Welcome To: Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering MME

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Welcome ToDepartment of Mechanical and
Materials Engineering (MME)
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What is MME ?

• MME uses principles of graphics, mathematics,
  materials, physics and economics to design,
  manufacture, operate and maintain processes and
  devices.
• MME is the broadest of the engineering
  disciplines, and is present in every sector
  (industry, transportation, education, health
  care, government).

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Is MME for you?

• Are you interested in how things work?
• Are you interested in how things are made?
• Would you like to invent something?
• Would you like to run your own company or
  consulting firm one day?
• Would you like to have an impact on how the world
  produces and uses energy to do useful things?
• Would you like to help make the world a better
  place for everyone?

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Where do you want to work?

• MMEs are in
• Energy (Fossil Fuel, Nuclear, Solar, Geothermal,
  Wind .)
• Environment (bio-fuels, bio-resources,
  bio-remediation)
• Design and Manufacturing (toys to rocket engines)
• Construction (building systems, tunnels, )
• Transportation (land, sea, air and space)
• Health and Medicine (biomechanical)
• Military (from jet pilots to ships engineers)
• Chemical process, Oil and gas exploration and
  production, pipelines,
• Consulting (all of the above )

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Other Careers ?

• MME Degree can be foundation for just about any
  career
• Engineering
• Education
• Business
• Law
• Medicine, Dentistry
• whatever you want to do, MME can get you there.

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The Program

• Designed to give you a solid foundation in MME
• Designed to be flexible if you are not yet
  committed to a specialty.
• Can Choose from three options
• General MME
• Materials
• Biomechanical

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The Program

• Common 2nd and mostly in 3rd year, electives and
  team design project in 4th year
• General Option ME1, concentrations in
• Aerospace Engineering
• Energy and Fluid Systems
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Materials Option ME2 in years 3 and 4
• Biomechanical Option ME3 in years 3 and 4

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Learning Experience

• Theory practice
• Technical communication
• Hands on
• Lab and project based
• Work in teams, just like in the real world

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ME1 General Option

• Gives you the basics and then some
• Math and numerical methods, computing
• Thermodynamics, fluids and heat transfer
• Solid mechanics and dynamics
• Graphical, written and verbal communication
• Material Properties
• Electronics, Mechatronics
• Design and Manufacturing
• Project Management
• Wide range of technical electives so you can try
  out some specialty fields

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Materials Option ME2(2 courses in 3rd year, 3
from 6 courses in 4th year)

• Development of improved and new materials
• Production, use and characterization of
  manufactured materials
• Investigate fractures, fatigue failures,
  corrosion and radiation damage
• Metallic, plastic and ceramic materials
• No device without materials!

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dramatic dimensional change in stainless steel
due to exposure in a nuclear reactor (MECH 483)
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Biomechanical Option ME3(first offering in Fall
of 2008 with new 3rd year courses)

• Get a degree in mechanical engineering with
  biomechanical engineering option stated on the
  transcript
• Four new courses added to courses already offered
• Human Mobility Research Centre (HMRC)
• Model follows that of ME2 materials option (2
  courses in 3rd year, 3 from 6 courses in 4th year)

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• Advice for choosing a Discipline ?
• Select the discipline that will hold your
  interest for the next 3 years
• Choice of discipline influences the first job
  placement after that you can pick your path.
  to management, technical specialty, your own
  business.

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Want to be a specialist?

• Start thinking about graduate school.
• You get paid to be a grad student.
• MSc degree is the entry level degree for some
  fields.
• May need an MSc soon to be a P.Eng.
• Talk to Professors.
• Look into scholarships.

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Facilities

• Main building is McLaughlin Hall
• Materials in Nicol Hall (recently renovated)
• Biomechanical in Hospital (HMRC)
• Undergrad labs in Jackson Hall and the ILC
• New building for MME to be constructed behind the
  ILC by 2012

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• Queens mechanical has 450 students (150/year).
  But class size of less than 50 students in
  technical electives and the ME2 and ME3 options.

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Hands-on facilities and activities in Queens MME
Servomotors in MECH 350
Machine shop in MECH 213
Windtunnel in MECH 399
Design and Build MECH 460/462
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Student Led Design Team Projects in Queens MME
Aerodesign
Autonomous Sailboat
Formula SAE
Mini Baja
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Questions ?
Questions ??