| Ferd Beer and Russ Johnston are delighted to bring new co-authors and collaborators to the Beer ■ Johnston team for the seventh editions of Vector Mechanics for Engineers. Elliot Eisenberg worked as a collaborator on the sixth editions and is now a co-author for Statics. William Clausen, who studied with and was inspired by Ferd Beer, joins the seventh editions team as co-author for Dynamics. George Staab developed the interactive tutorial to accompany the sixth and seventh editions, and now he joins the seventh edition team as a collaborator on both the Statics and Dynamics texts.
Ferdinand P. Beer. Born in France and educated in France and Switzerland, Ferd holds an M.S. degree from the Sorbonne and an Sc.D. degree in theoretical mechanics from the University of Geneva. He came to the United States after serving in the French army during the early part of World War II and had taught for four years at Williams College in the Williams-MIT joint arts and engineering program. Following his service at Williams College, Ferd joined the faculty of Lehigh University where he taught for thirty-seven years. He held several positions, including the University Distinguished Professors Chair and Chairman of the Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics Department, and in 1995 Ferd was awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree by Lehigh University. E. Russell Johnston, Jr. Born in Philadelphia, Russ holds a B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Delaware and an Sc.D. degree in the field of structural engineering from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He taught at Lehigh University and Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) before joining the faculty of the University of Connecticut where he held the position of Chairman of the Civil Engineering Department and taught for twenty-six years. In 1991 Russ received the Outstanding Civil Engineer Award from the Connecticut Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Elliot R. Eisenberg. Elliot holds a B.S. degree in engineering and an M.E. degree, both from Cornell University. He has focused his scholarly activities on professional service and teaching, and he was recognized for this work in 1992 when the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) awarded him the Ben C. Sparks Medal for his contributions to mechanical engineering and mechanical engineering technology education and for service to the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Elliot taught for thirty-two years, including twenty-nine years at Penn State where he was recognized with awards for both teaching and advising. William E. Clausen. Bill holds a B.S. degree in engineering mechanics from Lehigh University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in engineering mechanics from the Ohio State University. Bill is a registered professional engineer specializing in structural dynamics and vibration measurements. He taught for thirty years and served as vice chairman in the Department of Engineering Mechanics at the Ohio State University and has also taught in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. George H. Staab. George holds B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University. He worked at Sikorsky Aircraft for three years and is currently an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the Ohio State University where he has taught for 22 years. His scholarly activities are focused on teaching and service and he has received two college-wide awards: the Charles E. MacQuigg Outstanding Teaching Award in 1998 and the Boyer Teaching Award in 1999. George serves as the campus representative for the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), and is the faculty advisor for the student chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) and several student project teams. | 
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