Mechanical Engineering

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers supports lifelong learning for its 115,000 members, many of whom become professionally registered. It fosters idea exchange, innovation, and career-long skill development, enabling engineers and technicians to create impactful solutions to global challenges.

The role and mission of CIRP is to promote - in the field of production engineering - research and development among its members from academia and industry, to contribute to environmentally sustainable global prosperity and well-being of society.

Focuses on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, refrigeration, and sustainability. $30 annual student membership.

Promotes the art, science and practice of multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences around the globe. Free for first year students, $25 for other students already on their engineer journey.

Mission is to advance mobility knowledge and solutions for the benefit of humanity. SAE International is the leader in connecting and educating mobility professionals to enable safe, clean, and accessible mobility solutions.

Established in 1932 as a nonprofit organization, SME represents North American manufacturing industry, including manufacturers, academia, professionals, students, and the communities in which they operate. With a strong belief in manufacturing as a driver of economic growth and prosperity, SME champions the industry’s potential. Through innovative approaches to understanding and solving problems, SME supports the advancement of the next wave of growth in manufacturing. $20 student membership.

Access to construction products, CAD, catalogs, specs, etc.

Find manufacturers, distributors and service providers (formerly the Thomas Register).

Contains full text with graphics of current as well as back issues, which go back to 1996. The site also contains job opportunities, breaking news, and a search engine for the latest issue.

A start page for mechanical engineers that provides a range of design resources. Includes a directory of vendors, covers stock components, custom fabricators, raw materials, and other web directories. A reference data page offers a list of reference books.

An online community for people in the international community of applied mechanics hosted at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Freely available MIT course content on Mechanical Engineering.