Statics and Strength of Materials for Construction, Engineering Technology, and Architecture: Theory, Analysis, and Application
暫譯: 建築、工程技術與建築學的靜力學與材料強度：理論、分析與應用

本書為學生和業界專業人士提供必要的靜力學和材料強度背景，以便在工程技術、建築工程與管理、土木工程及建築技術等特定領域採用更具創新性的方式。

Dr. M. Askar is an Associate Professor and program director at Southern Utah University and was previously the Chair of the Construction Engineering Department at the University of Egypt. Askar received his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering) from the College of Civil Engineering & Architecture, Brandenburg University of Cottbus, Germany. Askar has more than 30 years of experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, participating and modeling interdisciplinary funded research programs, and advising M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. He has more than 25 years of experience on construction contracting projects in different project types: residential buildings (high-, medium- and low-rise buildings), institutional and commercial, international airports, hotels, environmental theme parks, industrial, military, medical facilities, utilities and infrastructures, highways, bridges, tunnels, and specialized heavy construction. Askar has about 22 years of experience as a Founder and CEO of a group of construction contracting, real estate investment, engineering design, engineering and development consultations, and project management companies located in different countries in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the USA. He has more than 18 years of experience as a professional training expert in various public and private organizations for construction industry engineers and staff in engineering, management, and strategic topics. Askar has a variety of peer-reviewed publications in international journals, refereed conferences, and some books. He is a member of several Associations and project management codes and general specifications for building construction affiliations in different countries. He has been teaching Statics and Strength of Materials since 1998.

Dr. M. Rashad Islam is an Associate Professor and undergraduate program coordinator at the Colorado State University Pueblo. He is also a registered Professional Engineer (PE), and an ABET Program Evaluator for Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology, and Construction Engineering Technology undergraduate programs. Dr. Islam received a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering (with the grade of 'distinction' in the research, and a GPA of 4.0 out of 4.0 in the coursework) from the University of New Mexico, USA. He has a Masters degree jointly from the University of Minho (Portugal) and the Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). Dr. Islam is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and is associated with the American General Contractors (AGC). Dr. Islam has more than 100 publications including several reference books, several textbooks, over 60 scholarly journal articles, several technical reports and conference papers.

阿斯卡博士 (Dr. M. Askar) 是南猶他大學的副教授及課程主任，曾擔任埃及大學建築工程系主任。阿斯卡在德國科特布斯大學土木工程與建築學院獲得土木工程（建築工程）博士學位。阿斯卡擁有超過30年的本科及研究生課程教學經驗，參與並建模跨學科的資助研究計劃，並指導碩士及博士生。他在不同類型的建築承包項目上擁有超過25年的經驗，包括住宅建築（高層、中層和低層建築）、機構和商業建築、國際機場、酒店、環境主題公園、工業、軍事、醫療設施、公用事業和基礎設施、高速公路、橋樑、隧道及專業重型建設。阿斯卡擁有約22年的經驗，作為一個建築承包、房地產投資、工程設計、工程與開發諮詢及項目管理公司的創始人和首席執行官，這些公司位於中東、亞洲、歐洲和美國的不同國家。他在各種公共和私人組織中擔任專業培訓專家的經驗超過18年，專注於建築行業工程師和員工的工程、管理及策略主題。阿斯卡在國際期刊、經過審核的會議及一些書籍中發表了多篇同行評審的出版物。他是多個協會的成員，並參與不同國家的建築施工相關的項目管理規範和一般規範。他自1998年以來一直教授靜力學和材料力學。

伊斯蘭博士 (Dr. M. Rashad Islam) 是科羅拉多州立大學普韋布洛校區的副教授及本科課程協調員。他同時也是註冊專業工程師 (PE)，並擔任土木工程、土木工程技術及建築工程技術本科課程的ABET項目評估員。伊斯蘭博士在美國新墨西哥大學獲得土木工程博士學位（研究成績為「優異」，課程GPA為4.0滿分4.0）。他擁有來自葡萄牙米尼奧大學和西班牙巴塞羅那加泰羅尼亞理工大學的碩士學位。伊斯蘭博士是美國土木工程師學會 (ASCE) 的成員，並與美國總承包商協會 (AGC) 有關聯。伊斯蘭博士擁有超過100篇出版物，包括幾本參考書、幾本教科書、超過60篇學術期刊文章、幾份技術報告和會議論文。