SCOPE OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Mechanical engineering is a stream of engineering which deals with design

and manufacturing.. This is the largest and oldest branch of the engineering
profession. Mechanical engineers have always been needed as essential staff in
various industries of both public and private sector. It involves applications of all
streams of engineering like Civil engineering(mechanics), computer
engineering(CAD,CAM,CAE), electronics engineering(mechatronics). As the
Industrial sector has drastically risen in pace, the need for more mechanical
engineers has increased exponentially. So, it is rightly called a EVERGREEN
BRANCH.

The fundamental subjects of mechanical engineering

usually include:
 Statics and dynamics
 Strength of materials and solid mechanics
 Instrumentation and measurement
 Thermodynamics, heat transfer, energy conversion
 Fluid mechanics and fluid dynamics
 Mechanism design (including kinematics and dynamics)
 Manufacturing technology or processes
 Hydraulics and pneumatics
 Mathematics - in particular, calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra.
 Engineering design
 Mechatronics and control theory
 Material Engineering
 Drafting, CAD (including solid modeling), and CAM

Career Scope and Placement Prospects:

There is a wide scope for mechanical engineering worldwide.mechanical
engineers are the second highest employed engineers among all others and it
provides a solid foundation for professional engineering practice.
It has a tremendous scope in automobile engineering, Design sector , cement
industry, steel, power sector, Oil and Gas production companies, Hydraulics,
Manufacturing plants, Drilling and mining Industry, Chemical industries, Petroleum,
Aeronautical field, information technology, Biotechnology, Robotic inspection
systems, Cyrogenic technology for material treatment, Laser material processing and
above all the booming construction field always waiting on for mechanical engineers
with lucrative pays and packages. With its wide scope of application, mechanical
engineers remain always in demand, no matter which part of the world. You can also
find job very easily in the following public sector industries such as Indian Railways,
Indian Air force (Technical), Indian Army, Thermal power corporations etc…

 Shamanth.S.H.
Mechanical engineering
NDIET,Bangalore