B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is considered as one of the oldest branches of engineering studies. The study of mechanical engineering involves design and production of tools, machines and all other mechanical equipment to be used in industries. The industry provides a variety of choices extending across many interdisciplinary interdependent specialties. The branch is concerned with all types of machinery in industries and all aspects of their mechanism and functioning; the design, development, construction, production, installation, operation and maintenance. This may include - large steam and gas turbines, components of thermal power stations, internal combustion engines, jet engines, machine tools, refrigerators, air conditioning and heating machines, etc.

Mechanical engineers not only design and create new products, but also develop materials for them and ways of making them.

Fundamental Subjects of Mechanical Engineering:

• Statics and dynamics
• Strength of materials and solid mechanics
• Instrumentation and measurement
• Thermodynamics, heat transfer, energy conversion, and HVAC
• Fluid mechanics and fluid dynamics
• Mechanism design (including kinematics and dynamics)
• Manufacturing technology or processes
• Hydraulics and pneumatics
• Mathematics - in particular, calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra.
• Engineering design Mechatronics and control theory
• Material Engineering
• Drafting, CAD (including solid modeling), and CAM

Job Prospects:

Mechanical Engineering finds applications in almost all fields of technology. Mechanical engineering professionals could work in many industries including private or public sector industries of various types, and their work may vary by industry and function. With the rapid growth in the industrial sector, the employment potential for mechanical engineers is very high.

In the government sector, fresher’s could join as Junior Engineers and may go up the ladder as Assistant Engineers, Assistant Executive Engineers, Executive Engineers, Superintendent Engineers and so on.

Mechanical engineers are required in automobile, chemical, electronics, steel plants, oil exploration and refining, technical wings of armed forces, space research organizations, etc. Professionals a with post graduate degree or an additional management degree could find jobs in administrative and managerial positions in government departments or public and private sector industries or do research as well as teaching in Research and academic institutions. 

They could also find jobs in technical sales / marketing or work as independent consultants. Several government departments including Posts and Telegraphs, Defense, PWD, and CPWD recruit mechanical engineers. Aeronautical, agricultural, automobile, chemical, and power plants, as well as the railways, employ mechanical engineers to design and maintain their machinery. In agricultural sector, mechanical engineers play an important vital role by establishing service centers for maintenance of tractors, oil engines, pump sets, electric motors and other agricultural equipments.