William Nash was a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a faculty member at the University of Florida for 13 years. He served as Structural Research Engineer at the David Taylor Research Center of the Navy Department in Washington, D.C. and had extensive experience consulting for the U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Aerospace Corporation, and General Electric.
Merle C. Potter, PhD, is the author of Engineering Analysis and the co-author of The Mechanics of Fluids, Fluid Mechanics, Thermal Sciences, Thermodynamics, Engineering Your Future, Differential Equations, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, and numerous exam review books. He is Professor Emeritus of mechanical engineering at Michigan State University.
