Department of Mechanical Engineering

"Why  study Mechanical & Mechatronics  Engineering?"

Mechanical engineering is the discipline of using energy, force, and motion to enhance quality of life. Mechanical engineering involves diverse expertise such as designing machines and mechanical devices, power generation and energy conversion, heat and fluid flow, manufacturing processes and systems, and processing of materials. Employment prospective may include construction, oil and gas, petrochemical industry, HVAC, electronic devices, biomedical prostheses, nuclear power, aerospace technology, industrial automation, and others.

The ME department, established in 2005, offers two undergraduate degrees: the Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Students normally in groups of three are supervised to work on a project accounting for three credits, which extends over a full academic year.  The project aims to provide students with a transitional experience from the academic world to the professional world.  It is designed to serve as a platform in which mechanical engineering students in teams engage in a comprehensive, integrative, meaningful design experience requiring the solution of open-ended problems that draw from knowledge acquired in the lead-up courses to better prepare them to enter the real world of Engineering practice.