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Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2005 10:02 am Post subject: WHAT IS A MECHANICAL ENGINEER? |
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Mechanical engineers are professionals who are concerned with transforming energy and material into useful products and work. They deal with mechanical design, energy conversion, the environment, fuel and combustion processes, rail transportation, automatic controls, product safety and reliability, solar energy, and technological impacts on society.
Mechanical engineers study the behavior of materials when forces are applied to them, such as the motion of solids, liquids, and gases, and the heating and cooling of objects and machines. Using these basic building blocks, mechanical engineers design space vehicles, computers, power plants, intelligent machines and robots, automobiles, airplanes, gas turbines and alternative energy systems.
Mechanical engineers work on jet engine design, submarines, cars, textiles and new materials, medical and hospital equipment, and home appliances. Anything that is mechanical or must interact with another machine or human being is within the scope of the mechanical engineer. |
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