What is Mechanical Engineering?
Mechanical Engineering is concerned with the design, development, research, evaluation, manufacture, installation, testing, operation, maintenance andmanagement of machines, mechanical and mechatronicsystems, automated systems and robotic devices, heat transfer processes, thermodynamic and combustion systems, fluid and thermal energy systems, materials and materials handling systems, manufacturing equipment and process plant.
Mechanical Engineering is applied in industry sectors such as mining; minerals processing; chemical processing; pharmaceutical; manufacturing; oil and gas; automotive; aviation; aerospace; bulk handling; communications; health; building; electrical power generation and distribution; water and waste; natural gas distribution; road transport; rail transport; shipping; shipbuilding; defence; agriculture; forestry; fishing and food processing.
