Online Course in Mechanical Engineering

Best Online Courses in Mechanical Engineering 2017/2018

Mechanical Engineering

Online courses are an excellent alternative to traditional classes that are especially beneficial for students planning to continue their career alongside their studies. It is much easier to find the time to dedicate to a job if you are not required to travel to a physical location at specific times each week.

What is an online course in mechanical engineering? This branch of engineering involves the use, design, and operation of machines. It is a broad field of study that has applications in nearly all professional industries. A common focus in this course is manufacturing, but the subject also incorporate aspects from physics, engineering, materials science, thermal systems, and nanoscale engineering.

The biggest benefit offered to students who complete a mechanical engineering program is to their career. It tends to become easier to enter advanced positions and the salary that can be earned is typically higher. These benefits can be attained regardless of whether courses are taken online or in a classroom.

The tuition and other fees for taking a mechanical engineering online course can vary. This is why it is wise to research all the variables before enrolling. Everything from the school and program to the length and even country of study can influence the total cost.

Because large machines are used in many different industries, there are many available careers for those with an education in mechanical engineering. If you are interested in pursuing a career in the practice of mechanical engineering, positions are available in the management, maintenance, oversight, and operation of manufacturing or processing machines. On the theoretical side, it is possible to become a scientist working to research and develop new types of machines. It is also possible to enter academia and teach about mechanical engineering.

You can find online courses at institutes across the globe. Search for your program below and contact directly the admission office of the school of your choice by filling in the lead form.

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Online Course: Satellite Orbit Determination

TU Delft Open & Online Education
Online 9 weeks Netherlands Delft Netherlands Online

Many satellite applications require extremely accurate positioning of the satellite in order to be able to interpret the data. For example, measuring the height of the oceans and ice sheets and positioning of tectonic plates requires knowing the position of the satellite with centimeter-level accuracy. [+]

Top Online Courses in Mechanical Engineering. Next admission period opens February 2018 OVERVIEW Many satellite applications require extremely accurate positioning of the satellite in order to be able to interpret the data. For example, measuring the height of the oceans and ice sheets and positioning of tectonic plates requires knowing the position of the satellite with centimeter-level accuracy. Reaching this accuracy for a satellite that flies at 500 km altitude with velocities around 7 km/s is a great challenge. This challenge, also known as "Precise Orbit Determination (POD)", will be addressed in this course. In the course you will learn techniques such as least squares estimation, and Kalman filtering which are widely used statistical techniques for estimating parameters from observations. Concepts such as reference frames, atmospheric refraction and relativity will also be addressed. During the lectures and assignments, you will be introduced to various ground and space-based tracking systems, including satellite laser ranging, Doppler tracking, and GPS positioning. The course will provide you with several assignments in order to practice the statistical techniques used in satellite orbit determination. Shooting problems in relation to parameter estimation as applied during this course can be used in a variety of engineering and scientific applications. You will be able to process large data sets acquired by satellite systems or other instruments and estimate parameters in a dynamic model. On completion of this course you will be able to: Process real-world satellite tracking data. Estimate satellite orbit and dynamic parameters from satellite tracking data. Understand... [-]

Online Course: Spaceflight - a Technical Primer

TU Delft Open & Online Education
Online 9 weeks Netherlands Delft

The giant leaps we have made since the middle of the previous century are founded on the application of knowledge and the cooperation of experts from many different fields of expertise. Interested in space, have technical knowledge but lack an aerospace background? [+]

Next admission period opens February 2018 OVERVIEW The giant leaps we have made since the middle of the previous century are founded on the application of knowledge and the cooperation of experts from many different fields of expertise. Interested in space, have technical knowledge but lack an aerospace background? This course provides you with an introduction to the key concepts, methods and systems which enable spaceflight. Leading questions will be: How do spacecraft make it into space? How do spacecraft travel through space? What are the systems comprising a spacecraft and which factors affect their design and operation? If you want to work in the spaceflight sector and require technical insight, this course will orient you in the field and provide you with knowledge of key concepts, methods and systems. It will give you a platform from which to launch your collaboration on and deeper investigation of spaceflight topics. On completion of this course, you will be able to: Understand, visualize and conduct basic analysis and calculations for the two-body problem. Topics include: Kepler orbits, ∆V budget, patched conics, orbit geometry, time and coordinate systems. Identify the most common classes of analytical and numerical methods and their use in spaceflight engineering. Understand and conduct basic calculations on launch vehicle performance and relate launch characteristics to space missions and systems. Topics include: the Tsiolkovsky rocket equation, single and multi-stage performance, launch site location. Identify important characteristics of the space environment and understand the implications for spaceflight engineering and missions. Characterize different... [-]

Online Course: Spacecraft Technology

TU Delft Open & Online Education
Online 13 weeks Netherlands Netherlands Online

Exploration of space is never out of the news for long and the desire to construct lower-cost, reliable and more capable spacecraft has never been greater. At TU Delft years of technology development and research experience in space engineering allow us to offer this course, which examines spacecraft technologies for satellites and launch vehicles. [+]

Top Online Courses in Mechanical Engineering. Online Course: Spacecraft Technology OVERVIEW Exploration of space is never out of the news for long and the desire to construct lower-cost, reliable and more capable spacecraft has never been greater. At TU Delft years of technology development and research experience in space engineering allow us to offer this course, which examines spacecraft technologies for satellites and launch vehicles. This course will provide the essential grounding for anyone with an interest in the growing field of spacecraft design and manufacture with its strong focus on the practical applications of advanced theory. This course provides: knowledge of the technical principles of rockets and satellite bus subsystems the ability to select state-of-the-art, available components analysis of the physical and technical limitations of subsystem components identification of the key performance parameters of different spacecraft subsystems comparison of the values obtained by ideal theory and real-life ones opportunity to make preliminary designs for a spacecraft based on its key requirements Other spacecraft types, such as interplanetary rovers, are not covered in this course. Spacecraft instrumentation and other payloads are also not covered. DETAILS Spacecraft technology course is structured in three main segments: Satellite Bus Platform The technology is discussed at a component level with their working principles explained as well as their relation to the subsystem requirements and constraints. Calculations for the key characteristics of the components demonstrated prior to practical work by the students using primarily physical relations rather than general/empirical scaling rules. The three online modules... [-]

Undergraduate Course - Manufacturing Engineering

EAN University
Online January 2018 Colombia Bogotá

The Manufacturing Engineering virtual academic program is the first virtual academic program offered in Colombia. It aims at training enterprising professionals with knowledge in planning [+]

Undergraduate Course - Manufacturing Engineering

The Manufacturing Engineering virtual academic program is the first virtual academic program offered in Colombia. It aims at training enterprising professionals with knowledge in planning, managing and controlling manufacturing processes with the purpose of improving indicators of efficiency, effectiveness and productivity in companies on a national and international basis.

The academic training areas of the Manufacturing Engineer are: Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Production Systems Management, Quality Management, Industrial Safety, Environment, and Industrial Automation.

The program has an academic staff with broad academic and business experience, as well as with solid methodological training, thus making the learning process easier.... [-]