1 a]Discuss the role of Mechanical Engineer in the industry and Society.
Mechanical engineering is the study, design, development, construction, and testing of mechanical and thermal sensors and devices, including tools, engines, and machines. Mechanical engineering careers centre on creating technologies to meet a wide range of human needs.
Role of Mechanical Engineering in Industries and Society:
- Mechanical Engineer will play a vital role in the sustainable development of the industry and the society. Starting from the conceptualization of the product to the design, manufacturing, sales and service to the end of life of a product i.e, recycling mechanical engineer will play his role.
- To start with, for a design a product mechanical engineer has to conceptualize the product, draw the preform of the product, then apply the mechanical design and will build the product for its strength.
- Mechanical engineer role as a manufacturing Engineering is a huge. Studying the design, laying out the tooling for the production and optimize the raw material consumption in the manufacturing a component requires huge skills as a mechanical Engineering.
- Mechanical Engineer also place a vital role in the logistics. Procuring the materials for the production, maintaining the adequate material in the stores, dispatching the finished products to the Consumer is the role of a Logistic Engineer.
- Mechanical Engineer also works as a safety Engineer in an Industry. Taking care of the human resources, machineries, equipment’s and planning out the safer working conditions and ensuring the safety of the operations is the responsibility of the safety engineer.
- Mechanical Engineer plays a vital role in the overall growth of the economy as well as the Society. Meeting the demand for a product to the optimum utilization of the resources taken care by the mechanical Engineer. Designing a product for longer product life cycle and reutilization/ recycling the product reduces the dependency of the materials by the industry. Also, developing newer equipment’s, devices for harnessing the renewable sources energy reduces the dependencies on the fossil fuels. This in turn contribute the green energy, low or no emission of carbon and its compounds.
Following are few of the areas where in Mechanical Engineer play his role in an industry:
Design Engineer, Production Manager, Safety Engineer, QA Engineer, Logistic Manager, Data analyst, Drafts man, Sales Executive, Customer Service etc.,