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Subject Overview
What is Engineering?
Technology Team
Engineering Functions
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th
Century
Engineering Job Functions
Employment Opportunities
Important Fields for the Future
Engineering as a Profession
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Does He an Engineer?
Does He an Engineer?
Does He an Engineer?
Does He an Engineer?
Does He an Engineer?
Does He an Engineer?
Does He an Engineer?
What is Engineering?
What is Engineering?
What is Technology?
The application of scientific knowledge for
practical purposes, especially in industry.
Technology refers to the collection of tools,
including machinery, modifications,
arrangements and procedures used by
humans. Engineering is the discipline that
seeks to study and design new technologies.
Technology is Outcome of Engineering
Technology Team
Technology Team
Technology Team
Engineering Functions
The focus of an engineers work typically falls
into one or more of the following areas:
Research - explore, discover and apply new
principles
Development - transform ideas or concepts
into production processes
Design - link the generation of ideas and the
production
Engineering Functions
Engineering Functions
Greatest Engineering
Achievements of 20th Century
1. High performance materials
2. Nuclear technologies
3. Laser and fiber optics
4. Petroleum and gas technologies
5. Health technologies
6. Household appliances
7. Imaging technologies
8. Internet
8. Space exploration
10. Interstate highways
Engine
Power Plant
Space Shuttle
Microcontroller
Air Conditioner
Bridge
Engineering Job
Functions
Analysis
Design
Test
Development
Sales
Research
Management
Consulting
Teaching
Industry Sectors
(Non-manufacturing)
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Information
Construction
Wholesale trade
Administrative and support
Management of companies and enterprises
Utilities
Mining
Manufacturing frontiers
Information and communication systems
Smart and engineered materials
Bioengineering
Critical infrastructure systems
Homeland security
Improved health care delivery
Nanotechnology
Advanced environmental technology
Sensors and control systems
Mechanical Engineering
Oxford English Dictionary defines the adjective
mechanical as skilled in the practical
application of an art or science, of the nature of
a machine and relating to or caused
movement, physical forces, properties or
agents such as is dealt with by mechanics.
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Study the behavior of the materials when forces are applied to them or
when they are heated or cooled. Using this knowledge, they design
machines such as automobiles, air conditioners and submarines.
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Good communication
Design engineer
Test engineer
Application engineer
Computer science engineer
Materials handling engineer
Project engineer
Industrial engineer
Packaging engineer
Sales engineer
Manufacturing engineer
System analyst
Mechanical engineer
Aerospace engineer
Consultant
Machine designer
Lecturer
Domestic engineer