|
Mechanical engineering is a discipline in which mathematics and the science is blended with experience and judgment for production of useful things. It strives to use economically the material and the forces of nature for the production of serviceable goods. This is one of the oldest branch of engineering. The history begins from the time when the early man started making stone tools. The gradual development of elementary mechanical parts in metals followed over many centuries. However the introduction of improved version of steam engine by James Watt in 1768 was the most significant contribution which brought about industrial revolution. By 1786 Watt’s engines were driving paper mills, corn mills and cotton spinning mills and were put in operation in mining, steel and other industries. Engines were also used to propel boats and rail carriages.
What Can a Mechanical Engineer Do?
Mechanical engineer studies technical, social, environmental, and economic problems and find best feasible solutions to them. They design a process, product, a component of a machine to do this. They might work for the federal government. Military, industry. Fields in mechanical engineering include:-
Research & Development Product Design
Manufacturing
Systems Management Sales and Marketing
Automotive Engineer
Biomedical Engineer
Nuclear Engineer
Robotics Engineer
And many more………………………….
Main courses Mechanical Engineer studies include:-
Robotics, Fluid Dynamics, Material Sciences, Manufacturing Process, Metrology, Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Environmental Science.
Work Shops
- Machine Shop
- Foundry
- Carpentry Shop
- Welding Shop
- Forging Shop
- Electrical Shop
- Sheet Metal Shop
Labs
- Heat Transfer Lab
- Automobile Lab
- Fluid Machine Lab
- Thermodynamics Lab
- Theory of Machine Lab
- Strength of Material Lab
- Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Lab
- Mechanical Measurement & Metrology Lab
|