Introduction -- Fundamentals of Piezoelectricity and Piezoelectric Materials for Ultrasonic Motors -- Fundamentals of Tribology and Tribomaterials for Ultrasonic Motors -- Fundamentals of Vibration for Ultrasonic Motors -- Operation Mechanism and Modeling of Traveling Wave Rotary Ultrasonic Motors -- Design and Manufacture of Traveling Wave Rotary Ultrasonic Motors -- Bar-Type Traveling Wave Rotary Ultrasonic Motors -- Ultrasonic Motors Using Longitudinal-Torsional Hybrid Vibration -- Linear Ultrasonic Motors -- Step Ultrasonic Motors -- Other Ultrasonic Motors -- Driving Techniques for Ultrasonic Motors -- Control Techniques for Ultrasonic Motors -- Testing Techniques for Ultrasonic Motors -- Applications of Ultrasonic Motors in Engineering.

A comprehensive tutorial on ultrasonic motors for practicing engineers, researchers and graduate students. "Ultrasonic Motors: Technologies and Applications" describes the operating mechanism, electromechanical coupling models, optimization design of structural parameters, testing methods, and drive/control techniques of various ultrasonic motors and their applications. Dr. Chunsheng Zhao is a professor at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) where he is Director of the Precision Driving Laboratory at NUAA. He is a member of the Chinese Academy of Science, and holds 54 patents in China and published more than 400 papers in the field of piezoelectric ultrasonic motors.