IJustWanaPass Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 Hi everyone, I have a few questions about these 2 engineering courses. I really want to be specialised in both but obviously it may be too difficult and very time consuming so I have to choose 1. So I did some research on both of these and people had different opinions. Can someone briefly explain the differences, and if I can study mechatronics in mechanical engineering. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaG Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 Not sure if this varies by school, but my university has both and they are kinda different. Mechanical is engineering for anything that moves. It's incredibly versatile and an important factor in manufacturing, design, automotive, medical devices, etc. They learn a lot of physics and CAD skills. Mechatronics is the integration of mechanical, electrical and software engineering. You typically think of robots or Iron Man suits, but really a mechatronics engineer can work in any industry that a mechanical, electrical or software engineer can work in. Normally people specialize in one aspect and the others just complement that knowledge. The benefit is that you would understand how everything works together when building or designing something. Some schools offer a minor or specialization in mechatronics that you can add to a mechanical degree. It's not too much extra work but you would know more about electrical and software than a typical mechanical engineer. Otherwise, see if you can take electrical classes as a mechanical engineering student to build that knowledge yourself 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJustWanaPass Posted September 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 Which one do you think is better in terms of designing and building. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaG Posted September 17, 2017 Report Share Posted September 17, 2017 It depends on what you want to 'design'. Designing a circuit board is an electrical engineering job, a luxury car designer might be a mechanical engineer, and someone making a powered exoskeleton for paralyzed patients might be a mechatronics engineer. Normally it doesn't matter, since mechanical and mechatronics both cover 3D computer design and understand how to apply physics to design 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IJustWanaPass Posted September 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 Which one has a bigger workload? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeronicaG Posted September 19, 2017 Report Share Posted September 19, 2017 That's so hard to answer. They are probably equally hard but it depends on the university Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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