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Sunday, December 26, 2010

Introduction

Mechanical Engineering is arguably the oldest  engineering discipline, and definitely the most versatile. Having direct contribution to almost every branch of industry, mechanical engineering provides the launching platform for engineering fields such as manufacturing automobiles, aerospace and aeronautics, power generation, and oil exploration and drilling. Even apparently unrelated areas such as biomedical and genetic engineering, chemical and process engineering, dam and reservoir engineering have manifest applications for mechanical engineering. Here in this topic of "mechanical engineeringintroduction" we cannot cover all the aspects of mechanical engineering rather it's just an introduction because mechanical engineering is used in every field of industry.

A word about Mechanical engineering - Mother of Engineering:

Mechanical Engineering, termed as the "Mother of Engineering", is arguably the oldest engineering discipline, and definitely the most versatile. Having directcontributions to almost every branch of industry, mechanical engineeringprovides the launching platform for engineering fields such as manufacturing, automobiles, aerospace and aeronautics, power generation, and oil exploration and drilling. Even apparently unrelated areas such as biomedical and genetic engineering, chemical and process engineering, dam and reservoir engineering have manifest applications for mechanical engineering.

What Are mechanical engineers? What mechanical engineers do? mechanical engineer design and develop everything you think of as a machine - from supersonic fighter jets to bicycles to toastors and they influence the design of other products as well - shoes, light bulbs and even doors. Many mechanical engineers specialize in areas such as manufacturing, robotics, automotive/transportation and air conditioning. Others cross over into other disciplines, working on everything from artificial organs to the expanding field of nanotechnology. And some use their mechanical engineering degree as preparation for the practice of medicine and law. The mechanical engineer may design a component, a machine, a system or a process. Mechanical engineerswill analyze their design using the principles of motion, energy, and force to the product functions safely, efficiently, reliably, and can be manufactured at a competitive cost.

Mechanical engineers work in the automotive, aerospace, chemical, computer, communication, paper, and power generation industries. Mechanical engineerswill be found in virtually any manufacturing industry. Increasingly, mechanical engineers are needed in the environmental and bio-medical fields. Indeed virtually every product or service in modern life has probably been touched in some way by a mechanical engineer.