Mechanical Engineering.

Mechanical Engineering is one of the major activities in the engineering profession & its principles are involved in the design, study, development & construction of nearly all of the physical devices and systems. Continued research and development have led to better machines & processes helping the mankind. Its impact on the Institute & on society is easily demonstrated by noting the alignment of the department's evolution with key events & technological advances in the India and elsewhere. Students have a variety of opportunities to investigate a broad range of research in about a dozen thrust areas. Some of the specific areas include Computer-Aided Design & Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Robotics & Controls, Turbo machinery & Combustion Systems, IC Engines, Multi-Phase flow, Nano-mechanics, Tribology, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Acoustics. Mechanical Engineers have to study a whole lot of physics, Engineering drawing, machine drawing & many more concepts such as Statics ,Dynamics Kinematics ,Strength of Materials, Materials Science, Theory of Machines, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Manufacturing, Machine Design, Electrical Circuits .Laboratory Methods ,Vibrations .Engineering Economics ,Metallurgy, Manufacturing Process. , Computer Aided Design/ Drafting (CAD)

Aim of the Course

The aim of the Mechanical Engineering programme at KISTech is to provide broad-based education and training in mechanical engineering sciences and their applications that will enable graduates to meet the challenges of the engineering profession in a rapidly changing environment such as exists in a developing country like Ghana. These challenges require the ability to apply existing knowledge in new ways thereby creating new systems and opportunities as well as adapting existing technology to local production conditions. They require the ability to manage service, maintain and improve upon existing as well as new systems. The programmes and courses are therefore guided by these concepts.

Career Prospects

It has a tremendous scope in automobile engineering, cement industry, steel, power sector, Hydraulics, Manufacturing plants, Drilling and mining Industry, Petroleum, Aeronautical, Biotechnology and many more. With its wide scope of application, mechanical engineers remain always in demand, no matter which part of the world. You can also find job very easily in the following public sector industries such as Indian Railways, Indian Air force (Technical), Indian Army, Thermal power corporations etc.