Transcript Welcome Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

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Welcome
First Year Orientation for Mechanical
and Materials Engineering (MME)
Tue, February 1, 2011
A.M. Birk – Head
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What is MME ?
• MME uses principles of mathematics, materials,
graphics, physics and economics to conceive, design,
develop, manufacture, operate and maintain processes
and devices that benefit society.
• MME is the broadest of the engineering disciplines, and
is present in every sector (industry, transportation,
education, health care, government).
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Is MME for you?
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Are you interested in how things work?
Are you interested in how things are made?
Would you like to invent something?
Would you like to run your own company or consulting
firm one day?
• Would you like to have an impact on how the world
produces and uses energy to do useful things?
• Would you like to help make the world a better place for
everyone?
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Where do you want to work?
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Energy (Fossil Fuel, Nuclear, Solar, Geothermal, Wind ….)
Environment (bio-fuels, bio-resources, bio-remediation)
Design and Manufacturing (toys to rocket engines)
Construction (building systems, tunnels, …)
Transportation (land, sea, air and space)
Health and Medicine (biomechanical, biomedical)
Military (from jet pilots to ships engineers)
Chemical process, Oil and gas exploration and production,
pipelines, …
– Consulting (all of the above …)
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Other Careers ?
• MME Degree can be foundation for just about any
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Engineering
Architecture
Education
Business
Law
Medicine, Dentistry …
• whatever you want to do, MME can help you get there.
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The Program
• Designed to give you a solid foundation in MME
• Designed to be flexible if you are not yet
committed to a specialty.
• Can Choose from three options
– General MME (ME1)
– Materials (ME2) (more … room 306 at 7:30, 7:50 )
– Biomechanical (ME3) (more … room 315 at 7:30,
7:50)
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The Program
• Common 2nd and mostly in 3rd year, electives and team
design project in 4th year
• General Option ME1, concentrations in:
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Aerospace Engineering
Energy and Fluid Systems
Manufacturing Engineering
Mechatronics/Robotics Engineering
• Materials Option ME2 in years 3 and 4
• Biomechanical Option ME3 in years 3 and 4
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Learning Experience
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Theory (lectures) + practice (labs)
Technical + Communication
Hands on -- Lab and project based
Work alone and in teams, just like in the
real world
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ME1 General Option
• Gives you the basics and then some…
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Math and numerical methods, computing
Thermodynamics, fluids and heat transfer
Solid mechanics and dynamics
Graphical, written and verbal communication
Material Properties
Electronics, Mechatronics
Design and Manufacturing
Project Management
• Wide range of technical electives so you can try
out some specialty fields
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Materials Option ME2
(2 courses in 3rd year, 3 from 6 courses in 4th year)
• Development of improved and
new materials
• Production, use and
characterization of
manufactured materials
• Investigate fractures, fatigue
failures, corrosion and radiation
damage
• Metallic, plastic and ceramic
materials
• No device without materials!
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dramatic dimensional change in stainless steel due
to exposure in a nuclear reactor (MECH 483)
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Biomechanical Option ME3
• Get a degree in
mechanical engineering
with “biomechanical
engineering option” stated
on the transcript
• Human Mobility Research
Centre (HMRC)
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materials option (2 courses
in 3rd year, 3 from 6
courses in 4th year)
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Advice for choosing a Discipline ?
• Select the discipline that will hold your
interest for the next 3 years.
• Choice of discipline influences the first job
placement – after that you can usually pick
your path. – to management, technical
specialty, … your own business.
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Want to be a specialist?
• Start thinking about graduate school.
– You get paid to be a grad student.
– MSc degree is the entry level degree for some
fields.
– May need an MSc one day to be a P.Eng.
• Talk to Professors.
• Look into scholarships.
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Facilities
• Main building is McLaughlin Hall
• Materials in Nicol Hall (recently
renovated).
• Biomechanical in Hospital (HMRC)
• Undergrad labs in Jackson Hall and the
ILC.
• New building for MME to be
constructed behind the ILC by 2013
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Queen’s mechanical has 540 students (180/year). Class size of
less than 60 students in some technical electives and the ME2 and
ME3 options.
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Hands-on facilities and activities in Queen’s MME
Machine shop in MECH 213
Servomotors in MECH 350
Wind Tunnel in MECH 399
Design and Build MECH 460/462
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Student Led Design Team Projects in Queen’s MME
Autonomous Sailboat
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Formula SAE
Aerodesign
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Questions ?
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