Electromechanical Engineering

In engineering, electromechanics combines processes and procedures drawn from electrical engineering and mechanical engineering. Electromechanics focuses on the interaction of electrical and mechanical systems as a whole and how the two systems interact with each other. This process is especially prominent in systems such as those of DC Machines which can be designed and operated to generate power from a mechanical process (generator) or used to power a mechanical effect (motor). Electrical engineering in this context also encompasses electronics engineering.

Electromechanical devices are ones which have both electrical and mechanical processes. Strictly speaking, a manually operated switch is an electromechanical component due to the mechanical movement causing an electrical output. Though this is true, the term is usually understood to refer to devices which involve an electrical signal to create mechanical movement, or vice versa mechanical movement to create an electric signal. Often involving electromagnetic principles such as in relays, which allow a voltage or current to control another, usually isolated circuit voltage or current by mechanically switching sets of contacts, and solenoids, by which a voltage can actuate a moving linkage as in solenoid valves.

Before the development of modern electronics, electromechanical devices were widely used in complicated subsystems of parts, including electric typewriters, teleprinters, clocks, initial television systems, and the very early electromechanical digital computers.

* Description and images provided by Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA 3.0 license .

Scholarships for Electromechanical Engineering Majors

Bullet name award deadline Link
 

Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Up to $30,000 Varies See Details
 

Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

award

Up to $30,000

deadline

Varies
See Details
 

Engineering Honors Scholarship - Greenville University

Greenville University

$20,500 Varies See Details
 

Engineering Honors Scholarship - Greenville University

Greenville University

award

$20,500

deadline

Varies
See Details
 

Science Post Graduate Scholarship Fund

Native Forward Scholars Fund

Up to $30,000 June 01, 2023 See Details
 

Science Post Graduate Scholarship Fund

Native Forward Scholars Fund

award

Up to $30,000

deadline

June 01, 2023
See Details
 

Alice P. Gast STEM Scholarship

Lehigh University

$12,500 Varies See Details
 

Alice P. Gast STEM Scholarship

Lehigh University

award

$12,500

deadline

Varies
See Details
 

SOLV Energy Women in Solar Scholarship

Solar Energy International (SEI)

$10,000 Varies See Details
 

SOLV Energy Women in Solar Scholarship

Solar Energy International (SEI)

award

$10,000

deadline

Varies
See Details
 

TMCF | PPG Foundation Scholarship

Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Up to $10,000 March 27, 2023 See Details
 

TMCF | PPG Foundation Scholarship

Thurgood Marshall College Fund

award

Up to $10,000

deadline

March 27, 2023
See Details
 

Lockheed Martin STEM Scholarship

Lockheed Martin

$10,000 March 31, 2023 See Details
 

Lockheed Martin STEM Scholarship

Lockheed Martin

award

$10,000

deadline

March 31, 2023
See Details
 

BMO Capital Markets Lime Connect Equity Through Education Scholarship

Lime Connect, Inc.

$10,000 April 09, 2023 See Details
 

BMO Capital Markets Lime Connect Equity Through Education Scholarship

Lime Connect, Inc.

award

$10,000

deadline

April 09, 2023
See Details
 

Swalm Brookhaven Scholarship

Mississippi State University

$10,000 December 01, 2023 See Details
 

Swalm Brookhaven Scholarship

Mississippi State University

award

$10,000

deadline

December 01, 2023
See Details
 

TSU Ingram Engineering Scholarship

Texas State University - San Marcos

$8,000 December 15, 2023 See Details
 

TSU Ingram Engineering Scholarship

Texas State University - San Marcos

award

$8,000

deadline

December 15, 2023
See Details