Musa JouanehMusa Jouaneh is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island (URI). His research interests include manufacturing automation, mechatronics, robotics and engineering education and he has worked on many industrially funded projets in these areas. Dr. Jouaneh received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Louisiana, Lafayette in 1984 and his M.Eng and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1986 and 1989, respectively. He has been teaching the senior-level Mechatronics course (MCE430) at URI since 2003. In addition to his Fundamentals of Mechatronics and Laboratory Exercises in Mechatronics textbooks, he is also the author of the book ARDUINO-BASED INTRODUCTORY GUIDED EXERCISES IN MECHATRONICS. Professor Jouaneh has been the recipient of several awards, including two URI College of Engineering Faculty Excellence Awards, two URI Outstanding Contribution to Intellectual Property Awards and the URI Foundation Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Jouaneh is a Fellow member of ASME, a senior member of IEEE, and a member of ASEE. Read More Read Less