Mechatronics (2^nd Ed.) Principles and Applications

1. Introduction to Mechatronics
2. Electrical Components and Circuits
3. Semiconductor Electronic Devices
4. Digital Electronics
5. Analog Electronics
6. Microcomputers and Micro-controllers
7. Data Acquisition 
8. Sensors
9. Electrical Actuator Systems
10. Mechanical Actuator Systems
11. Interfacing Micro-controller with Actuators
12. Control Theory: Modeling
13. Control Theory: Analysis
14. Control Theory: Graphical techniques
15. Robotics Systems
16. Electronic Fabrication Process
17. Reliability
18. Artificial Intelligence in Mechatronics Systems
19. Mechatronics applications of some new optimization techniques
20. Mechatronics Systems & Case Shows

Cesare has over 25 years of experience in the area of industrial automation and robotics, with a solid scientific background certified by over 200 publications in leading conferences and journals in automation and robotics area. He is associate editor of “Mechatronics” Journal (Elsevier) and has a chair in the scientific committee of IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering and Intellimech Consortium. He is in the scientific committee who wrote the Italian Research and Innovation Roadmap for the Smart Factory. He is the reference researcher for University of Modena and Reggio Emilia at EFFRA (European Factory of the Future Research Association). Cesare was in the board of experts who wrote the “Smart Specialisation Strategy” for Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy.
He is the coordinator for University of Modena and Reggio Emilia of Horizon 2020 European projects SYMPLEXITY (Symbiotic human-robot collaborations for safe and multimodal manufacturing systems) and IMPROVE (Innovative Modeling Approaches for Production Systems to raise validatable efficienccy).
Godfrey Onwubolu holds a BEng degree (University of Benin), a MSc degree in mechanical engineering (Aston University) and a PhD in computer-aided design (Aston University). His industrial experience is in manufacturing engineering in West Midlands, England. He was a consultant to a centre of innovation for enabling small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the manufacturing sector.
Godfrey works mainly in three areas: computer-aided design (CAD), additive manufacturing, and inductive modelling. He has published two textbooks on CAD: One is heavily used in many North American universities and colleges, and the other is listed by London’s Imperial College Press as one of the top-10 bestsellers. Godfrey currently works in the area of additive manufacturing, popularly known as 3D printing, where he continues to inv