B.Eng in Mechanical
Engineering
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What is Mechanical Engineering?
Mechanical engineering involves the design, development and manufacture of machinery and devices to transmit power or to convert energy from thermal to mechanical form in order to power the modern world and its machines. Its current practice has been heavily influenced by recent advances in computer hardware and software.
Mechanical Engineers use computers to formulate preliminary and final designs of systems or devices, to perform calculations that predict the behaviour of designs, and to collect and analyse performance data from system testing or operation.
Traditionally, mechanical engineers have designed and tested such devices as heating and air-conditioning systems, machine tools, internal combustion engines, and steam power plants. Today they also play primary roles in the development of new technologies in a variety of fields, such as energy conversion, solar energy utilisation, environmental control, prosthetics, transportation, manufacturing, and new materials development.
The curriculum concentrates on the classic fundamental subjects, grouped into Solid Mechanics, Thermofluids, Mechatronics, Manufacturing and Design, in order to develop theoretical principles and methods of analysis. These elements are then combined in advanced courses and electives, testing both a deeper understanding and an ability to tackle a range of engineering problems including the modern and fast changing applications such as Robotics or Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems. Humanities, Business and non-technical electives provide breadth to the studies.
The teaching methodology focuses on early independence of thought and self-reliance, encourages a sense of curiosity, and promotes computing skills as tools to aid problem solving and communication. At all stages, the learning is linked to real life applications, and provides a view of the bigger picture by including the wider economic, social, political and environmental contexts of the modern world.
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