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What is Mechanical

Engineering?


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Finding creative solutions to difficult

problems! Perhaps the broadest of all the engineering

disciplines.

Working with motion, energy, forces, andmaterials.

Concerned with analysis, design,manufacture and operation of areas such

as:Energy Defense

Environment Health & Bio

Manufacturing Transportation

Mechanical Engineering Is

SourceL: http://www.discoverengineering.org/Engineers/mech_engineering.asp


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Almost every industry needs mechanical

engineers.

The curriculum is sufficiently broad so

students can take various career paths

upon graduation.

You might find the subject both exciting

and challenging.

Why MechanicalEngineering?

Scientists discover the world that

exists; engineers create the world that

never was.

-Theodore Von Karman


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Design (Product, Machine and System Design) Machines that manufacture and package all varieties of products

Rotating equipment - pumps, compressors, blowers, turbomachinery Internal combustion engines

Storage tanks, piping systems and pressure vessels - reactors, heatexchangers, boilers

Sports equipment, consumer goods and products (everything from golf

balls to soda cans to roller coasters) Material handling equipment - conveyers, robots, production lines

Vehicles - cars, trucks, heavy equipment, buses, aircraft, ships

Electric power generation equipment

Oil well drilling and extraction equipment

Energy methodsfuel cells, wind power, hydroelectric, nuclear,geothermal, wind power, biomass, hydrogen, solar

Analysis Equipment failures to improve performance and reliability

Heat transfer, vibration, sound

What can Mechanical Engineers do?


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Fabrication Coordinate fabrication of equipment

Develop improved fabrication techniques and methods Testing

Test quality, performance, safety, and reliability of products, equipment,processes

Research and Development

Sales Work as technical salespersons for companies that manufacture various

products and equipment

Work as a general salesperson for companies

Maintenance and Operations

Keep various plants and processes operating at optimum performance Operations supervision and management

Other Medical School, Law School, Business School, etc.

Management

What can Mechanical Engineers do?


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Mechanical EngineeringMajor Areas of Research

Acoustics and Dynamics Automation and Mechatronics

Bioengineering

Computer Aided Design

Fluid Mechanics

Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Heat

Transfer, Combustion and Energy Systems

Manufacturing Mechanics of Materials

Tribology

Nuclear Engineering


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Automotive & OEM Suppliers

Construction Equipment

Construction Companies

Ship & Railroad Companies

Airplane Manufacturing

Power Generation

Nuclear

Alternative Fuel

Energy

Utility Companies

Oil and Gas Companies

Chemical Companies Environmental

Pharmaceutical & Health Care

Biomedical

Sports Equipment Mfg.

Computer-Aided Design

What Industries Hire MEs?

Automation

Robotics

Electronics Industries

Appliance Manufacturers

HVAC & Refrigeration

Toy Manufacturing

Furniture Manufacturing Paper Industry

Food & Beverage Industry

Telecommunications

Amusement Parks

National Labs Aeronautical (NASA, etc.)

Government Agencies

Academia (Teaching)

Financial Companies

Consulting Companies


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Our 2007-2008 Graduates Are At: Automotive:

Ford, General Motors, Toyota, BMW,Honda, Elan Motorsports Tech.

Energy, Oil, Gas:BP, BP Exploration (Alaska), Citgo,Schlumberger, Southern Company,Georgia Power, General Electric, Shell,Suez Energy North America

Commercial & Consumer Products:Cooper Industries, General Mills, Clorox

Company, International Paper, Procter &Gamble, Snap-On, National Instruments,Patterson Pumps

Construction Equipment:John Deere, Caterpillar, Kubota TractorCorporation

Aerospace & DefenseNASA, Bell Helicopter, Lockheed Martin,Gulfstream Aerospace Corp, Rolls Royce,Northrop Grumman, Harris Corp,NAVSEA/Norfolk Naval Shipyard,Advanced Armament Corp, NAVAIR

Military:Air Force, Navy, Marines, Army

BusinessErnst & Young LLP, Bank of America,

CarMax, Deloitte and Touche

Automation and RoboticsInnotec Automation, Rockwell

Automation, Advanced Automation,

Factory Automation

Engineering Services & Consulting:Dean Oliver International, McKenney's

Mechanical Contractors & Engineers,Patterson & Dewar, Babcock & Wilcox,

Jordan & Skala Engineers Inc, O'Brien &

Gere, Turner Construction, Slingshot

Product Development

HVAC

Trane, Underwood Air Systems, Carrier -Division of United Technologies

Chemicals:Air Products, Air Liquide, Eastman

Chemical Company

Environmental:Enercon Services Inc


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Alumni Profile Shannon

BSME from GT in December, 2007

NAVSEA at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard inPortsmouth, VA

Recent Job Assignments

Spent 3 weeks on the USS Ronald Reagan

installing and modifying their hydraulicsystems

Worked with a ship in Guam about se-

curing their crane while it was in repair

Worked with a ship had an elevator that

came out of the tracks and the elevator wasstuck a few stories up

Job Description Works on hydraulics and auxiliary machinery on aircraft

carriers and amphibious assault ships.

Machinery includes: aircraft elevators, weapons elevators,

catapults, arresting gear, conveyor belts, the anchor

windlass, and steering mechanisms.


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Alumni Profile Orion, BSME and BSPHYS

Graduated December, 2007

College Knowledge: Provides TutoringServices to K-12 Students

Started his own company, College Knowledge,

while at Georgia Tech

Won GTs Ferst Leadership & Entrepreneur Scholarship Award Activities at Georgia Tech

Directed 3 movies for Campus Fest

Astronomy Club Treasurer

Worked as a tutor for OMED

Participated in Oxford Study Abroad Did ME undergraduate research

Worked for GTRI

Involved in ASME

Had summer internship in Canada designing an acoustics tool for a

professor at UGA in the EAS department President of ORGT (Outdoor Recreation at GT)

Future Plans

Starting his MSME at

Stanford University in Fall

2008

Plans to study

microscopic properties of

renewable energy devices

like fuel cells and solar

cells


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Alumni Profile Josh

Graduated Summer 2005

Bell Helicopter in Texas

Job Description Airframe designer for Armed

Reconnaissance Helicopter;

Designs the fuselage, tailboom, andlanding gear.

Use 3D CAD software (CATIA) to build

3D models of helicopter parts.

Specializes in a variety of parts

including: carbon fiber, fiberglass, sheet

metal, castings, forgings, and machined.

Best Parts of Job

Using creativity to solveengineering problems.

I have a lot of control on helicopter

functionality, maintainability, and

aesthetics.

It is very rewarding to see the parts

I design being installed on thehelicopter.


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Activities at Georgia Tech

Woodruff School Student Advisory Board

(President)

Freshman Activities Board

GT Swimming and Diving

Search Committee to find new ME School

Chair

ME School Undergraduate Curriculum

Committee.

Won a school spirit scholarship in my junioryear.

I would like to stress that I got involved in

my major more than the school (like school-

wide spirit organizations) and that that

worked out best for me.

Alumni Profile Alison, BSME Summer 2008

Currently at Grad School at Stanford

Future Goals MSME @ Stanford witha focus in Biomechanics.

I want to invent a medical device

and start a company.

However, I plan to work with a

medical device company first.

Advice to Students You dont have to know what you want to do

with the rest of your life when you're 17!

Look into all your options and start out studyingsomething as broad as you can (for example, I

liked science and math and chose ME).

If you want/need advice on a career choice,

don't be afraid to ask someone to talk about

what they do! You'll be surprised to see how

nice people are if you are kind in return.

Undergraduate Research at GTI worked in a tissue engineering research lab on working

towards building an artificial blood vessel that could be

implemented into the human body. The first part was to

understand the tissues that already exist in the body (in

particular, collagen) and how the tissue grows andremodels under stress & change.

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