Mechanical Engineering

专业详情

For centuries, humanity has leveraged the laws of physics and the energy provided by nature to devise machines enabling the multiplication of its force and dexterity. From a bicycle’s derailleur gears to an aircraft’s turbojet, from windfarms to surgical prosthetics, the field of mechanical engineering is vast and ever-changing.

Mechanical engineers are first and foremost concerned with designing technical products. To be able to come up with effective solutions for different fields, they not only have to possess strong skills in solid and fluid mechanics, but also in the field of heat transfer or applied physics.

This knowledge serves material engineers well for modeling the physical phenomena which they plan to use, in order to understand them better and thus be able to optimize the effectiveness of the products they wish to develop.

In addition to this theoretical command of phenomena, material engineers also need, these days more than ever, to consistently take account of the environmental impact of their work, notably through introducing the notion of the life cycle to it. They must therefore endlessly rethink the industrial processes in which they are involved, in order to introduce innovations or even revolutions in the way in which they produce, distribute, consume, and recycle.