Content Analysis of Subjects, Research Methods and Used Softwares in Postgraduate Theses of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tabriz

The main objective of this research is to investigate the status of content the theses of graduate studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Tabriz from the beginning of 1390 to the end of 1396 in terms of subject matters, research methods, applied softwares, gender and the academic degree of the authors. The findings of the research showed that the most frequent topics are: "thermodynamics and power plant" in the field of energy conversion, "Dynamics and Vibrations" in the field of applied design, "forming" in the field of manufacturing and produce and also "thermodynamics and heat transfer of the engine power generation process " in the field of vehicle powertrain system. In terms of the research methods, the numerical method has the highest application and the analytical method has the lowest application. In terms of used software's, "MATLAB" and "EES" software's were the most used respectively. In terms of the gender composition of the authors of the theses, 91 percent are men and 9 percent are women. In terms of the academic degree, 91 percent of the theses are written by master of science students and 9 percent by doctoral students.