Dr. L.D. Ryan

Donegal Bay Publishing Guild Member Since: 2006

Books and Articles by Dr. L.D. Ryan

Books

Fundamentals of Solar Heating, Prentice-Hall, 1980

Beginning Guitar, Donegal Bay Publishing, 2006

Exit 59, Donegal Bay Publishing, 2006

Manuals

Environmental Noise Control, W.M.U. Press

Stepladder Manual, L.D.Ryan & John L. Ryan Donegal Bay Publishing, 2006

Forklift & Stacker Manual, John L. Ryan & L.D. Ryan, Donegal Bay Publishing, 2006

ATV Manual, L.D. Ryan and John L. Ryan, Donegal Bay Publishing, 2007

Lawn Mower Manual, John Ryan & L.D. Ryan, Donegal Bay Publishing, 2006

Warnings Manual, John Ryan and L.D. Ryan, Donegal Bay Publishing 2007

Guarding Manual, L.D. Ryan and John Ryan, Donegal Bay Publishing 2007

Magazine and Periodical Articles

Magazine - Michigan Riparian

“Peat Bog Draining...Environmentally Destructive."

Magazine - Products Liability Law Reporter, ATLA, May 1998. “Design Defects in Today’s Ladders”. Trial Magazine, January 2002, "The fiction of technical peer review.

Paper and presentation – American Society of Agricultural Engineers, July 18-21, 1999

“Minimizing Extension Ladder Slide-Out Accidents, “ Paper # 997042

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LD Ryan's Bio:

Dr. L.D. Ryan was born and raised in northern Indiana. Driven by early hardships, L.D. joined the Navy, serving in the Korean War. Here he learned the discipline and work ethic that would take him to earn his Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate in engineering. Dr. Ryan worked as an engineer for various companies, and later began his career as an engineering professor. Dr. Ryan taught at various universities, until taking a sabbatical for two years. His plans on serving in Africa as a missionary during this time were thwarted by foreign government upheaval. Dr. Ryan ended up in Arkansas, intending to serve his sabbatical teaching at John Brown University. The pleasant charm of the south and business opportunities kept him in Arkansas, where he started his own engineering firm, Ryan Engineering. Dr. Ryan’s writing career began when his textbook, Fundamentals of Solar Heating, was published in the early 1980’s. Since then he has written a great deal, from published technical manuals such as the Stepladder Manual, Guarding Manual, and others, to fiction, poetry, music instruction and more. Dr. Ryan founded Donegal Bay Publishing in 2005, initially publishing technical manuals for attorneys and experts involved in product liability. Donegal Bay Publishing has grown to include a variety of topics, books, and authors.

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