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Acknowledgments

I am indebted to numerous colleagues who have aided me with this book in a variety of ways. Those
whose contributions are specific to the revisions for this edition include: Masahiro Endo (Fukuoka
University, Japan), Maureen Julian (Virginia Tech), Milo Kral (University of Canterbury, New
Zealand), Kevin Kwiatkowski (Pratt & Miller Engineering), John Landes (University of Tennessee),
Yung-Li Lee (Chrysler Group LLC), Marshal McCord III (Virginia Tech), George Vander Voort
(Vander Voort Consulting), and William Wright (Virginia Tech). As listed in the acknowledgments
for previous editions, many others have also provided valuable aid. I thank these individuals again
and note that their contributions continue to enhance the present edition.
The several years since the previous edition of this book have been marked by the passing of
three valued colleagues and mentors, who influenced my career, and who had considerable input
into the development of the technology described herein: JoDean Morrow, Louis Coffin, and Gary
Halford.
Encouragement and support were provided by Virginia Tech in several forms. I especially thank
David Clark, head of the Materials Science and Engineering Department, and Ishwar Puri, head
of the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department. (The author is jointly appointed in these
departments.) Also, I am grateful to Norma Guynn and Daniel Reed, two staff members in ESM
who were helpful in a variety of ways.
The photographs for the front and back covers were provided by Pratt & Miller Engineering,
New Hudson, Michigan. Their generosity in doing so is appreciated.
I thank those at Prentice Hall who worked on the editing and production of this edition,
especially Gregory Dulles, Scott Disanno, and Jane Bonnell, with whom I had considerable and
most helpful personal interaction.
I also thank Shiny Rajesh of Integra Software Services, and others working with her, for their
care and diligence in assuring the accuracy and quality of the book composition.
Finally, I thank my wife Nancy and family for their encouragement, patience, and support
during this work.
The publishers would like to thank Professor Manoj Kumar Mitra of the Department of
Metallurgical and Material Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, for reviewing the content
of the International Edition.

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