哈佛大學

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Mechanical engineering uses the principles of physics and materials science for the analysis and design of mechanical and thermal systems. Mechanical engineering is critical to the success of many human enterprises - it plays a central role in the generation and distribution of energy, transportation, manufacturing, and infrastructure development. Nearly every product or service in modern life has been touched in some way by a mechanical engineer.

Mechanical Engineering concentrators receive a foundational education in a discipline central to challenges in energy, transportation, manufacturing, robotics, and the development of public infrastructure. Mechanical Engineering deals with the study and application of mechanical and thermal systems. It covers a range of subtopics including mechatronics and robotics, structural analysis, thermodynamics and engineering design including the analysis of mechanical systems using finite element methods, the science of new materials, and devices for micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) and biological and nanotechnology applications.

Mechanical Engineering focuses on the study and application of mechanical systems. It covers a range of subtopics including mechatronics and robotics, structural analysis, thermodynamics and engineering design including the analysis of mechanical systems using finite element methods, the science of new materials and devices for micro electromechanical systems (MEMS), and biological and nanotechnology applications. Students receive a foundational education in a discipline central to challenges in energy, transportation, manufacturing, robotics, and the development of public infrastructure.

Students can pursue a degree with an emphasis in mechanical engineering through the following concentrations:

• A.B. in Engineering Sciences - Mechanical and Materials Science and Engineering Track
• S.B. in Mechanical Engineering

While students in either degree program take many of the same upper-level ME courses, the A.B. program offers the opportunity to study complementary disciplines in the natural and social sciences, and the S.B. program provides a broader basis in engineering fundamentals with courses from other engineering areas and design.