Mechanical Engineering

Carson Faatz
Isaac Gordon
Rory Mellis
Anselmo Pelayo
Samantha Sany
Industries served by Mechanical Engineers
● Vehicle Engineering
○ Aerospace Engineering
■ Either Aeronautical or Astronautical
■ Deals with designing aircrafts or any airborne objects, propulsion systems, and
studying aerodynamics
○ Automotive Engineering
■ Make sure that vehicles that drive on roads are safe and designed to be most
efficient
○ Marine Engineering
■ Deals with the design, development, production, and
maintenance of components regarding sea vessels
Industries served by Mechanical Engineers
● Manufacturing Engineering
○ Figuring out what materials make the manufacturing process the easiest and most
efficient while maintaining quality
● Power Plant Engineering
○ Study of energy and how it is generated and distributed
● Biomedical Engineering
○ Applying engineering and design concepts to medicine and biology in order to further
developments in healthcare
● Others:
○ Acoustical, Combustion, Industrial Engineering
○ Nanotechnology and Mechatronics
 Common Job Titles and Descriptions
● Cad Technician
○ Uses Cad to create precise blueprints and sketches for the engineering, construction,
and manufacturing industries
● Maintenance Engineer
○ Utilizes computer software to manage the state of machinery and orders necessary
maintenance and fixes
● Automotive Engineer
○ Designs models for a wide range of vehicles ranging from ordinary cars to construction
or farming equipment
● Nuclear Engineer
○ Takes part in design process, construction, and maintenance
of a nuclear power plant
The Current Job Market and Salary Averages
● Mechanical Engineers can work on a wide variety of assignments and in a multitude of
engineering industries
● “Employment of mechanical engineers is projected to grow 9 percent from 2016 to
2026”(Bureau of Labor Stats)
● “According to the BLS, mechanical engineers earned a median salary of $84,190 in
2016.”(BLS)
A Major Development in the Past 5 Years
● Automatic control systems of high-precision
welding rigs
● Enable granular control over all variables,
such as speed, radiation density,
atmospheric accommodation, etc.
● Use a 4-Quadrant Photo Detector for
placement, and a system of equations for
decoding curvature ratios
● Allow welds to be completed much more
quickly and at a higher quality
Professional Societies Related to the Degree
● American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
○ 110,000 members, 30,000 student members
○ Advocates for policies and legislation
○ Fundraising and philanthropy
● International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP)
○ 170 corporate members from 30 countries
○ Focus groups for certain specializations (Life Cycle, Cutting, Design, etc.)
○ Publications for field-related developments
● Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
○ Provides education initiatives and funding for advancement of engineering
Professional Societies Related to the Degree
● Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
○ Innovating transportation technology
○ Self-driving transportation
○ Aircraft automation
○ Satellite propulsion
● Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
○ Focuses on fabrication, machining, and automation
○ Quality control
○ Materials analysis
○ Equipment manufacturing
Typical Coursework for a Bachelor’s Degree
Typical Coursework for a Bachelor’s Degree
Things We Learned About the Discipline
● Learned that the field is still growing and changing even today
● There are multiple different professional societies catering to different groups
and specializations
● There is a great variety of branches within the discipline, allowing for a large
amount of opportunity
● There are many complicated obstacles to get through in the engineering field
but in the end, the results will pay off
● Mechanical is vital in any design process, so it will always be a useful skill set
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