Mechanical Engineering Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Overview

The graduates of the Mechanical Engineering programme from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology hold the most senior positions in Israeli industry and the armed forces, including high-tech industries and the defense industry. Today the Faculty numbers around 1300 students pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees. The academic faculty comprises 40 senior faculty members, as well as industrial experts who serve as adjutant lecturers and research scientists.

What Do Mechanical Engineers Do

Mechanical engineering, one of the broadest and most comprehensive engineering fields, is engaged in transforming scientific discoveries into products that can benefit society. Mechanical engineers develop, design, manufacture and maintain diverse systems, among them automated machines and production systems; robots that perform manufacturing and service tasks; sophisticated motion systems (for automobiles, airplanes and ships; control and guidance systems; power stations for producing energy using standard and alternative methods. New scientific discoveries pertaining to miniaturization, computers and life sciences along with new demands from high-tech industries have presented mechanical engineers with new challenges, among them the development of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), nanotechnology and Nano-production, automated robots, medical instrumentation and robots, opto-mechanical systems, and biomechanical devices and instruments.

Mechanical engineering studies at the Technion stress the systems approach. For this reason, it is not surprising that most of the graduates of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering serve as project leaders in interdisciplinary projects and hold management positions in industry.

Mechanical engineering is among the broadest and most comprehensive engineering disciplines, and mechanical engineers are expected to take the lead in transforming new discoveries in the life sciences into products that can benefit society.