Mechanical Engineering (from Wikipedia -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Engineering)
Mechanical engineering is the application of physical principles to the creation of useful reality for machine design. Such solid models may be used as the basis for finite element analysis (FEA) and / or computational fluid dynamics (CFD) of the design. Through the application of computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), the models may also be used directly by software to create "instructions" for the manufacture of objects represented by the models, through computer numerically-controlled (CNC) machining or other automated processes, without the need for intermediate drawings.
Fundamental subjects of mechanical engineering include: dynamics, statics, strength of materials, heat transfer, fluid dynamics, solid mechanics, control theory, pneumatics, hydraulics, mechatronics, kinematics, and applied thermodynamics. Mechanical engineers are also expected to understand and be able to apply concepts from the chemistry and electrical engineering fields. At the smallest scales, mechanical engineering becomes molecular engineering - one speculative goal of which is to create a molecular assembler to build molecules and materials via mechanosynthesis. For now this goal remains within exploratory engineering, and some consider it science fiction.
History of Mechanical Engineering
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME -
www.asme.org)
Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, today's ASME is a 120,000-member professional organization focused on technical, educational and research issues of the engineering and technology community. ASME conducts one of the world's largest technical publishing operations, holds numerous technical conferences worldwide, and offers hundreds of professional development courses each year. ASME sets internationally recognized industrial and manufacturing codes and standards that enhance public safety.
Within ASME there are 37 Technical Divisions and Subdivisions with the collective responsibility of advancing the science and practice of mechanical engineering. These groups span a vast array of disciplines, technologies and industries:
| Advanced Energy Systems | Aerospace |
| Applied Mechanics | Bioengineering |
| Computers & Information in Engineering | Design Engineering |
| Dynamic Systems & Control | Electronic & Photonic Packaging |
| Environmental Engineering | Fluids Engineering |
| Fluid Power Systems & Technology | Heat Transfer |
| Information Storage & Processing Systems | Internal Combustion Engine |
| International Gas Turbine Institute | Management |
| Manufacturing Engineering | Materials |
| Materials Handling Engineering | Microelectromechanical Systems Subdivision |
| Noise Control & Acoustics | NonDestructive Evaluation Engineering |
| Nuclear Engineering | Ocean, Offshore & Arctic Engineering |
| Petroleum | Pipeline Systems Division |
| Plant Engineering & Maintenance | Power |
| Pressure Vessels & Piping | Process Industries |
| Rail Transportation | Safety Engineering & Risk Analysis |
| Solar Energy | Solid Waste Processing |
| Technology & Society | Textile Engineering |
| Tribology |
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE Internaltional - www.sae.org)
Automotive Engineering is essentially the engineering discipline concerned with tranportation vehicles, such as cars, trucks and buses, by may include other vehicles such as construction equipment, military vehicles and aircraft.
The Society of Automotive Engineers has more than 84,000 members - engineers, business executives, educators, and students from more than 97 countries - who share information and exchange ideas for advancing the engineering of mobility systems. SAE is your one-stop resource for standards development, events, and technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA - www.aiaa.org)
"In 1963, the two great aerospace societies of the day merged. The American Rocket Society and the Institute of Aerospace Science* joined to become AIAA. Both brought long and eventful histories to the relationship – histories that stretched back to 1930 and 1932 respectively, a time when rocketry was the stuff of science fiction and the aviation business was still in its infancy.
Each society left its distinct mark on AIAA. The merger combined the imaginative, risk-taking, shoot-for-the-moon outlook of Project Mercury-era rocket, missile, and space professionals with the more established, well-recognized, industry-building achievers of the aviation community. The resulting synergy has benefited aerospace ever since.
Today, with more than 31,000 members, AIAA is the world's largest professional society devoted to the progress of engineering and science in aviation, space, and defense. The Institute continues to be the principal voice, information resource, and publisher for aerospace engineers, scientists, managers, policymakers, students, and educators. AIAA is also the go-to resource for stimulating professional accomplishment and standards-driven excellence in all areas of aerospace for prominent corporations and government organizations worldwide." - AIAA
Affiliate Organizations
- Performance Review Institute
- SAE Foundation
- SAE BRASIL
- SAE INDIA
- SAE UK
AIAA TECHNICAL COMMITTEES( http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=192 )
AEROSPACE SCIENCES
Aeroacoustics Technical Committee
Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technical Committee
Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Technical Committee
Aerospace Sciences Group
Applied Aerodynamics Technical Committee
Astrodynamics Technical Committee
Atmospheric and Space Environments Technical Committee
Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Technical Committee
Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee
Guidance, Navigation & Control Technical Committee
Plasmadynamics & Lasers Technical Committee
Thermophysics Technical Committee
AIRCRAFT AND AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
Air Transportation Systems Technical Committee
Aircraft Design Technical Committee
Aircraft Operations Technical Committee
Balloon Systems Technical Committee
Flight Testing Technical Committee
General Aviation Systems Technical Committee
Lighter-than-Air Systems Technical Committee
Product Support Technical Committee
V/STOL Aircraft Systems Technical Committee
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT
Economics Technical Committee
History Technical Committee
Legal Aspects Aero & Astro Technical Committee
Management Technical Committee
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Technical Committee
Society & Aerospace Tech Technical Committee
Systems Engineering Technical Committee
Technical Information Technical Committee
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Communications Systems Technical Committee
Computer Systems Technical Committee
Digital Avionics Technical Committee
Information and Command & Control Systems Technical Committee
Intelligent Systems Technical Committee
Sensor Systems Technical Committee
Software Systems Technical Committee
PROPULSION & ENERGY
Aerospace Power Systems Technical Committee
Air Breathing Propulsion Technical Committee
Electric Propulsion Technical Committee
Energetic Components & Systems Technical Committee
Hybrid Rockets Technical Committee
Liquid Propulsion Technical Committee
Nuclear & Future Flight Propulsion Technical Committee
Propellants & Combustion Technical Committee
Propulsion and Energy Group
Solid Rockets Technical Committee
Terrestrial Energy Systems Technical Committee
SPACE & MISSILES
Life Sciences & Systems Technical Committee
Microgravity & Space Processes
Missile Systems Technical Committee
Space & Missiles Group
Space Automation & Robotics Technical Committee
Space Colonization Technical Committee
Space Logistics Technical Committee
Space Operations & Support Technical Committee
Space Systems Technical Committee
Space Tethers Technical Committee
Space Transportation Technical Committee
Weapon System Effectiveness Technical Committee
STRUCTURES, DESIGN & TEST
Adaptive Structures Technical Committee
Computer-Aided Enterprise Solutions Technical Committee
Design Engineering Technical Committee
Ground Testing Technical Committee
Materials Technical Committee
Meshing, Visualization, and Computational Environments Technical Committee
Modeling & Simulation Technical Committee
Structural Dynamics Technical Committee
Structures Technical Committee
Survivability Technical Committee
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