Statics: Acknowledgements

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Preface Acknowledgements

This book is the vision of a handful of instructors who wanted to create a free and open Engineering Statics textbook filled with dynamic, interactive diagrams to encourage visualization and engineering intuition.

Dr. Baker brought together a team of volunteers from large public universities, small private colleges, and community colleges across the United States to write the text and create the interactive elements. Some content was adapted with permission from Jacob Moore’s Mechanics Map - Open Textbook Project. http://mechanicsmap.psu.edu/. After two years of development the book was released to the public in 2020.

The book continues to evolve thanks to the contributions, suggestions, and corrections made by users of the text, both professors and students. The original authors are listed below, and others who have contributed are acknowledged in the source code on GitHub.

Daniel W. Baker

Colorado State University

Devin Berg

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Andy Guyader

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

William Haynes

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Erin Henslee

Wake Forest University

Anna Howard

North Carolina State University

James Lord

Virginia Tech

Randy Mondragon

Colorado State University

Jacob Moore

Penn State University – Mont Alto

Scott Bevill

Colorado Mesa University

Eric Davishahl

Whatcom Community College

Joel Lanning

University of California, Irvine

Richard Pugsley

Tidewater Community College

The book was supported by funding from the Colorado Department of Higher Education, the Colorado State University Digital Learning Initiative, and the Colorado State University Libraries.