mechanical engineering
noun
: a branch of engineering concerned primarily with the industrial application of mechanics and with the production of tools, machinery, and their products
mechanical engineer
noun
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Scaling Up Carbon Capture Efforts According to Kripa Varanasi, a professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, these results demonstrate that the technology works even when increasing the electrode size to be 10 times larger.
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IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2024
Newsweek spoke to drone specialist Vijay Kumar, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, about how an ordinary person could spot the difference between a plane and a drone.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Kathryn Lampo is studying mechanical engineering at Columbia University.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Outside the auditorium at Carnegie Mellon, Rodrigo Lopez, a registered independent from Florida, was finishing up homework for his mechanical engineering class.
—Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2024
Newsweek spoke to drone specialist Vijay Kumar, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, about how an ordinary person could spot the difference between a plane and a drone.
—Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
Kathryn Lampo is studying mechanical engineering at Columbia University.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Outside the auditorium at Carnegie Mellon, Rodrigo Lopez, a registered independent from Florida, was finishing up homework for his mechanical engineering class.
—Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Mechanical engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mechanical%20engineering. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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