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xii Preface

The materials in the book have been developed by the authors for undergraduate
courses on FEA at the Washington State University Vancouver and at the University
of Cincinnati for the last 10 years or so. The authors would like to thank many of their
current and former students for their help in developing these lecture materials and
their contributions to many of the examples used in the book, and in particular we thank
students Qikai Xie, Fan Yang, and Bin He for their help in developing the supplementary
materials for this book. We are grateful for the students we met in our classes at Vancouver
and Cincinnati. This book could never have been written without their collective inter-
est, feedback, and enthusiasm. Our special thanks go to the editorial staff at CRC Press,
Jonathan Plant, the Senior Editor, and Amber Donley, the Project Coordinator, for their
patience, cooperation, and professionalism in the production of this book. Much grati-
tude also goes to the reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions. Of course,
we take full responsibility for any errors or mistakes in the book. We also welcome any
suggestions from readers that could help us improve the book in the future.

Xiaolin Chen
Vancouver, Washington
Yijun Liu
Cincinnati, Ohio