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Submitted by: Piape, Julius E., BSME-1stYEAR Leysa, Miriam May A., BSCHE-2ndYEAR Doringo, Gregorio III A., BSME-1stYEAR Obello, Leah Angelee P., ABPS-1stYEAR Cabatu, Dominador Jr G., BSME-1stYEAR

Mechanical engineering can bring more value to businesses than many realize. (Hoske; Robbins, 2010)

Students first complete basic studies, lasting four Business administration and engineering is a contemporary semesters. Then students pick a technical specialization from type of engineering and currently combines classical five available options. Within this specialization, students can mechanical engineering with economic theories and determine their individual focus from further undermodels. By studying Business Administration and specializations and electives. The variety of possible focuses, Engineering: Mechanical Engineering (B.Sc.), students unique throughout Germany, enables students to prepare acquire both engineering and economic skills. This themselves precisely for the demands in the career. (Robbins, interdisciplinary education enables students to be active in 2010) both technical and economic and interdisciplinary fields. They are predestined for work in the cross-section Working as a mechanical engineer can be a rewarding and between technology and economics. (Robbins, 2010) fulfilling experience. Mechanical engineers work to design, build and analyze motor vehicles, aircraft, heating and cooling systems, watercraft, manufacturing plants, industrial equipment and machinery, robotics, medical devices, alternative energy and more. (Hoske, 2010)

Bring more value to businesses than many realize that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems that involves the usage of heat and mechanical power for the design, operation of machines, tools and production businesses. (Ateshian, 2010)

Role of a mechanical engineer is to take a product from an To put it simply, mechanical engineering deals with anything that idea to the marketplace. In order to accomplish this, a broad moves, including the human body, a very complex machine. range of skills are needed. The mechanical engineer needs to Mechanical engineers learn about materials, solid and fluid acquire particular skills and knowledge. He/she needs to mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, control, understand the forces and the thermal environment that a instrumentation, design, and manufacturing to understand product, its parts, or its subsystems will encounter; to design mechanical systems. Specialized mechanical engineering subjects them for functionality, aesthetics, and the ability to withstand include biomechanics, cartilage-tissue engineering, energy the forces and the thermal environment they will be conversion, laser-assisted materials processing, combustion, subjected to; and to determine the best way to manufacture MEMS, micro fluidic devices, fracture mechanics, nanomechanics, them and ensure they will operate without failure. Perhaps mechanisms, micro power generation, tribology (friction and the one skill that is the mechanical engineers exclusive wear), and vibrations. The American Society of Mechanical domain is the ability to analyze and design objects and Engineers (ASME) currently lists 36 technical divisions, from systems with motion. (Ateshian, 2010) advanced energy systems and aerospace engineering to solid-waste engineering and textile engineering. (Ateshian, 2010)

Therefore, mechanical engineering applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems that involves the usage of heat and mechanical power for the design, operation of machines, tools and production businesses.