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Fall 2009 Textbooks

Textbooks can be purchased at Wheelock Books (prices are listed below), which is located across the street from Collis at 2 West Wheelock St. in the building on stilts. Textbooks can also be purchased at Dartmouth Bookstore at 33 South Main Street.

Course Title Instructor Textbooks
ENGS 4

Technology of Cyberspace

Taylor Recommended: HTML 4 for the World Wide Web, Fourth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide by Elizabeth Castro, Peachpit Press; Berkeley, CA, 2000, ISBN 0321430840, $34.99
ENGS 7 Technology: Boon or Bain? Garmire Beyond Engineering: How Society Shapes Technology, Robert Pool, Oxford University Press, Paperback, ISBN 0195129113, $24.95
ENGS 11 Technologies in Homeland Security McGrath No textbook required
ENGS 12 Design Thinking Robbie No textbook required
ENGS 13 Virtual Medicine & Cybercare Robbie, Rosen

Mountains Beyond Mountains, Tracy Kidder (paperback), ISBN 0812973011, $15.95

The Innovator's Prescription, A Disruptive Solution for Healthcare, Clayton Christensen, ISBN 978-0-07-159208-6, $32.95

ENGS 20 Introduction to Scientific Computing Shepherd A First Book of ANSI C, 3rd Edition, Bronson, Brooks/Cole, 2001, ISBN 534-37964-8, $97.25

Recommended: MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications, 2nd Edition, Gilat, Wiley, 2005, ISBN 0470108770, $83.95
ENGS 21 Introduction to Engineering J. Collier No textbook required
ENGS 23 Distributed Systems & Fields Phan Recommended: Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, H.M. Schey, W.W. Norton & Co., 4th Edition, ISBN 0393925161, $30

Mastering MATLAB 7, Duane Hanselman, Bruce Littlefield, Pearson Education; 1st Edition, ISBN 0131430181, $88
ENGS 26 Control Theory Olfati-Saber Modern Control Engineering; Ogata, Prentice-Hall, 4th Edition, 2002, ISBN 0136156738, $150
ENGS 33 Solid Mechanics Kennedy Mechanics of Materials; Roy Craig, Jr., John Wiley & Sons, 2nd Edition, 0471331767, $168.95
ENGS 35 Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering Gerngross Intro to Biotechnology, Thieman and Palladino, Pearson Education, ISBN 0321491459, $78.95
ENGS 36 Chemical Engineering Laser Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, McCabe, Smith & Harriott, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0072848235, $143.50

Chem, Biochem, & Engg Thermodynamics, Sandler, Wiley & Sons, 4th Edition, ISBN 0471661740, $178.95

Elements of Chem Reaction Engineering, Fogler, Macmillan, 4th Edition, ISBN 0130473944, $140
ENGS 37 Introduction to Environmental Engineering Cushman-Roisin Environmental Engineering - Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design by James R. Mihelcic & Julie Beth Zimmerman, John Wiley & Sons, 2010, ISBN-13: 978-0-470-16505-8, $154.95
ENGS 61 Intermediate Electrical Circuits Trembly Linear Circuit Analysis, DeCarlo and Lin, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 2001, ISBN 0195136667, $140
ENGS 63 Introduction to VLSI Systems Wissel Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits, Hodges, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0072283653, $160.50
ENGS 76 Machine Engineering Ray Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design, R.G. Budynas & J.K. Nisbett, McGraw-Hill, 8th edition, ISBN 0073312606, $157.25
ENGS 91 Numerical Methods in Computation Shepherd Numerical Analysis; Burden; PWS, 0534392008, 8th Edition, $148.75
ENGS 92 Fourier Transforms & Complex Variables Hansen No textbook required
ENGS 100 (PHYS 100) Methods in Applied Mathematics I Lotko Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering Third Edition Set. Includes 2 paperback books (Textbook + Student Solutions Manual), K.F. Riley, M.P. Hobson and S.J. Bence, ISBN-13: 9780521683395, ISBN-10: 0521683394, Cambridge University Press, August 2006, $115
ENGS 115 Parallel Computing Taylor No textbook required
ENGS 116 (COSC 107) Computer Engineering: Computer Architecture Berk Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Hennessy & Patterson, 4th edition, ISBN 0123704901, $88.95

Readings in Computer Architecture, Hill, Sohi, and Jouppi, 1999, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, ISBN 1-55860-539-8, $101
ENGG 129 Instrumentation & Measurements Hartov No textbook required
ENGS 130 Mechanical Behavior of Materials Schulson Optional: Mechanical Metallurgy, Dieter, McGraw Hill, 3rd edition, ISBN 0070168938, $168.50
ENGS 131 Science of Solid State Materials Petrenko Required: Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, S.O. Kasap, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2006, ISBN 0073104647, $135.50

Optional: Electronic Properties of Materials, Robert E. Hummel, 3rd Edition, Springer 2001, ISBN 038795144X, $104
ENGS 160 Biotechnology & Biochemical Engineering (graduate section of ENGS 35) Gerngross Intro to Biotechnology, Thieman and Palladino, Pearson Education, ISBN0321491459, $78.95
ENGG 168 Biomedical Radiation Transport Pogue No textbook required
ENGG 173 Energy Utilization Sullivan Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory, and Design, 2nd Edition, Mehrdad Ehsani, Yimin Gao, Ali Emadi, ISBN 9781420053982, ISBN-10: 142005398, $154.95

A Handbook on Low-Energy Buildings and District Energy Systems: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Examples, L.D.D. Harvey, 2006, $275
ENGG 177 Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty Borsuk Making Hard Decisions: An Introduction to Decision Analysis (Hardcover), Robert T. Clemen, ISBN 0495015083, $143.50
ENGM 178 Technology Assessment Graves Technology in Context, Ernest Braun, Routledge Publishers, 1998, ISBN 0-415-18343-X, $62.95
ENGM 181 Marketing Luan Markstrat Online Student Handbook, StratX International, ISBN 0974306304, $50

Optional: Marketing Management, Kotler & Keller, 2006, 13th Edition, ISBN 9780136009986, $185.33
ENGM 184 Introduction to Optimization Methods K. Baker
Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets, K. Baker, Duxbury Press, ISBN 0534494749, $96.25
ENGM 188 Law, Technology & Entrepreneurship Goodenough Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights in a Nutshell, Arthur Miller and Michael Davis, 4th Edition, ISBN-13: 9780314158758, $31

Corporate Finance in a Nutshell, Jeffrey J. Haas, ISBN-13: 9780314147370, $33

Shade's Business Associations in a Nutshell, Joseph Shade and David Epstein, 2nd Edition ISBN-13: 9780314162809, $32

International Business Transactions in a Nutshell, Ralph H. Folsom, Michael Wallace Gordon and John Spangle, Jr., 8th Edition, ISBN-13: 9780314195210, $32.00
ENGM 189-1 Trends in Biotechnology Gerngross No textbook required
ENGM 189-2 Medical Device Development Paulsen No textbook required
ENGS 190 Engineering Design Methodology & Project Initiation Van Citters No textbook required
ENGS 195 Seminar on Science, Technology & Society Gibson No textbook required
ENGG 199-01 Energy Conversion Lynd Energy for Sustainability: Technology, Planning, and Policy, Randolph, John and Masters, Gilbert M, Island Press, Washington, D.C., 2008, 8th Edition, ISBN 1597261033, $90
ENGG 390 Master of Engineering Management Project Graves, Santos No textbook required