| Mechanical engineering deals with the conception, | | | | and more (even sewage disposal). A marine engineer |
| design, construction and maintenance of machinery. | | | | may also be a shipbuilder, working as part of a team |
| Not surprisingly, it covers a broad spectrum of | | | | that designs the complex systems that keep seagoing |
| sub-disciplines, and a talented mechanical engineer can | | | | vessels afloat. |
| choose from many career options when he or she is | | | | Robotics. Robotics has become more and more |
| first starting out. | | | | commonplace over the past few decades, but by no |
| Here are five fascinating sub-disciplines that fall under | | | | means has it become dull. Most recently, advances in |
| the umbrella of mechanical engineering: | | | | the field have given us the Shadow Dextrous Hand, a |
| Marine Engineering. Got sea legs? This branch might | | | | robotic hand with 24 joints and 40 "muscles," that can |
| be best for you. By pursuing marine engineering, you'll | | | | perform extremely delicate operations, such as picking |
| likely get employment on a ship. You may be charged | | | | up a light bulb. |
| with its heating and air conditioning, lighting, propulsion | | | | |