How to Use mechanical engineering in a Sentence

mechanical engineering

noun
  • My mom was a chef, and my dad was a professor of mechanical engineering.
    — Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Their areas of study range from mechanical engineering to music to pre-med.
    — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Vortherms plans to major in mechanical engineering but hasn’t chosen a school yet.
    — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Also, a photo taken that year by a mechanical engineering firm shows a crack around the edge of a beam running along the top of the room.
    — Scott Glover, CNN, 3 July 2021
  • Prakashan, who holds a mechanical engineering degree, knows his elephant is far from the real thing.
    — ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • Pribble has gone to mechanical engineering school at night and learned how to build his own devices and safely clean video and audio tape.
    — Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Three teams of mechanical engineering students are competing over their spring break to come up with the best design.
    — Adam Del Rosso, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • This mix of mechanical engineering and movie magic paved the way for more than a century of special effects.
    — Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
  • But Demps was a quarter’s worth of work shy of a mechanical engineering degree, and wanted to earn his diploma.
    — Benjy Egel, sacbee, 30 Oct. 2017
  • His plan was to study mechanical engineering, but his high school principal tried to convince him otherwise.
    — al, 18 Jan. 2021
  • Wilson, who was a 20-year-old junior at the time of his death, was studying to earn a degree in mechanical engineering.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • Using her training in mechanical engineering, Terry got a patent for a bike with a smaller frame and smaller front wheel.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Boersma has a degree in mechanical engineering and worked in the oil and gas industry after college.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Stokes already has a degree in mechanical engineering in hand, and is currently working on a master’s.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 13 May 2022
  • The former is studying mechanical engineering, while the latter is fully immersed in lacrosse.
    — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Both Robles and Ortiz want to study mechanical engineering next year in college.
    — Kalyn Kahler, SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • So Drake studied mechanical engineering and took a job right out of college at Ford as a power train engineer.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 15 June 2022
  • Toomer used his mechanical engineering degree to build the world’s first upside down roller-coaster in 1974.
    — Matthew Glenesk, Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The bride’s father is a professor of mechanical engineering at Tufts.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2019
  • The class flies drones, developed with help from mechanical engineering students, to fly above the streetlights to measure how much light radiates upward.
    — Sean P. Means, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Aug. 2021
  • On top of that, Aust has to juggle her school schedule as a third-year TCU student in mechanical engineering.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Katie Alcazar, her youngest sister, is on her way to graduate in the next two or three years with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering.
    — Aydali Campa, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2021
  • Williamson, who studied mechanical engineering at Stanford, now sees his interests align more with business and finance.
    — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • With a master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Bundini is well aware of the advances coming down the pipeline.
    — Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
  • To that end, Bharadwaj switched to mechanical engineering and launched Pani, which pivoted twice to arrive at its current business model.
    — Nick Rockel, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
  • In my school, the demands on mechanical engineering students are exceptionally high.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2025
  • And it’s blessed with the Geneva Seal, a quality mark assigned to only the most exceptional feats of mechanical engineering.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 1 June 2023
  • More in-fighting in mechanical engineering department Renken's department colleagues got their hands on the police report.
    — Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Falke will study mechanical engineering at Boston University and hopes to work in an area like protecting saltwater marshes.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 27 May 2026
  • To find such a person, Tulsky began a deep search through universities’ mechanical engineering departments.
    — Murat Ates, New York Times, 17 June 2026

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