本书以机电工程领域的英语文献为教学内容,全书包括:工程材料、金属成形、机械零件、计算机应用、工业设计、数控加工、计算机集成制造、特种加工、机电学与测量系统、汽车、飞机设计、飞机制造、微机电系统、机器人、工业工程等17个单元的教学内容,另外还包括了科技英语翻译、科技英语写作等科技英语技能拓展辅助教学内容。
本书旨在提高学生的专业英语快速阅读理解能力,同时希望能锻炼英文写作能力。
本书适合于理工科大专院校机械工程或机电工程专业的学生学习使用,也可供专业技术人员阅读。

Unit 1 Engineering Materials
Text 1 Type of Materials
Text 2 Steel
Text 3 Polymer
Text 4 Mechanical Properties of Material
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 2 Material Forming
Text 1 Metal Forming
Text 2 sheet Forming
Text 3 Forging
Text 4 Injection Molding
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 3 Mechanical Components
Text 1 Basic Machines and Machine Components
Text 2 Rolling Element Bearings
Text 3 Flexible Mechanical Elements
Text 4 Gear
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 4 Computer Applications Ⅰ
Text 1 Computers: Getting Started
Text 2 Computer Aided Design
Text 3 Computer Aided Engineering
Text 4 Introduction to New DMU Technology
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 5 Computer Applications Ⅱ
Text 1 Computer Aided Process Planning
Text 2 Computer Aided Manufacturing
Text 3 Computer Aided Quality Control
Text 4 Agile Manufacturing and Green Product Manufacturing
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 6 Introduction to Industrial Design
Text 1 What Is Industrial Design?
Text 2 Fundamental Entry-Level Requirements for Industrial Designers
Text 3 Design and Culture
Text 4 Ergonomics
Text 5 Green Design
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 7 Practice of Industrial Design
Text 1 Organic Geometry Ⅰ
Text 2 Organic Geometry Ⅱ
Text 3 CAD vs. CAID
Text 4 Studio Tools 10--Computer Aided Industrial Design
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 8 CNC Machines
Text I The Fundamentals of CNC
Text 2 How CNC Works
Text 3 Structures of CNC Machines
Text 4 Types of CNC Machines
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 9 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Text 1 Activities for Manufacturing Systems
Text 2 Flexible Manufacturing Systems
Text 3 Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Technology
Exercise
Unit 10 Non-Conventional Machine
Text 1 Electrical Machining Processes
Text 2 Development Trends of Erosion Machining
Text 3 Application Areas of RP&M
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 11 Meehatronies and Measurement Systems
Text 1 Mechatronics
Text 2 Measurement Systems
Text 3 Measurement System Response
Text 4 Sensors for Mechanical Measurements
Text 5 Temperature Measurement
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 12 Automobile
Text 1 Fundamentals of Automobile
Text 2 How an Energy Works
Text 3 Transmission
Text 4 Suspension and Steering Systems Operation
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 13 Aircraft Design
Text 1 Phases of Aircraft Design
Text 2 Aircraft Conceptual Design
Text 3 Loads on Aircraft Structural Components
Text 4 Function of Structural Components
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 14 Aircraft Fabrication
Text 1 Fabrication of Structural Components
Text 2 A Flexible Development System for Automated Aircraft Assembly
Text 3 A New Look at Aircraft Assembly--Friction Stir Welding Is the Answer
Text 4 Verifying Aircraft Assembly with Real-Time Digital hotogrammetry
Exercise
Unit 15 MEMS
Text 1 Introduction to MEMS
Text 2 Mechanical to Electrical Transduction
Text 3 MEMS Actuators
Text 4 Trends in MEMS Technology
Exercise
Unit 16 Robotics
Text 1 Robotics
Text 2 Industrial Robots
Text 3 Component of a Robot System
Text 4 Robotic Sensors
Free Reading
Exercise
Unit 17 Industry Engineering
Text 1 Industrial Engineering Education for the 21st Century
Text 2 Real IE Value
Text 3 Operations Research
Text 4 Total Quality Management
Exercise
Development Skills for Technical English
Appendix
1 A List of Common British and American Spelling Equivalents
2 A List of Common Prefixes and Suffixes
Bibliography