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La densidad de masa disciplinar de la ingeniería mecánicaThe density of mass discipline of mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering, at least in academia, has resisted the dictates of fashion. When appeared new engineering specialties, such as computing and everything related to information technologies, perceived a certain decline in the Spanish scientific contribution in those considered "classical" disciplines, such as electrical engineering
"The mechanics remained in reasonable levels" - says Vicente Díaz, President of the Spanish Association of mechanical engineering (AEIM). "But for a decade it warns a take-off, not only in number of pupils in the schools, but also in number of placements of the graduates". If in some cases mechanics couldn't have the image of old or outdated technology - although who is in the profession is not well-always appear new issues: Tribology, biomechanics, new materials... This is not to mention the possibilities of further deepening troop simulation techniques.
The industry itself also see him, hiring technical mechanics and engineers find it of value and performance in line with the activity, comparison with other areas.
The mechanics in the society
"The mechanical industry has evolved a lot in recent decades", said Emilio Bautista, founder and Honorary President of the AEIM. For some time there was a blur of industrial oriented more mass than the incorporation of technology production - which made it impossible to resist, for example, the dumping suffered by the shipbuilding industry. But now, with a more internationalized world, this situation is changing.
For example, although Spain does not have an automobile with possibilities of design, if there is a fairly effective automotive auxiliary industry. Still, Baptist believes that it is changing quite rapidly, but not enough.
"A take-off, not only in number of pupils in the schools, but also in number of placements of the licensed students are warned for a decade"
It is necessary to move to a higher value-added industry, because we are losing industrial share. The more take the company to account, and the Administration to promote it, harder will be the trance
With regard to the Administration, occurs that mechanical technology is not that the political most displayed. Currently, University departments are saturated projects, and often have to give up some. "Today, unlike what was happening 10 mid-puberty years ago, the University no longer has to go to companies looking for funding, but will reverse rather" - ensures Emilio Bautista. But the lack of institutional support prevents growth of work teams.
"Now - continues Bautista - Spanish University is closer and is more comparable to international universities of reference industry Spanish classical to the industry of international reference." "And with very few resources invested by the State." The Spanish University, is currently exporting engineers.
The density of mass discipline of mechanics is very large. The three-dimensional world, with the dynamic capability that gives you the time, is essentially mechanical. Is that pole of attraction - and implementation - of many other areas
Untapped engineers
When an engineer is hired by a company, before can spare you knowledge that is not missing. This is a sign that the industry does not everything that could be done. "Forget what you've learned in the University", often heard to say. But there is another way that convert the industry towards products and higher value-added technologies, because otherwise the competence of the new members of the European Union and Asian countries will make - as already happening - that the Spanish industry lost market share in Europe. And there, for the moment, public policies that favor.
Emilio Bautista, however, is optimistic: will end up happening. "In the same way that when there was the entry into the European Union we were afraid we become a country of services dedicated to tourism, and not has happened finally." "But the later the company to account, and the Administration to promote it, is harder trance."
Not "is paid any attention to the small workshops;" only to big industry. "If I had more responsibilities of Government would create more - still more - technological centres, so that they can make research small industries cannot do if same." There are enough prepared professionals. When a company decides to switch to higher value added not take of less educated staff. "But the Administration should promote more use," says Vicente Díaz.
Also the shipbuilding industry is activating. Called "before not us for developing technology, but fill out orders", has Mateos.
"Unlike what happened 10 or 15 years ago, the University no longer has to go to companies looking for funding, but that occurs rather the opposite"
Attraction discipline
"The engineering of new materials, a speciality of chemistry, should now be under mechanical engineering", says Vicente Díaz. Falls Emilio Bautista: "when it comes to processing and machining these materials, well that come to us." "And need to know how have been generated."
Today hardly conceivable without the electronics mechanics, various departments now operate under the name of Mechatronics. Both collected, the contribution of the automatic becomes indispensable. And digital controls began to be made with discrete logic, then with microprocessors and now a PC Board usually solve most problems. Then, the computer has joined also the mechanics.
It is a general trend of many disciplines, as a reflection of the human condition who them is theirs, taken by power plants. But the mechanics probably does so on the basis of. And it is the mass density discipline of mechanics is very large. Not only because of its antiquity, but that the world, with its three spatial dimensions and dynamic capacity which gives the fourth dimension - time - is essentially mechanical. Thus is pole of attraction, and implementation of much of many others.
In addition, the practice evidenced: in the shipbuilding industry of Cádiz, according to a study is relatively recent, there two naval engineers, two or three technical engineers "and the remainder are mechanical", review Mateos. Díaz has an impact on the same: "a mechanical engineer has all the ability to calculate the metacentro of a ship." "And by many electronics that gets into the car, if not fluent mechanics it is useless."
