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
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Electric cars too far in the distance The Australian, December 2009 According to Professor Harry Watson, "If you take data from driving in congested, urban conditions and you compare it to driving smoothly at the same rate of speed, you can halve the emissions." |
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Vice-Chancellor launches Engineering students racing car December 2009 Over 100 people attended the 2009 MUR Motorsports car launch on Friday 4 December. The MUR Motorsports team designs, builds and races a Formula SAE car. |
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Building a better, safer community University Newsroom, 27 Oct 2009 Predicting the time and location of a bushfire is set to become more accurate thanks to research carried out by a group of final year students from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Melbourne. |
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Robogals break World Record HeraldSun 30 September 2009 Robogals, led by Mechatronics student Marita Cheng, broke the World Record for robot dancing, on campus yesterday. The event helped raise awareness of Robogals. More information, Robogals website |
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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 |