The Mechanical Engineering Section comprises 5 areas of work, whose professors are dedicated to the training of professionals and research in:
The design area is responsible for providing students with tools for the conception and design of machine and structural elements, machinery and industrial equipment in general. This task consists of developing and applying design methodologies, competitive and appropriate technologies for the development of projects for the national industry. The fields of application for design are diverse: metal-mechanical, textile, automotive, chemical, agribusiness, food, construction, fishing and mining.
Coordinador: Dr. Daniel Lavayen
This area is responsible for specialized courses in fundamentals and applications of different engineering materials, particularly in the field of welding and non-destructive testing.
Coordinator: Dr. Paul Lean
This area specializes in the fundamentals of theoretical and practical manufacturing processes so that students are able to know and understand the principles that govern these processes for their performance in the industry (control, planning and optimization of manufacturing processes). To support research and teaching activities, the Manufacturing Laboratory is equipped with conventional and automated manufacturing machines.
Coordinator: Mg. Walter Tupia
This area trains and specializes professionals in the application of advanced energy concepts, also considering environmental aspects; generates knowledge by researching applications for productive sectors in the economic context and the geographical variety existing in the country; and transfers knowledge in efficient and rational use of energy and in environmental evaluation of energy systems and equipment, providing advice to companies and public and private institutions, as well as generating and participating in social responsibility projects and national planning studies related to the sustainable use of energy.
Coordinator: Mg. Enrique Barrantes
This area promotes and develops training and research activities to transmit and apply knowledge of mechanical, electrical and/or thermal systems in the automation of industrial and manufacturing processes, y in the design of machines and mechanisms of automated and robotic systems.
Coordinator: