This course introduces essential mechanical engineering fundamentals, relevant to those considering a pathway in the broad discipline of mechanical engineering. Appropriate material properties are introduced, so that the Newtonian mechanics and the conservation of energy introduced in Engineering Science can be further developed in an authentic mechanical engineering context (that is also relevant to student automotive and aerospace engineers).

Relevant theories concerning material behaviour under load (such as in a bridge or an aircraft wing), and heat transfer (such as in a refrigerator, or a car's radiator) are explored through a variety of real-world problems that a practising engineer may face.