Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical and Automation Engineering
Institute of Technology Tralee
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Introduction
The Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical and Automation Engineering course is a broad discipline concerned with the design, development, manufacture, operation and maintenance of a wide variety of machinery. Mechanical and Automation Engineering design a product, select the best technologies and processes for manufacturing it and oversee the running, management, maintenance and improvement. Manufacturing engineers also get involved in quality management as well as environmental and life-cycle management. Mechanical and Automation Engineering is based on core mechanical engineering skills.
Mechanical engineers learn about materials, solid and fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, control, instrumentation, design, and manufacturing to understand mechanical systems. Practical engineering subjects form the core of the course in the first year. In contrast, specialist modules in instrumentation, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, advanced manufacturing engineering, control, and robotics focus on the second and third years. There is a twelve-week work placement during the third year. Your placement lays the foundations of your career path and significantly improves your employability at the end of the programme. Also, each student completes a project to design, test and/or manufacture components.