Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
What is Mechanical Engineering?
When you think about it, virtually everything around you was either designed, developed,
produced or delivered by an engineer. To be sure, engineering is an extremely important
profession. Mechanical engineers constitute approximately one fourth of all engineers
in the United States and represent probably the largest field of engineering. Mechanical
Engineering is an extremely broad discipline and a precise definition is difficult
to construct. It may be more helpful to consider instead what mechanical engineers
do. But before doing so, it should be borne in mind that the diversity of the field
is a strength in at least two respects. First, mechanical engineers have the capability
and the perspective to address broad problems. In addition, mechanical engineering
employment is relatively insensitive to downturns in specific industries since other
fields that require mechanical engineers are not in a slump.