what is the future of mechanical engineering in usa and world? or one can find better in software & management
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Mechanical engineering will be huge relative to energy efficiency.  There are already too many MBAs in the world and the rest of the world will supply cheap software support for the next several generations.
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There a few a sources for guidance for Projects in Mechanical engineering.\n\nMechanical engineering societies offer assistance to engineering students.\n\nIf you are in College, the guidance department will have a list of Alumni who provide the Free Guidance service.\n\nI have attached a reference site:\n\nhttp://www.murdough.ttu.edu/TBPE/StudentBrochure.pdf\n\nGood Luck and regards.
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Mechanical Engineering as a field involves all mechanical systems -- pumps and compressors, plumbing and piping, motors and engines, fans and air conditioning, anything that moves or exerts forces or performs work.  However, if you were to pursue a mechanical engineering degree, you would be involved in the design side of things -- worrying about temperatures, pressures, tensile stress, corrosion and wear, etc. from the viewpoint of the drafting table.  ME technology, on the other hand, deals with the... uh, nuts and bolts?  It's a more direct study of how things work, on maintenance and troubleshooting.  Rather than being called a mechanical engineer, you would be a mechanical technician, someone who actually touches equipment on a daily basis rather than just #2 pencils and gum erasers.  Machinery techs come in all shapes and sizes, depending on the areas you'd like to specialize in: there are air conditioning and HVAC techs, mechanical techs who work on compressors and vacuum pumps, or those who install and repair plumbing and hydraulic systems for large structures (as opposed to your average residential plumbing guy).  There are also machine tool operators who operate lathes and mills to fabricate parts.
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Mechanical engineering has been used to design many machines for the planting, growing and harvesting of food crops, animal protein processing, food processing, and food packaging. There are special considerations when designing such machines since the machines must be easy to clean.
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Now that's a wide open question.\n\nI'd build a robot and do some programming.  Robots are great for mechanicals.  Of course I'm an experienced (ahem older) engineer who just wants an excuse to but a bunch of lego mindstorms and program them too.  Yes lego has a website mindstorms.lego.com  (put that on your christmas wish list)\n\nBreaking things is fun and goes with material strengths classes.  Freeze it - break it - heat it break it. etc.  make friend with a professor in the lab so you can play there
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Not many jobs in the US for software people these days.  They are all being done in India now.
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First of all ur area of interest is most important. Computer and electronics field require highly analytical brain, where as mechanical requires innovative brain.\n                           Although in terms of opportunity and growth I'll rank different stream as:\n1. Computer Science\n2.Electrical and Electronics\n3.Mechanical(including production, industrial, aerospace etc)\n4.Chemical\n5.Civil
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Dont worry. As this world industrialzes and modernizes further the cultures that value education and knowlege will prosper. Those that do not will falter. Keep in mind we are on the cusp of two important revolutions; information sharing and energy. America and other developed countries have a lot to gain by improving the way people communicate and how we heat our houses, power our cars and travel around the world. We have only just begun to use science to improve our world. The things we will do in the future will make todays technology seem like the dark ages. So, dont be so fearful of the future. We have only just begun.
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Hello. \nI'm an Materials Engineering undergraduate from the University of Moratuwa (Sri Lanka) and this is from my experience.\n\nThere's is no 'best' field in engineering. Civil and Mechanical Engineering are equally good fields. And both these fields have a very broad view. If you happen to be a Civil or Mechanical Engineer you'll be able to apply your knowledge in just about everywhere. \n\nIf you are into structures, (designing & constructing houses, bridges, skyscrapers) or if you like coastal engineering or transportation then Civil Engineering is for you.\n\nFor civil engineering you should have a keen sense of Force balance which you've probably done in school and a insight into how structural componants are balanced and held together. \n\n\nMechanical Engineering, is more into designing machines and their componants. You'll get to learn the basics of today's machine componants ranging from simple nuts and bolts to more complex valves and engines. \n\nMechanical Engineering is further specialized into areas such as Mechatronics, Aerodynamics Engineering etc. The new trend in Mechanical Engineering (as with any other field) is computer software. Software like Solidworks, pro-engineer, and Autocad have really made the designing part easy for the engineer.  \n\nHope this helps.
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Rollercoasters are more in the Mechanical Engineer's realm.  Robots are a joint effort between ME's and EE's, usually with the help of a programmer.
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youll find that mechanical engineers work with materials, and how they work, hold together, take heat transfer, handle vibration... etc.\n\nthere is no real job description.  i have seen friends graduate who get jobs as a drafter for the DOT, start there own companies making decontaminators of hazardous gas with military contracts...   its a job with understanding how materials work and how to make them work better or do something better.\n\nof course, theres always the joke:\nmechanical engineers make weapons, civil engineers make targets\nif that will give you a better idea
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Most people have no idea what Mechanical Engineering is believing that has to do with a car mechanic, and fixing boilers. Mechanical Engineering is the part of the engineering science that deals with Mechanics of all kinds. You will learn how to design thermal and climatic control systems, electrical systems, automation machines like cranes, elevators and all electro-mechanical equipment that is used in factories and buildings. Mechanical engineers also deal a lot with material design and strength.\n\nA mechanical engineer can do the following jobs\n\nBuilding design\nFactory production line design\nCars design\nVessels design\nOil industry\nAerospace engineering\n\netc.\n\nMechanical engineers are VERY well paid. Here in Europe a mechanical engineer for his first job should be expected to be paid at least 2000 Euros (a bit more than 2000 dollars) a month. \n\nSo yes if you like engineering and mechanics I would deffinetly go there. However you can also consider Electrical/Electronics and Civil.\n\nCheck http://www.imeche.org.uk/ for more info
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Not necessarily just electrical. I have friends taking a robotics course which is a mechanical engineering course. I believe it is dealing with things like factory automation.
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There is a fair selection between these websites\nGood luck\n\nhttp://www.library.fau.edu/depts/ref/rsguide/mechanical/content.htm\nhttp://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=170
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you can go to :\nhttp://www.asmeconferences.org/Congress06/CallForPapers.cfm\nor\nhttp://www.asme.org\nin there you can see so many topics and field in mechanical eng.
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I really believe in the future we are not going to have a shortage of college educated, degree holding, psychology majoring, individuals in this country....and there is nothing wrong with that...but a shortage of well trained and qualified mechanics, plumbers, carpenters, electricians, hospital workers, etc....supply and demand will dictate the degree of compensation. Our manufacturing industries are all but lost due to so many factors that would take hours to talk about, and that is sad. I agree with you, we need revamping of the system.....from the top down.
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yes ...............\nthere is future for chemical engineers, Now a days chemical technology is applied with radical ways and with advent of polymers theres' huge  potential scope out there