Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 8.77 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 25.6 k / Year(s) Deadline: Dec 1, 2024
200 place StudyQA ranking:5815 Duration:4 years

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We encourage you to discover the opportunities, challenges and excitement of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME). MME uses principles of engineering graphics, mathematics, materials, physics and economics to conceive, design, develop, manufacture, operate and maintain processes and devices. MME is the broadest of the engineering disciplines, and is present in every sector of our society (environment, housing, food and water, energy, industry, transportation, education, health care, government).

Is MME for you?

  • Are you interested in how things work?
  • Are you interested in how things are made?
  • Would you like to invent something?
  • Would you like to run your own company or consulting firm one day?
  • Would you like to have an impact on how the world produces and uses energy to do useful things?
  • Would you like to help make the world a better place for everyone?

If you answered yes to some of the above then maybe MME is for you. In a technological world it really helps if you understand how things work.

Career Paths

MME is one of the largest and most diverse Departments in Applied Science at Queen's. MME covers a huge range of career possibilities. If you take an MME degree you can make a career in just about any area or field of our society, including:

  • manufacturing
  • human mobility
  • artificial limbs and organs
  • biomechanics and biomedical
  • environmental protection or remediation
  • automotive
  • aerospace
  • marine
  • rail
  • equipment design and development
  • heavy equipment
  • nano scale machines
  • construction
  • chemical and petrochemical
  • research and development
  • energy and power generation
  • renewable energy
  • oil and gas exploration, production, refining and distribution
  • consulting
  • management
  • marketing
  • business and entrepreneurship

Acquired Skills and Knowledge

Your MME undergraduate degree will give you a solid technical foundation for whatever path you choose. Beyond the undergraduate degree you may choose to study towards a technical specialty in graduate school. An MME degree can be a foundation for many other professional careers including Law, Business, Medicine, Dentistry and others. At the undergraduate level, the Mechanical curriculum provides a foundation in the basic MME skills. This includes:

  • graphical, verbal and written communication
  • critical thinking and problem solving
  • mathematics and computing
  • basic, applied and engineering sciences
  • humanities and social sciences
  • design and manufacturing

The MME Experience

The core program in MME includes technical courses in kinematics and dynamics, design techniques, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, materials, solid mechanics, thermodynamics, machine design, manufacturing methods, instrumentation and measurement, and automatic controls. These courses are supported by a number of laboratory experiences so that students can apply the theory they have learned to real world applications. In addition you will learn to communicate your ideas in various ways including written, visual and verbal presentation.

The upper year curriculum has a large choice of technical electives which introduce students to various applications and specialties. We offer this wide range of technical electives so that students can have a taste of various fields in MME to help them decide what field they would like to enter after graduation. Students may choose to continue on in Graduate School to do advanced study in a specialty. The curriculum is a careful balance between lecture and laboratory based instruction and project based instruction in a team work environment.

There is an emphasis on hands-on learning, beginning with a unique course in machine shop practice and ending with industrially sponsored final year design projects. Students are encouraged to participate in national design competitions in order to broaden their educational experience including the solar design team, the Formula racing car, the Mini Baja all terrain vehicle and the Aerodesign cargo aircraft, and others. If you are wondering if MME is for you then contact us, and maybe we can answer some of your questions.

Second Year

  • Statics and Solid Mechanics
  • Manufacturing Methods
  • Instrumentation and Measurement
  • Kinematics and Dynamics
  • Thermodynamics I
  • Fluid Mechanics I
  • Materials Science and Engineering

Third Year

  • Solid Mechanics II
  • Machine Design
  • Dynamics and Vibration
  • Applied Thermodynamics II
  • Gender, Engineering and Technology
  • Fluid Mechanics II
  • Heat Transfer
  • Automatic Controls
  • Project Based Engineering Conceive, Design, Implement and Operate
  • Principles of Materials Processing
  • Fracture Mechanics and Dislocation Theory
  • Biomechanical Product Development - NEW
  • Materials Engineering Laboratory I
  • Materials Engineering Laboratory II
  • Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I
  • Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II

Fourth Year

  • Vibrations
  • Introduction to Microsystems
  • Life Cycle Engineering
  • Thermal Systems Design
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Turbomachinery
  • Fluid Mechanics III
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Compressible Fluid Flow
  • Mechatronics Engineering
  • Computer Integrated Manufacturing
  • Introduction to Robotics
  • Machine Condition Monitoring
  • Team Project - Conceive and Design
  • Research Project
  • Team Project - Implement and Operate
  • Communications and Project Management
  • Computer Aided Design
  • Deformation Processing
  • Engineering of Polymers and Composites
  • Biomaterials
  • Nano-Structured Materials
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Wind Energy
  • Noise Control
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Introduction to Ceramics
  • Biofluids
  • Kinematics of Human Motion
  • Ergonomics and Design
  • Musculoskeletal Biomechanics

Requirements

  • Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) iBT (Internet Based TOEFL)/88 overall: 24 Writing, 22 Speaking, 22 Reading, 20 Listening (Paper Based TOEFL (PBT)/580) 
  • International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Score of 6.5 on Academic Module
  • Attestat o srednem (polnom) obshchem obrazovanii (Certificate of Secondary Education).
  • Grades required for admission will vary by program but, based on the Russian grading scale, the minimum average needed to fall within the competitive range is approximately 4 out of 5
  • High School GPA (4.3 Scale) - 3.1
  • High School transcript
  • Students apply to Queen’s Engineering (QE) through the OUAC (Ontario University Application Centre) website. Secondary School prerequisites include six 4U and 4M courses, one of which must be English 4U. Calculus and Vectors 4U, Chemistry 4U, and Physics 4U are all required along with one of Advanced Functions 4U, Biology 4U, Data Management 4U, Computer Science 4U, Earth and Space Science 4U. A final grade of 70% must be obtained in English 4U. 

Scholarships

  • International Admission Scholarship
  • General bursaries
  • Queen's Work Study Program
  • NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards 
  • Centennial International Exchange Endowment Fund 
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