mechanical engineering
noun
: a branch of engineering concerned primarily with the industrial application of mechanics and with the production of tools, machinery, and their products
mechanical engineer
noun
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Christensen holds a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering from the University of New Mexico, a master of science in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology and a doctorate in theoretical and applied mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
DelleChiaie worked as a contractor in mechanical engineering for the FAA, according to a criminal complaint.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Andrew has a manufacturing engineer job waiting for him at Panduit in Tinley Park, Illinois, where his dad Jonathan DeMik, a mechanical engineering alum from VU, just celebrated 30 years of employment.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Similarly, Michael Gollner, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and an expert in fire dynamics, told Ars there’s simply not enough information yet to show that this technology works better than sprinklers.
—Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2026
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Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 May 2026
DelleChiaie worked as a contractor in mechanical engineering for the FAA, according to a criminal complaint.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 May 2026
Andrew has a manufacturing engineer job waiting for him at Panduit in Tinley Park, Illinois, where his dad Jonathan DeMik, a mechanical engineering alum from VU, just celebrated 30 years of employment.
—Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Similarly, Michael Gollner, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and an expert in fire dynamics, told Ars there’s simply not enough information yet to show that this technology works better than sprinklers.
—Cyrus Farivar, ArsTechnica, 2 May 2026
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“Mechanical engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mechanical%20engineering. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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