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Energy is a natural resource extracted and transformed for a specific use in order to meet the production needs of goods and services of society. Regarding the primary energy sources, there are renewable energies (already covered in another leaflet) and conventional energies.The most common are fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas. And, on the other hand, nuclear power obtained from nuclear fission and fusion. Power plants are...

Mechatronics and Automation are the areas of engineering focused on the study and development of machinery to implement autonomous and smart industrial processes through computer and electric control. The need of the industry to automate current industrial processes has allowed the development of control elements, such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), which increase the speed and efficiency of both simple processes and complete...

The branch of Fluid Mechanics studies the laws of the behavior of fluids at rest (fluid statics) or in motion (fluid dynamics) and their interaction processes with solid bodies.  Given the relevance of fluids in diverse applications, it is important to know their nature and describe it based on its properties, like pressure, temperature, volume, density, viscosity, compressibility, specific heat, thermal expansion and miscibility. With...

Mechanics is the scientific discipline that studies the physical phenomena that affect the elements of nature. Classical mechanics deals with the study of the rigid body as well as systems of a finite or infinite number (continuous medium) of degrees of freedom, while quantum mechanics studies systems of small scale or little energy. Due to the constant evolution of the industry, the branches of mechanical engineering, automotive and...

Chemical Engineering is considered the basis of many other industries, as the energy (mainly oil), pharmaceutical, food and electronics industries among others, which makes it one of the mosts important economic factors in some countries. The role of the chemical engineer today continues to grow, carrying out activities such as: equipment and process design, assembly of equipment and plants, production control, management, quality control,...

Thermodynamics is the branch of physics responsible for the study of the interaction between heat, work and other manifestations of energy in systems in equilibrium. Thermodynamics and thermotechnics have a large number of uses, from the power generation in thermal power plants to cooling systems, covering building engineering too. The main practical applications in equipment are thermal machines that take advantage of the energy and heat...

The electrical power is obtained from primary energy sources, such as solar energy, hydropower, wind power, geothermal energy, biomass, oil, natural gas or coal. For the use of these energies power generation plants, such hydroelectric power poants, wind power plants, photovoltaic power plants, nuclear power plants, combined cycle power plants, etc, are required. The strong evolution of the electrical system has cleared the way for Smart...

Communications is defined as the set of physical and technological means required to enable the transmission of information between two or several people. Today, numerous communication systems and networks coexist in the global communications infrastructure. They can be grouped, according to different classifications, as analog and digital, wired (conventional telephone networks) or wireless (radio communications), fixed (LAN, WAN) or mobile...

Electronics is the branch of physics that is in charge of the study and development of electronic circuits so that the electrons that circulate through them have the behavior desired by the specifications of the application. The applications of electronics are almost endless, and each year we are able to improve and add new contributions. The future of electronics focuses on the miniaturization of electronic components, increasing their...

Physics is the science that studies all phenomena involved in the reality that surrounds us. Nowadays, thanks to experimentation, it is possible to reach an unprecedented level of knowledge of the elements that surround us, achieving scientific developments unimaginable in the past century. Industry benefits from these advances, which revolutionize, among others, the production of energy and production processes used so far. Computer...