Mechanical engineers work in the aeronautics industries, acoustics, mining and oil exploration, and in the manufacture of textiles and chemicals. Mechatronics engineering brings together the fundamentals, procedures and techniques for the design, production and service of future-oriented machines and devices. Interdisciplinary engineering students pursue studies in information engineering and one of civil, electrical and electronics, or mechanical engineering. The interdisciplinary focus equips graduates to work across specialist boundaries and to take up career patterns not based on traditional employment patterns. Employment opportunities include working as part of multidisciplinary project teams where the ability to think beyond the confines of a narrow engineering specialisation will be prized.
Environmental engineering has a multidisciplinary approach to problem solving.
Environmental engineers have a major role in remedying the adverse legacies of the past, solving the environmental problems of the present and seeking to implement sustainable practices for resource utilisation and development into the future. Their skills are sought by public authorities and commercial organisations, by consulting groups providing specific expertise, and by industries involved in building and construction, mining and minerals, manufacturing and processing. Industrial engineering and engineering management graduates contribute by improving productivity and quality of product and service. Primarily they work on investigating and designing systems to improve production, maintenance, design, health and safety, planning, marketing, logistics and project management. Their training provides them with considerable flexibility in choice of career and choice of industry, as their analytical and design skills can be used to enhance the material, human and financial resources of any organisation.