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From Milton MA and LaSalette, Paul did his undergraduate work at Tufts University and his mechanical engineering PhD at Stanford under Thomas Kane. As a young adult, Paul worked summers landscaping, farming, and construction. Later, he worked at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, NASA Ames, and MSC.Software, was a consulting editor for McGraw-Hill (mechanics), and a consultant for the software, robotics, biotechnology, energy, automotive, and mechanical/aerospace industries. He developed force/motion software used by more than 12 million people worldwide and translated into 11 spoken languages. He contributes to open-source software via Drake developed by TRI (Toyota Research Institute). At Stanford, Paul greatly enjoys working with students and teaches mechanics (physics/engineering), statics/dynamics, controls/vibrations, and advanced dynamics & computation/simulation, with several books on these topics adopted by universities and professionals. He is deeply grateful to students, co-instructors (TAs), faculty, and staff. Currently teaching |