**Meet the editor**

Prof Md. Zahurul Haq, Fellow IEB, is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh, and in-charge of Measurement, Instrumentation and Control Engineering Laboratory, BUET. Dr. Haq received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from BUET and Ph.D. from The University of Leeds,

Leeds, UK. He is a member of Board of Directors of two government owned companies: Bangladesh Diesel Plant Ltd. (a Commercial Enterprise of Bangladesh Army) and Haripur Thermal Power Plant, as well a member of Steering Committee of Bangladesh National Building Code. Prof. Haq provides consultancy services to various industries and different levels of government. His research and professional interests include the following: Measurement, Control, Mechatronics and Robotics, Thermodynamics of Engineering Systems, Engines, Combustion and Alternative Fuels, HVAC and Building Mechanical Systems.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Chapter 1 **System for High Speed** 

Andrzej B. Dobrucki,

Chapter 2 **Precise Measurement System for** 

Chapter 3 **XAFS Measurement System in** 

Chapter 4 **Laser-Induced Damage Density** 

Laurent Lamaignère

Chapter 5 **Fringe Pattern Demodulation** 

Chapter 7 **Machine Vision Measurement** 

Chapter 8 **Measurement System of Fine** 

**Step-Height Discrimination** 

Abdullah Beyaz

Karel Janák

**Knee Joint Motion During the** 

Koji Nakanishi and Toshiaki Ohta

**Measurement of Head-Related Transfer Function 1** 

**Pendulum Test Using Two Linear Accelerometers 19**  Yoshitake Yamamoto, Kazuaki Jikuya, Toshimasa Kusuhara, Takao Nakamura, Hiroyuki Michinishi and Takuji Okamoto

Przemysław Plaskota and Piotr Pruchnicki

**the Soft X-Ray Region for Various Sample** 

**Measurements of Optical Materials 61** 

**Using Evolutionary Algorithms 79** 

Chapter 6 **Round Wood Measurement System 103** 

**Conditions and Multipurpose Measurements 43** 

L. E. Toledo, F. J. Cuevas, J. F. Jiménez Vielma and J. H. Sossa

**Technology and Agricultural Applications 131** 

**Capability of Human Finger's Tactile Sense 163**  Takuya Kawamura, Kazuo Tani and Hironao Yamada
