What is Mechanical Engineering?

Finding creative solutions to difficult problems! Perhaps the broadest of all the engineering disciplines. Working with motion, energy, forces, and materials. Concerned with analysis, design, manufacture and operation of areas such as: EnergyDefense Environment Health & Bio Manufacturing Transportation Mechanical Engineering Is… SourceL:

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 Mechanical Engineering? “Scientists discover the world that exists; engineers create the world that never was.” -Theodore Von Karman

Design –Product Design –Machine Design –System Design Manufacturing, Process Development & Quality Maintenance and Operations Research and Development Project Management Testing Sales or Technical Sales Management What type of jobs do ME’s have?

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, heat exchangers, 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 methods – fuel 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?

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?

Mechanical Engineering Major 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

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 ME’s? 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

Our 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 Tractor Corporation Aerospace & Defense NASA, 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 Business Ernst & Young LLP, Bank of America, CarMax, Deloitte and Touche Automation and Robotics Innotec 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

Alumni Profile Shannon BSME from GT in December, 2007 NAVSEA at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, VA Recent Job Assignments Spent 3 weeks on the USS Ronald Reagan installing and modifying their hydraulic systems 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 was stuck 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.

Alumni Profile Orion, BSME and BSPHYS Graduated December, 2007 College Knowledge: Provides Tutoring Services to K-12 Students –Started his own company, College Knowledge, while at Georgia Tech –Won GT’s 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

Alumni Profile Josh Graduated Summer 2005 Bell Helicopter in Texas Job Description Airframe designer for Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter; Designs the fuselage, tailboom, and landing 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 solve engineering 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 the helicopter.

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 junior year. 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 Stanford with a 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 don’t 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 studying something 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 GT I 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 and remodels under stress & change.