How to Use mechanical engineering in a Sentence

mechanical engineering

noun
  • Also, a photo taken that year by a mechanical engineering firm shows a crack around the edge of a beam running along the top of the room.
    Scott Glover, CNN, 3 July 2021
  • My mom was a chef, and my dad was a professor of mechanical engineering.
    Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Pribble has gone to mechanical engineering school at night and learned how to build his own devices and safely clean video and audio tape.
    Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Toomer used his mechanical engineering degree to build the world’s first upside down roller-coaster in 1974.
    Matthew Glenesk, Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The couple met at Stanford, where the bride is a Ph.D. candidate and the groom received a master’s degree in mechanical engineering.
    New York Times, 10 June 2018
  • Their areas of study range from mechanical engineering to music to pre-med.
    Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Using her training in mechanical engineering, Terry got a patent for a bike with a smaller frame and smaller front wheel.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 18 Aug. 2020
  • One night in 2010, the two mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidates at the University of Sheffield met up for a pint or two to blow off the steam that comes with the rigors of pursuing a doctorate.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
  • So Drake studied mechanical engineering and took a job right out of college at Ford as a power train engineer.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 15 June 2022
  • Katie Alcazar, her youngest sister, is on her way to graduate in the next two or three years with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering.
    Aydali Campa, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2021
  • That was enough to pay my way through a mechanical engineering degree from SMU, when tuition was only $250 per semester.
    Dallas News, 25 May 2022
  • Barber, who is studying mechanical engineering, will be the 16th woman to serve as brigade commander in the 44 years that women have been allowed to attend the Naval Academy, the school said in a statement.
    Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2020
  • At the age of 15, McCoy moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, to study mechanical engineering.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 2 May 2022
  • And it’s blessed with the Geneva Seal, a quality mark assigned to only the most exceptional feats of mechanical engineering.
    Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 1 June 2023
  • The class flies drones, developed with help from mechanical engineering students, to fly above the streetlights to measure how much light radiates upward.
    Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2021
  • With a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Bundini is well aware of the advances coming down the pipeline.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
  • But acrolein levels were high enough in some places to raise long-term health concerns, said Albert Presto, a Carnegie Mellon mechanical engineering research professor.
    John Flesher, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2023
  • To that end, Bharadwaj switched to mechanical engineering and launched Pani, which pivoted twice to arrive at its current business model.
    Nick Rockel, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Most remarkably, pages from Leonardo’s notebooks are finding their way into the hands of experts in the very fields Leonardo studied, from medicine and mechanical engineering to music.
    Claudia Kalb, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • The bride’s father is a professor of mechanical engineering at Tufts.
    New York Times, 7 July 2019
  • His plan was to study mechanical engineering, but his high school principal tried to convince him otherwise.
    al, 18 Jan. 2021
  • After high school, Lakeville North junior Tim Plante hopes to continue on to mechanical engineering.
    Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Stokes already has a degree in mechanical engineering in hand, and is currently working on a master’s.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 13 May 2022
  • Joseph Calcasola of Somers is a member of the class of 2022, majoring in mechanical engineering.
    courant.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • For Colone, a life-long passion for aviation compelled her to study mechanical engineering.
    Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 14 Mar. 2018
  • At the time, Nadia had recently switched careers from mechanical engineering to the food industry.
    Ilana Frost, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Moore and Williams were freshmen majoring in music, Shields said, while Young was a sophomore studying mechanical engineering.
    Dallas News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Burke wanted to study mechanical engineering, as Austen had.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Where most are specialized in certain disciplines or materials, the CU lab hopes to become the larger facility that tests all types of products, says Dana Carpenter, a mechanical engineering professor who leads it.
    John Frank, Axios, 9 July 2024
  • Prior to spending nearly three decades with Lamborghini, Reggiani honed his prowess in mechanical engineering with Maserati and, later, was instrumental in the resurrection of Bugatti.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 15 July 2024

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