GMIT - Mechanical Engineering

Why Study Mechanical Engineering at GMIT?
You will learn how machines and other mechanical systems work and how they are designed and controlled. How the gear box, clutch and engine in a car operate, how medical devices are fabricated and designed. What are the key properties of the materials used in the manufacture of these components? What methods are used to fabricate and control these products.

The workload is balanced between roughly 50% formal lectures and 50% laboratories and workshop practice. A typical week has anything from 27 to 30 hours of instruction. Tuition is given on the latest CAD packages and leading edge CNC turning and milling machines. Students learn how to work together in teams to accomplished specified goals and targets.

Programme Modules
Manufacturing Engineering 1, Computer Aided Design, Learning to Learn, Electrical Instrumentation, Engineering in Business, Mechanical Dissection, Engineering Sciences 1, Mathematics 1, Engineering Sciences 2, Mathematics 2, Control Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering 2, Mathematics 3, Mechanics and Properties of Materials, Statics & Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Mathematics 4, Mechanics and Dynamics of Machines, Thermodynamics, Machine Design, Heat Transfer , Automation & Control 1, Engineering Design 1, Project Management, Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Automation and Control 2, Engineering Design 2, Numerical Methods and Programming,Work Placement or Project.

Career Opportunities
Our graduates work in product and process design, medical device engineering, electronic component manufacturing, facilities engineering and maintenance engineering. Some of our graduates find excellent careers in technical sales and customer servicing.

Other Essential Information Students may still opt to graduate with a Higher Certificate in Mechanical Engineering after completing year two. Graduates are eligible to apply for associate membership of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland.

Follow-on Studies
Graduate may apply for the honours degree level (Level 8) B. Eng. Honours in Mechanical Engineering at GMIT or in other institutions.

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[TuscaniManiac]

@straighter100

I had the same question about 3 years ago, and no one actually gave me a clear answer. But here is it: you will take a bunch of math courses, starting from calculus, differential equation all the way to Methods of Applied Math, I wasn't a big fan of math when I was in high-school (I actually hated it..lol), and did not do well in calculus and math in general in college..the good news though, you will only use basic calculus in the actual Mechanical Engineering courses.

[straighter100]

question:

In that mechanical engineering, you use mathematical models and virtual designs to display parts and designs, while designing, in what part of this engineering is calculus or derivatives or integrals applied?

I'm really baffled about those cuz calculus is really hard to implement into real life...

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