Draft:Outline of mechanical engineering

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to mechanical engineering:

Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and maintain mechanical systems. It is one of the oldest and broadest of the engineering branches.

What type of thing is mechanical engineering?

Mechanical engineering can be described as all of the following:

• A science
  • An applied science
    • A branch of engineering
• An academic discipline

Branches of mechanical engineering

• Automotive engineering
• Electromechanical engineering
• Facilities engineering
• Process engineering

History of mechanical engineering

History of mechanical engineering

• List of historic mechanical engineering landmarks

Mechanical engineering organizations

Mechanical engineering companies

• List of mechanical, electrical and electronic equipment manufacturing companies by revenue

Mechanical engineering associations

• American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering honor society)
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) (British)
• Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) (British)
• Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI) (Germany)

Mechanical engineering publications

• List of related journals

Persons influential in mechanical engineering

• List of inventors
• List of mechanical engineers

See also

• Glossary of mechanical engineering
• Index of mechanical engineering articles

Further reading

• Burstall, Aubrey F. (1965). A History of Mechanical Engineering. The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-52001-X.
• Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers (11 ed.). McGraw-Hill. 2007. ISBN 9780071428675.

External links

• eFunda
• Access Engineering Library
• MatWeb
• iMechanica
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Grabcad
• Instructables
• Engineering Toolbox