Theory of Gearing: Kinematics, Geometry, and Synthesis

About Stephen P. Radzevich

Dr. Stephen P. Radzevich is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering and a Professor of Manufacturing Engineering. He received the M.Sc. (1976) the Ph.D. (1982) and the Dr.(Eng)Sc. (1991) all in mechanical engineering. Dr. Radzevich has extensive industrial experience in gear design and manufacture. He has developed numerous software packages dealing with CAD and CAM of precise gear finishing for a variety of industrial sponsors. His main research interest is Kinematic Geometry of Surface Generation particularly with the focus on (a) precision gear design (b) high power density gear trains (c) torque share in multi-flow gear trains (d) design of special-purpose gear cutting/finishing tools (e) design and machining (finishing) of precision gears for low-noise/noiseless transmissions of cars light trucks etc. Dr. Radzevich has spent about 40 years developing software hardware and other processes for gear design and optimization. Besides his work for industry he trains engineering students at universities and gear engineers in companies. He authored and co-authored more than 30 monographs handbooks and textbooks. The monographs entitled Generation of Surfaces (2001) Kinematic Geometry of Surface Machining (CRC Press 2008) CAD/CAM of Sculptured Surfaces on Multi-Axis NC Machine: The DG/K-Based Approach (M&C Publishers 2008) Gear Cutting Tools: Fundamentals of Design and Computation (CRC Press 2010 second edition 2017) Precision Gear Shaving (Nova Science Publishers 2010) Dudleys Handbook of Practical Gear Design and Manufacture (CRC Press 2012 second edition 2016) Theory of Gearing: Kinematics Geometry and Synthesis (CRC Press 2012 second edition 2018) Geometry of Surfaces: A Practical Guide for Mechanical Engineers (Wiley 2013 second edition Springer 2019) Advances in Gear Design and Manufacture (CRC Press 2019) High-Conformal Gearing: Kinematics and Geometry (CRC Press 2015 second edition Elsevier 2020) Recent Advances in Gearing Scientific Theory and Applications (Springer 2021) are among the recently published volumes. He also authored and co-authored about 350 scientific papers and holds more than 260 patents on invention in the field both USA patents and international patents.