Mechanical engineering interacts with all other branches of engineering and plays a part in the design or production of practically everything we use.
News & Events
| Out of this world: Exchange student’s Swedish rocket project “The experience of a lifetime” is how Will Reid described his time managing a rocket experiment in Sweden for the past 18 months. The Mechatronics and Computer Science student’s handiwork will be launched 85km into the earth’s atmosphere later this year. | |
| Gear train system wins Orica Design Prize Three Department of Mechanical Engineering students have been awarded the $3000 Orica Design prize for their outstanding contribution to mechanical engineering design at the University of Melbourne. | |
| Graduate Engineering and IT Expo At our Graduate Engineering and IT Study Expo on Tuesday 12 June, you will have the chance to learn more about our suite of graduate courses. | |
| MAP Info Night: commercialise your great ideas Attend the MAP Participant Information Night on Thursday 26 April to find out how your bright engineering ideas can be turned into commercial reality. Open to staff, students and alumni (up to five years from graduation) of the MSE. | |
| Australia’s Future in Science and Technology Chief Scientist of Australia Professor Ian Chubb will present the next NICTA Big Picture Seminar about Australia's Future in Science and Technology on Wednesday 28 March. | |
| Industry Night – 22 March 2012 Engineering and IT students will have the opportunity to network with high-level industry at the 2012 Melbourne University Young Engineers Industry Night. | |
| Schools gear up for 2012 Amazing Spaghetti Machine Contest Forty-four schools from around Victoria will battle it out to see who can come up with the craziest machine to take a simple photo, as part of the 2012 Amazing Spaghetti Machine Contest. | |
| Engineering Education: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities Dr Tony Marjoram will discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities in contemporary engineering education, at 1pm, on Tuesday 20th March, Theatre C1, Level 4, Building 174, University of Melbourne. |
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Mechanical Frogs take over the South Lawn Watch a video clip of 3rd Year Mechanical Engineering students test-firing their Mechanical Frogs on the University's South Lawn as part of practical group work in the subject 'Design 300'. |
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What is Mechanical Engineering? Watch the Melbourne School of Engineering video about Mechanical Engineering at the University of Melbourne, Australia |