Department of Mechanical Engineering (USF)
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The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida is an academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate programs focused on the design, analysis, and innovation of mechanical and thermal systems within the College of Engineering.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Department of Mechanical Engineering (USF) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5444920 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Mechanical Engineering (USF) Context triple: [College of Engineering (University of South Florida), hasDepartment, Department of Mechanical Engineering (USF)]
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a leading academic and research department in India, known for its strong programs in mechanical design, manufacturing, thermal sciences, and related engineering fields.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing mechanical sciences and engineering through innovative education and cutting-edge research.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is an academic unit within the A. James Clark School of Engineering that focuses on education and research in the design, analysis, and manufacturing of mechanical systems and technologies.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is an academic unit at the College of Engineering Pune that focuses on education and research in mechanical systems, design, manufacturing, and related engineering fields.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is an academic unit at Konya Technical University focused on education and research in mechanical systems, design, and related engineering fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Department of Mechanical Engineering (USF) Target entity description: The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida is an academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate programs focused on the design, analysis, and innovation of mechanical and thermal systems within the College of Engineering.
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A.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a leading academic and research department in India, known for its strong programs in mechanical design, manufacturing, thermal sciences, and related engineering fields.
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B.
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley is a leading academic and research unit focused on advancing mechanical sciences and engineering through innovative education and cutting-edge research.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is an academic unit within the A. James Clark School of Engineering that focuses on education and research in the design, analysis, and manufacturing of mechanical systems and technologies.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering is an academic unit within Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science that focuses on the study and research of mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and related engineering systems.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University is an academic unit that offers education and conducts research in areas such as mechanics, materials, thermofluids, and design within the Faculty of Engineering.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | academic department ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
engineering
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mechanical engineering education ⓘ |
| accreditedProgram | ABET-accredited Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering ⓘ |
| affiliation |
University of South Florida System
ⓘ
linked to:
University of South Florida
|
| campus | USF Tampa campus ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| educationalLevel |
graduate
ⓘ
postgraduate ⓘ undergraduate ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
mechanical engineering
ⓘ
mechanical systems ⓘ thermal sciences ⓘ thermal systems ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
analysis of mechanical systems
ⓘ
analysis of thermal systems ⓘ design of mechanical systems ⓘ design of thermal systems ⓘ innovation in mechanical systems ⓘ innovation in thermal systems ⓘ |
| hasType | STEM department ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.usf.edu/engineering/me/ ⓘ |
| languageOfInstruction | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Florida
ⓘ
Tampa, Florida ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| offersProgram |
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
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Master’s-level mechanical engineering program ⓘ doctoral-level mechanical engineering program ⓘ graduate mechanical engineering programs ⓘ undergraduate mechanical engineering program ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
College of Engineering (USF)
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University of South Florida ⓘ |
| partOf |
College of Engineering (USF)
ⓘ
University of South Florida ⓘ |
| researchArea |
dynamics and control
ⓘ
energy systems ⓘ materials and manufacturing ⓘ mechanical design ⓘ thermal-fluid sciences ⓘ |
| sector | public higher education ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Department of Mechanical Engineering (USF) Description of subject: The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of South Florida is an academic unit that offers undergraduate and graduate programs focused on the design, analysis, and innovation of mechanical and thermal systems within the College of Engineering.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
College of Engineering (University of South Florida)
→
hasDepartment
→
Department of Mechanical Engineering (USF)
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subject linked to:
College of Engineering