Name That Unit!
The SI base unit of electric current
What is an ampere?
BU’s mascot is a Boston Terrier with this name
Who is Rhett?
This 2.5-mile red-lined path winds past 16 historic sites, from Boston Common to Bunker Hill
What is the Freedom Trail?
This company launched ChatGPT in November 2022.
What is OpenAI?
In EK 125, most first-years write code in Python and this other programming language.
What is MATLAB?
One newton applied over one meter of distance equals one of these units
What is a joule?
There’s no sand at this campus spot behind Marsh Plaza
What is the BU Beach?
The Green Line Extension now runs to Medford/Tufts on this branch letter.
What is E?
The “G” in 5G stands for this
What is Generation?
In EK 307 and EK 131, you learn voltage and current laws made by this physicist.
Who is Gustav Robert Kirchhoff?
This unit of frequency is named after a German physicist
What is a Hertz?
In 1955, this civil rights leader earned his doctorate in systematic theology from BU
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Marathon runners pass the Citgo sign with one mile to go, but they first have to survive this climb in Newton.
What is Heartbreak Hill?
Based in Waltham MA, this company builds the robot dog Spot and the humanoid Atlas.
What is Boston Dynamics?
Before you can take Engineering Mechanics I, you have to have completed this class.
What is Physics 1?
One newton per square meter defines this unit
What is a pascal?
Agganis Arena is named for this BU football star turned Red Sox first baseman, nicknamed “The Golden Greek,” who died in 1955
Who is Harry Agannis?
The Harvard Bridge, which connects Boston and Cambridge, is famously measured in these units, named for an MIT student
What are smoots?
In 2024, this Elon Musk company put its first brain implant in a human patient.
What is Neuralink?
If you plan to study abroad in the spring of sophomore year, ENG advises taking Mechanics in the fall instead of this EK course.
What is Circuits? (ENG EK 307)
The SI unit of magnetic flux density
What is a Tesla?
The Computer and Data Sciences (CDS) building at BU is carbon neutral mostly due to their use of this type of heating and cooling.
What is geothermal?
In the 1970s, this Back Bay skyscraper became infamous when its windows started falling out onto the street below.
What is the John Hancock Tower?
Quantum computers store information in these, which can exist in a superposition of 0 and 1
What are qubits?
Outside of normal engineering coursework, all BU ENG students must complete this many Hub electives.
What is 8?