representatives from twenty-one liberal-arts colleges, came to Terre Haute, Indiana, for three days to think about and discuss American technology and its effects on society.  There were films, lectures, and group discussions about assembly-line production, energy scarcity, technological alternatives for the Third World, invention and the use of electrical power, computers and society, funding of technical innovation, the human values underlying invention and use of technology; and the technologies of water and coal in the Wabash Valley.   Only the lectures on the history and future of American technology are included in this volume.
Pickett, William B., Technology at the Turning Point, San Francisco, CA: San Franscisco Press, 1977.

To Be the Best

     The story of Rose: the challenge, curriculum reform -- its constructive response to the forces of change, covers the transformation of Rose in the last twenty-five years.  Chapters include changes in the student body, the passing of the torch from president John Logan to Sam Hulbert, the construction of Olin Hall, curricular reform in the information age, coeducation, vision to be the best, professors and programs, the learning community, and what the future holds.  This book was developed by the Rose-Hulman history team, and was made possible by many hard working people.
Pickett, William B., To Be the Best, Louisville, KY: Four Colour Imports, 1999.

     This introductory textbook in thermodynamics is designed for undergraduate students in the field of engineering.  The primary objectives are to provide an understanding, and to exhibit the wide range of applicability of the basic laws of thermodynamics and to present a logical development of the relationships among the physical properties of interest in the thermal sciences.  The overall aim is to present thermodynamics as a science built upon a group of postulates and concepts which complement one another.  An analysis becomes meaningful only through the application and interlocking of these ideas.
Wark, Kenneth, Jr. and Donald E. Richards, Thermodynamics, 6^th ed., Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 1999.

     Uses MATLAB to solve various problems encountered in mechanics of materials.  MATLAB embodies an interactive environment for technical computing which includes a high level programming language and remarkably simple graphics commands facilitating two- and three-dimensional data presentation.  The wealth of intrinsic functions to handle vector and matrix algebra greatly simplifies operations which would typically require numerous subroutines to accomplish.
Turcotte, Louis H. and Howard B. Wilson, Computer Applications in Mechanics of Materials Using MATLAB, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.

Advanced Mathematics and Mechanics Applications Using MATLAB

     Uses MATLAB to analyze various applications in mathematics and mechanics.  The authors hope to encourage engineers and scientists to consider this modern programming environment as an excellent alternative to languages such as FORTRAN. 
Wilson, Howard B. and Louis H. Turcotte, Advanced Mathematics and Mechanics Applications Using MATLAB, 2^nd ed., Boca Raton, FL: CRC, 1997.

     Written for electrical engineering students.  It is a collection of examples that show how to solve many common electrical engineering problems using the TI-89.  It shows you how to use the TI-89 in class, in lab, on homework, and so forth.
Voltmer, David R. and Mark A. Yoder, Electrical Engineering Applications with the TI-89, Dallas, TX: Texas Instruments, 1999.

     This book is an armchair text not a podium text.  It is written in an informal and conversational tone to and for students, not their instructors.  It takes special care to discuss underlying, often understated, assumptions and concepts that can act as barriers to student understanding. 
Crummett, William P. and Arthur B. Western, University Physics: Models and Applications, Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown, 1994.

     This hands-on, multimedia package provides a motivating introduction to fundamental concepts, specifically discrete-time systems, for beginning engineering students.  It is suitable for introduction to electrical engineering, undergraduate digital signal processing, and survey courses in electrical engineering for non-majors.  This class-tested learning package can also be used as a self-teaching tool for anyone eager to discover more about DSP applications, multimedia signals, and MATLAB.  Unique features such as visual learning demonstrations, MATLAB laboratories, and a bank of solved homework problems are just a few things that make this an essential learning tool for mastering fundamental concepts in today's electrical and computer engineering curricula.
McClellen, James H., Ronald W. Schafer, and Mark A. Yoder, DSP First:A Multimedia Approach, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.

Electrical Engineering Applications with the TI-89

     Written for electrical engineering students.  It is a collection of examples that show how to solve many common electrical engineering problems using the TI-89.  It shows you how to use the TI-89 in class, in lab, on homework, and so forth.
Voltmer, David R. and Mark A. Yoder, Electrical Engineering Applications with the TI-89, Dallas, TX: Texas Instruments, 1999.

     Linear algebra is a subject of crucial importance to mathematicians and users of mathematics.  Applications of linear algebra are found in subjects as diverse as economics, physics, sociology, and engineering.  Workers in these fields, as well as mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists, and management consultants, use linear algebra to express ideas, solve problems, and model real activities. 
Schneider, Dennis, M., Manfred Steeg and Frank H. Young, Linear Algebra, a Concrete Introduction, New York: Macmillan, 1987. (1^st ed., 1982).