Mechanical Engineering

Steven CastellanoMike Ortiz

Harvey VazquezJesus Villanueva

Team : DOGE 101

Professor DavidianEast Los Angeles College

January 6, 2015

Mechanical Engineering

• Mechanical engineering is the second largest and one of the oldest disciplines; broadest of all engineering disciplines.

• Mechanical engineers apply the principles of mechanics and energy to the design of machines and devices.

• Mechanical engineers in general are problem solvers

• Mechanical engineers design things that have real world applications

• Mechanical engineers have designed many products and structures that we use in our daily lives

• Mechanical engineers look for practical applications for things scientists and others discover

History • For there to be a mechanical engineer a

machine must be made.• The hand axe was the first machine built thus

the creator of the hand axe was the first Mechanical Engineer.

http://blogs.sciencemag.org/origins/WindowsLiveWriter/IsaHandaxReallyaHandax_9D37/Bifaz_de_Atapuerca_%28TG10%29_4.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_axe#mediaviewer/File:Agarre_de_un_bifaz.png

oldest documented mechanical engineers

• Ancient Greece– Archimedes– Heron of Alexandria

Archimedes

• Inventor – Water screw– Compound Pulley

• Writer – The Method of Mechanical Theorems– On the Equilibrium of Planes http://www.sciencebuddies.org/Files/4054/5/Aero_img084.jpg

Heron of Alexandria• Inventor

– Aeolipile– Vending machine– Wind powered organ

• Writer– Metrica

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria#mediaviewer/File:Aeolipile_illustration.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Heron%27s_Windwheel.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_of_Alexandria#mediaviewer/File:Hero_of_Alexandria.png

http://files.umwblogs.org/blogs.dir/2163/files/2009/04/coin_machine-217x300.jpg

Henry Ford

Wright Brothers

Wages

Potential Positions

•Analytical engineer •Design engineer •Test engineer •Manufacturing engineer •Development engineer •Research engineer •Sales engineer•Engineering manager•Consulting engineer

Analytical Engineer

• Supervise production in factories and elsewhere.

• Determine the causes of a process failure.• Test output to maintain quality. • They also estimate the time and cost required

to complete projects. (cost effective analysis)

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