ME 101

Introduction to Mechanical
Engineering

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Lecture Notes by
2016 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Çevik
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Info

Instructor:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mehmet Çevik
İKÇÜ Department of Mechanical Engineering
e-mail: mehmet.cevik@ikc.edu.tr
Central Offices Block- I
Office hours: tba
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Textbook

Jonathan Wickert, Kemper Lewis

AN INTRODUCTION TO
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Cengage Learning, 2013

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Other Resources
• Paul H. Wright, Introduction to Engineering, John Wiley & Sons,
2002.
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Open Courseware
(OCW), Lecture Notes.
• http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mechanical-engineering/
• Paul D. Ronney, Basics of Mechanical Engineering: Integrating
Science, Technology and Common Sense, University of Southern
California AME 101 Lecture Notes, 2016.
• http://ronney.usc.edu/ame101/
• M. Clifford, K. Simmons, P. Shipway, An Introduction to
Mechanical Engineering, Parts 1-2, CRC Press, 2009.
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• F. Kreith and D. Yogi Goswami, The CRC Handbook of Mechanical

Engineering, CRC Press, 2004.

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Grading

Grades will be based on:

• Midterm 30 %

• Design Project 30 %

• Final 40 %
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İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University

• Founded in 2010, Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University (IKCU) is a non-profit

public higher education institution located in Çiğli, Izmir. Officially
recognized by the YÖK (Council of Higher Education), IKCU offers
courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher
education degrees in several areas of study. IKCU also provides
several academic and non-academic facilities and services to
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students including a library, as well as administrative services.

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İzmir Kâtip Çelebi University

Faculties
• Dentistry
• Economics and Administrative Sciences
• Engineering and Architecture
• Fisheries
• Forestry
• Health Sciences
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Islamic Sciences
• Medicine
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• Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering

• Pharmacy
• Tourism
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Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

Departments
• Biomedical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Geomatics Engineering
• Material Science and Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering
• Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
• Engineering Sciences
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• Architecture
• City and Regional Planning
• Computer Engineering

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Disciplines (Anabilim Dalları)

• Energy
• Manufacturing and Construction
• Mechanics
• Mechanism Theory and Dynamics of Machines
• Thermodynamics
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Department Academic Staff

Asst. Prof. Ebubekir ATAN
Assoc. Prof. Mehmet ÇEVİK

Prof. Buket OKUTAN BABA

(Head of Department)
Asst. Prof. Sercan ACARER
Asst. Prof. Ziya Haktan
KARADENİZ
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Assoc. Prof. Kutlay SEVER

Asst. Prof. Levent AYDIN
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What is Engineering ?
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ABET Definition of Engineering

• Engineering is the profession in which a knowledge

of the mathematical and natural sciences gained by
study, experience, and practice is applied with
judgment to develop ways to utilize economically,
the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of
mankind.
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• ABET: Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., is a non-

governmental organization that accredits post-secondary education programs
in "applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology".
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STEM

Scientists Technologists
Investigate our Apply science and
natural world math to designs

STEM
Working together
to solve problems
based on societal
needs and wants

Mathematicians Engineers
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Use numbers and symbols Create our

to solve problems designed world

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What are our human needs?

PHYSICAL BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL

NEEDS: NEEDS: NEEDS:
• Basic shelter • Water • Family
• Basic clothing • Food • Friends
• Can you think • Can you think • Can you think of
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of more? of more? more?

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What are our human wants?

PHYSICAL BIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL

WANTS: WANTS: WANTS:
• Nice house • Fresh water • Talk with family
• Nice car • Fancy food • See friends
• Nice clothes • Healthy living • Entertainment
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• Can you think • Can you think • Can you think of

of more? of more? more?
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Engineering

Problems That Solve Our

Needs and Wants

Engineering
Engineering uses scientific, technological,
and mathematical knowledge to solve our
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practical problems.

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Engineers Can Do Anything

Invent Improve Innovate

Design Build Analyze
Imagine Create Conceive
Orchestrate Evaluate
• Invent – Develop a new product, system, or process
that has never existed before
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• Innovate – Improve an existing technological

product, system, or method
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Engineers work to solve many kinds of

problems
• An electrical engineer may design a GPS for your vehicle.
• A mechanical engineer may create a robot to discover water on a
planet.
• A biomedical/chemical engineer may find a cure for disease.
• A computer engineer may build a computer the size of your
watch.
• An agricultural engineer may evaluate the effects of global
warming on food production.
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Engineers make our lives better

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Effective Engineer

What skills are needed

to be an effective
engineer?
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An Engineer should be able to …

• Determine quickly how things work
• Determine what customers want
• Create a concept
• Use abstractions/math models to improve a concept
• Build or create a prototype version
• Quantitatively and robustly test a prototype to improve concept
and to predict
• Determine whether customer value and enterprise value are
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aligned (business sense)

• Communicate all of the above to various audiences

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Engineers
Scientists / Mathematicians
Artists / Writers

Share
• The excitement of discovery
• The satisfaction and frustration of creative processes and
results

BUT, THE ESSENTIAL DIFFERENCE IS…

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Engineering creation almost always requires a TEAM

effort
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Boeing List of “Desired Attributes of an Engineer”

• A good understanding of engineering • Good communication skills
science fundamentals • Written
• Mathematics (including statistics) • Oral
• Physical and life sciences • Graphic
• Information technology (far more than • Listening
“computer literacy”) • High ethical standards
• A good understanding of design and • An ability to think both critically and
manufacturing processes (i.e. creatively -independently and
understands engineering) cooperatively
• A multi-disciplinary, systems • Flexibility. The ability and self-
perspective confidence to adapt to rapid or major
• A basic understanding of the context change
in which engineering is practiced • Curiosity and a desire to learn for life
• Economics (including business practice)
• A profound understanding of the
• History
importance of teamwork.
• The environment
• Customer and societal needs
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 This is a list, begun in 1994, of basic durable attributes into which can be mapped specific skills reflecting
the diversity of the overall engineering environment in which we in professional practice operate.
 This current version of the list can be viewed on the Boeing web site as a basic message to those seeking
advice from the company on the topic.

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Quality vs Quantity Undergraduate Engineering Education

Premise: It is impossible to teach a student everything he or she needs to
know as preparation for a professional career in a four or five (or ten) year
university program.
 Demonstrate that engineering is practiced within a much broader societal
context -not as an end in itself.
 Teach students how to learn -and make it clear that it is a life-long pleasure.
 Develop a fundamental understanding of the unity of the fundamental
tools and concepts needed for engineering practice (rather than providing
them a vast bag of tricks for solving selected problems). These basic
fundamentals include:
 Mathematics
 Information technology
 Science, including the “engineering sciences”
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 Design and manufacturing

 Economics and business practices
 Communication skills (written, oral, graphic and listening)

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Quality vs Quantity Undergraduate Engineering Education

 Emphasize “design” [Creative thinking and open-ended problem

solving in the most general sense] and its close connection with
manufacturing (i.e. “If you can’t build it, you can’t use or sell it”.]
 Show students how to get information and how to deal
effectively with too much of it (i.e. emphasize critical thinking
and evaluation skills)
 Emphasize teamwork (not merely “group work”) and
communication skills
 Emphasize the “Why” and “What” of theory, and how these
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basics are then applied in practice. (the “How” in applications

can then be gained by experience and subsequent training).

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What is the Difference Between

a Scientist and an Engineer?
• Scientist: • Engineer:
• Develops knowledge from • Uses knowledge of math and
analysis and study science to create something new

• Characteristic activity: research • Characteristic activity: creative

design
• Work in fields such as: • Work in disciplines such as:
• Biology • Civil Engineering
• Chemistry • Mechanical Engineering
• Physics • Electrical Engineering
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• A practitioner of science is a
scientist • A practitioner of engineering is an
engineer
Obtained from Wikipedia under science and engineering

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What is the Difference Between

a Scientist and an Engineer?

• Theodore Von Kármán said it best:

• "Scientists study the world as it is;
engineers create the world that has
never been."
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(Quoted from page 68 of Yale Scientific, Volumes 39-41. Yale Scientific Publications, 1964.)

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What does it take to be an Engineer?

You don’t have to be a genius to be

an Engineer…

People who become Engineers:

are CURIOUS about how things work

Solve interesting life problems
Design and experiment
Calculate using math and science
Work with others as a team
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Sound like you???

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Skills associated with engineering:

• Strong interest in math and science

• Strong social awareness and concern for quality of life
• Desire to put ideas into action
• Strong academic background
• Ability and determination to succeed; continuing education
• Good communication skills
• Teamwork
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Engineering Functions 1

The focus of an engineer’s work typically falls into one or more

of the following areas:
• Research - explore, discover and apply new principles
• Development - transform ideas or concepts into production
processes
• Design - link the generation of ideas and the production
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Engineering Functions 2

• Production and testing - manufacture and assemble components

or products
• Sales - market engineering products
• Operations - maintain equipment and facilities
• Construction - prior to construction organizes bids, during
construction supervises certain components of process
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Engineering Functions 3

• Management - optimize the use of resources (equipment, labor,

finances)
• Education - teach engineering principles in university and
industrial settings
• Consulting - provide specialized engineering services the clients.
May work alone or in partnership other engineers.
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Engineering
• Fun
• Great variety in your work
• You get to build or improve things
• You get to use your creative ideas to solve problems
• You get to work on a team

• Lots of Job Opportunities

• Engineers are in high demand
• There are more engineering jobs than engineers

• Your Education Continues

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• You will need to continue studying to remain relevant

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Career Paths in General

• Industry
• Government
• Teaching/Education
• Graduate School
• Independent Entrepreneur/Business Owner
• Research Labs
• Military
• Preparation for other Professions (law, medicine, etc.)
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• A mix of above options

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How to become an Engineer !

The next 4 years in university drastically impact the
quality of your adult life!

You can play now…

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…or play later

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Conclusion

• Engineering is a field that requires

dedication and focus.

• If you enjoy math and science, this is a

great field to pursue.

• It is a challenging but also exciting and

highly satisfying career.
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Any Questions
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