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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After Miami, Snyder went on to earn her Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at MIT.
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Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Hiren Patel, the club’s chief engineer who is pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, said that the club fully designed the Formula-style open-wheel cockpit car.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 July 2025
His father, a civil engineer, had insisted one of his sons become a mechanical engineer, and Gupta had dutifully earned his mechanical engineering degree at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, one of a string of elite educational centers established after Indian independence in 1947.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Nelson plans to attend California State University in Chico in the fall, majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in advanced manufacturing.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Hiren Patel, the club’s chief engineer who is pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, said that the club fully designed the Formula-style open-wheel cockpit car.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 July 2025
His father, a civil engineer, had insisted one of his sons become a mechanical engineer, and Gupta had dutifully earned his mechanical engineering degree at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, one of a string of elite educational centers established after Indian independence in 1947.
—Gabriel Snyder, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
Nelson plans to attend California State University in Chico in the fall, majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in advanced manufacturing.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2025
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“Mechanical engineering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mechanical%20engineering. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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