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.
