INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICAL AND AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

COURSE CONTENT

• Introduction to the course and historical data of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics.
• Energy, Heat, environmental issues from the energy view point (e.g. climate change).
• The environmental perspective of Materials and Structures.
• The role of Fluids in Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics.
• Advanced processes of design and production of industrial products.
• Basic principles and current trends in Aeronautics.
• The role of the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineer in the Production Organization and the Business Administration.
• The role of the basic sciences in the science of engineering (mathematics, physical chemistry, computers).
• The role of Biomechanics in Biomedical Technology.
• Issues of professional ethics.
• Basic characteristics of the profession of Mechanical and Aeronautics, interdisciplinarity, required knowledge and skills.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• The course aims at providing to the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineer student the basic concepts and the background of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Science and Technology that are necessary in order to understand the context of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering studies and profession.
• This knowledge is necessary and used in several of the following courses of the Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering.
• The learning outcomes of this course correspond to the descriptive index 8, according to the European Qualifications Framework.