The Mechanical Engineering Curriculum provides students interested in a career in product development with an emphasis on machine design that builds off of the fundamentals in Math, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering Mechanics (Statics, Dynamics, and Mechanics of Materials), and Thermodynamics.
Mechanical Engineering Skills Defined:
Mechanical Engineering skills are the skills needed by those in this profession to effectively and productively perform their job duties. These skills include both hard and soft skills or skills that are learned in school, training, or on the job as well as skills that come innately to individuals.
Type of Mechanical Skills:
Problem-Solving:
Mechanical Engineers must be strong analytical thinkers capable of solving problems raised by clients or their employers.
➨ Analyze the Test Result.
➨ Develop design calculations.
➨ Identify potential design improvements.
➨ Research materials for future design opportunities and usage.
➨ Work to improve and maintain existing products.
Creativity :
Mechanical Engineering includes the development and design of items ranging from batteries to electric generators to medical devices. Inventing new items requires a huge amount of creativity, as does figuring out how to finish tasks under tight deadlines.
➨ Work in 2D and 3D.
➨ Develop new tools and systems to enhance production.
➨ Convert basic design information and requirements into working drawings.
➨ Draft standards and geometric, dimension, & tolerance (GD&T) specifications.
➨ Products & Prepare designs and estimates.
Communication and Leadership:
A leader is someone who inspires positive, incremental change by empowering those around them to work toward common objectives. A leader’s most powerful tool for doing so is communication. Mechanical engineers create products for a consumer.
➨ Clearly explain design ideas.
➨ Manage and monitor each stage of a project.
➨ Read and interpret drawings and specifications.
➨ Write and maintain operating procedures and standards.
➨ Read and interpret drawings and specifications.
Computer and Math Skills:
Mechanical Engineers often need to use principles of calculus, statistics, and advanced mathematics to solve engineering problems. Mastery of math skills often helps them avoid costly rework that may stem from miscalculations. They also use math when preparing cost estimates for product design improvements.
➨ Created and Manufactured drawings and CAD designs for many complex experiments.
➨ Use software to design at the level of industry and government standards.
➨ Used Math skills to reduce the error code from 0.05% to 0 %.
➨ Presented final product designs to managers and clients.
Workstations can be used in Manufacturing, Design, and Architecture sectors, and in constructing many different applications to improve their performance, and reliability and also used when there is higher data processing is required which is not done by normal PCs.