Rajpal Sodhi

Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Education
Ph.D.; University of Houston; Mechanical Engineering; 1980
M.S.; Union College; Industrial Administration; 1976
B.S.; Thapar College of Engineering; 1971
BSME; Thapar Institute of Technology; Mechanical Engineering; 1971
2026 Fall Courses
ME 408 - MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN II
ME 491 - MECH ENGR PROJECT B
ME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 408 - MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN II - HONORS
ME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
ME 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
ME 490 - MECH ENGR PROJECT A
ME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
ME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
ME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
ME 790A - DOC DISSERTATION & RES
Teaching Interests
Mechanical Design, Stress Analysis, Kinematics
Past Courses
ME 231: KINEMATICS OF MACHINERY
ME 403: MECH SYSTEMS DESIGN I
ME 403: MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN I
ME 408: MECH SYSTEMS DESIGN II
ME 408: MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN II
ME 408: MECHANICAL SYSTEMS DESIGN II - HONORS
ME 630: ANAL METHDS IN MACHN DGN
ME 794: MECHANICAL COLLOQUIUM
Research Interests
Mechanism synthesis, Mechanical Design, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation engineering
Book
Rajpal Singh Sodhi, Kevin Russell. "Mechanical Design – Fundamentals to Capstone." 203 pp. NJIT Faculty Authored Text Book: Open and Affordable Textbook Program, 2023.
Kevin Russell, John Q Shen, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. "Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems Implementation in MATLAB and Simscape Multibody 3rd Edition." 544 pp. 2022. ISBN 9781032328317.
Kevin Russell, Qiong Shen, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. "Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems:Implemenation in MATLAB and SiMmechanics 2nd Edition." CRC Press, 2021. ISBN 13:978-1-4987-2493-7.
Kevin Russell, Qiong Shen, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. "Second Edition Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems." 534 pp. CRC Press, 2018.
Kevin Russell, Qiong Shen, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. "Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems: Implementation in MATLAB and SimMechanics, e-book." Taylor and Francis, 2015. ISBN 9781 498 724 968.
Kevin Russell, Qiong Shen, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. "Solutions Manual for Mechanism Design, Visual and Programmable Approach." 258 pp. Taylron and Francis Group, 2013. ISBN 13:978-1-4665-7020-.
Conference Paper
"Teaching of Professional Ethics in Engineering Design"
ASEE, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2022.
"Training Middle and High School Teachers in Introducing Science and Engineering to Students"
ASEE, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2022.
Other
"Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems Implementation in MATLAB and Simscape Multibody 3rd Edition"
CRC Press, December, 2022.
"Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems: Implementation in MATLAB and SimMechanics"
CRC Press, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2020.
"Mechanism Design: Visual and Programmable Approaches"
Taylor and Francis, November, 2013.
"Mechanism Design: Visual and Programmable Approaches"
Taylor and Francis, November, 2013.
Journal Article
Yahia Al-Smadi, Yusra Aburmaileh, Kevin Russell, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. 2022. "Genetic Algorithm for Sensitivity Analysis of Automobile hood four-bar Mechanisms Synthesis Using Motion Generation." International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, vol. 19, no. 1,, pp. 9362 -9378.
Wen-Tzong Lee, Kevin Russell, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. 2021. "A Study of the Tibial Motion Accuracy Using Circular and Non-Circular Gears in a Transfemoral Prosthetic Knee Part I: Tibial Motion Acquisition." Journal of the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 613-618.
Wen-Tzong Lee, Kevin Russell, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. 2021. "A Study of Tibial Motion Accuracy Using Circular and Non-Circular Gears in a Transfemoral Prosthetic Knee Part 2: Motion and Axode Generation and Curve Fitting." Journal of The Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 619-630.
Wen-Tzong Lee, Kevin Russell, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. 2020. "On Transfemoral Prosthetic Knee-Design for Natural Human Knee Motion." Recent Patents on Mechanical Engineering, Bentham Science Publishers, vol. 13, no. Volume 13, NO 1, pp. 49-59.
Jerry D'Allisio, Kevin Russell, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. 2016. "Spherical Four Bar Motion Generation and axode generation in cam Mechanism Design ." Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design Systems and Manufacturing, vol. 10, no. 2.
Jerry D'Allesio, Kevin S Russell, Rajpal Singh Sodhi. 2015. "On the Application of Rodrigues Equation for the Generation of the Finite Helical Axes for Tibial Motion." Journal of Biomechanical Science and Engineering, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 1-7.
Conference Proceeding
"An Object Oriented Framework for Spatial Mechanism Analysis"
Proceedings of the 5th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering - Theory, Applications and Practice, December, 2020.
"On Transfemoral Prosthetic Knee Design Using RRSS Motion and Axode Generation"
XII International Conference on Theory of Machines and Mechanisms , 2016.
Instructor's Manual
"Solutions Manual to Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems : Implementation in MATLAB and SimMechanics 2nd Edition"
Taylor and Francis, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2019.