Essay For Mechanical Engineering

The developed world rarely pauses to think of the prevalent necessity of energy in our lives. As the global population nears 9 billion people in 2040 (1), we are not only challenged to provide for basic needs, but to also improve living standards worldwide. These challenges require a global energy increase of approximately 35% (1). The challenge may seem intimidating, but the human race has demonstrated an exceptional ability to overcome difficulties and progress. An important aspect to improve worldwide living standards involves the environment. The most important needs in many areas of the world are cleaner air and access to cleaner water. Nations need to continue to address risks associated with rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Protecting the environment and preventing these increases pose technological challenges for us today as well as the generations of the future. To overcome these challenges it is going to be necessary for many engineers of many disciplines to be involved. However the most significant problem we face is to produce this energy in a sustainable manner. Achieving this sustainability is a matter of using processes that are less wasteful, developing technologies that are more efficient, and finding cleaner energy sources. My motivation for pursuing the MSc in Mechanical Engineering with a track of Sustainable Energy and Process Technology (SPET) is that I believe that this program will give me the skills, education, networks, and contact with industry necessary to be able to make a difference in the world’s constant search for increasingly sustainable energy sources. Additionally I have always found the concepts of process optimization to reduce generation of waste and contaminants, fluid mechanics, ther...

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...lm growth time. The device the team designed and manufactured was a cylinder shaped casing with inlet and outlet nozzles, a shaft to support a rotor, and a rotor inspired by a nautilus spiral. The rotor would extract energy of the falling water and rotate, drawing air into the container while mixing them together. Using an oxygen prove the increase in oxygen concentration was observed to be 10%. I received full credits for this course, though receiving a grade of C. Although I was not satisfied by my grade, I cherished the experience as it allowed me to learn significantly about fields that were unfamiliar to me, as well as the opportunity to interact with people from different disciplines. The project work was incredibly challenging due to spending approximately 140 hours over the course of 2 semesters while maintaining a full course load of 180 hours per semester.