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AutoCAD and Its Applications—Advanced
and understanding of important topics relating to materials, lighting, and rendering
and presentation.
About the Authors About the Authors
Terence M. Shumaker is Faculty Emeritus, the former Chairperson of the Drafting
Technology Department, and former Director of the Autodesk Premier Training
Center at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon. Terence taught at
the community college level for over 28 years. He worked as a training consultant
for Autodesk, Inc., and conducted CAD program development workshops around the
country. He has professional experience in surveying, civil drafting, industrial piping,
and technical illustration. He is the author of Goodheart-Willcox’s Process Pipe
Drafting and coauthor of the AutoCAD and Its Applications series and AutoCAD
Essentials.
David A. Madsen is the president of Madsen Designs Inc. (www.madsendesigns.
com). David is Faculty Emeritus and the former Chairperson of Drafting Technology
and the Autodesk Premier Training Center at Clackamas Community College in Oregon
City, Oregon. David was an instructor and a department chairperson at Clackamas
Community College for nearly 30 years. In addition to teaching at the community
college level, David was a Drafting Technology instructor at Centennial High School
in Gresham, Oregon. David is a former member of the American Design Drafting
Association (ADDA) Board of Directors. He was honored with Director Emeritus
status by the ADDA in 2005. David has extensive experience in mechanical drafting,
architectural design and drafting, and building construction. He holds a Master of
Education degree in Vocational Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in
Industrial Education. David is coauthor of the AutoCAD and Its Applications series,
Architectural Drafting Using AutoCAD, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing,
and other drafting and design textbooks.
Jeffrey A. Laurich has been an instructor in Mechanical Design Technology at Fox
Valley Technical College in Appleton, Wisconsin, since 1991. He has also taught busi-
ness and industry professionals in the Autodesk Premier Training Center at FVTC.
Jeff teaches drafting, AutoCAD, Design of Tooling, GD&T, and 3ds Max. He created a
certifi cate program at FVTC titled Computer Rendering and Animation that integrates
the 3D capabilities of AutoCAD and 3ds Max. Jeff has professional experience in furni-
ture design, surveying, and cartography. He holds an Associate degree in Applied
Science in Natural Resources Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in Career
and Technical Education and Training. Together with other instructors at FVTC, Jeff
created and is teaching a course in electric guitar building. The course is designed to
introduce the concepts of manufacturing principles and STEM. After completing the
course, students take away with them a beautiful, playable solid-body electric guitar
they designed and built themselves.
J.C. Malitzke is president/owner of Digital JC CAD Services Inc. (digitaljccad.com).
He is the former department chair of Computer Integrated Technologies at Moraine
Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois. J.C. was a professor of Mechanical
Design and Drafting/CAD and taught for the Authorized Autodesk Training Center
at Moraine Valley. J.C. has been actively using and teaching Autodesk products for
nearly 30 years. He is a founding member and past chair of the Autodesk Training
Center Executive Committee and the Autodesk Leadership Council. J.C. has been the
coauthor and principal investigator on two National Science Foundation grants. He
has won numerous awards, including: Drafting Educator of the Year by the Illinois
Drafting Educators Association; the Instructor Quality Award by Autodesk; Autodesk
University Instructor Award; Professor of the Year, Co-Innovator of the Year, and