STEM Majors
WashU Engineering
STEM Facts
Apps and Gadgets
Famous Scientists/Engineers
100
Students majoring in (ANSWER) will have the formal foundation needed to understand the applicability and consequences of the various approaches to analyzing (ANSWER) with a focus on statistical modeling and machine learning. They will have the computing skills needed to ingest, manage and visualize data.
What is data science?
100
How many departments are there in McKelvey (ex: Computer Science and Engineering)
What is 5 (Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical and Systems Engineering; Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science)
100
A scheme of numbers that only has two possible values for each digit: 0 and 1.
What is binary?
100
A computer aided design program used for 2-D and 3-D design and crafting (The one taught in MEMS 202)
What is SOLIDWORKS?
100
He was Serbian, and moved to America at the age of 28 to work with Thomas Edison. His inventions include the induction motor, 3-phase electricity, and fluorescent lighting.
Who is Nikola Tesla?
200
In studying (ANSWER) at Washington University in St. Louis, students and faculty work side by side on concerns in energy conservation and machine design, manufacturing, instrumentation, environmental control and biomechanics.
What is Mechanical Engineering?
200
What are the 3 one-credit courses required for most engineering majors and counts towards "EN-S" credit?
What are Ethics, Leadership, and Conflict Management?
200
The tendency of a body to rotate due to a force being applied at some distance away from the center of rotation.
What is torque?
200
A great tool for solving algebraic and differential equations and for numerical integration
What is MATLAB?
200
A Greek engineer, mathematician, physicist and astronomer. He has had a lasting influence in these areas, and although very little is known about the man himself, his inventions have stood the test of time and laid the foundations for many modern designs. The (ANSWER) screw, which can raise water efficiently, is undoubtedly the most famous.
Who is Archimedes?
300
Graduates from this major are expected to have mathematical competence and knowledge of systems analysis, control, design methods, numerical methods, differential equations, dynamic systems theory, automatic control theory, system stability, estimation, optimization, modeling, identification, simulation and basic computer programming.
What is Systems Engineering?
300
This is an indoor picture of what McKelvey building?
What is Jubel Hall?
300
What is this?
What is a potentiometer?
300
Tool used for measuring specific volumes and transferring out small quantities of liquid in milliliters or microliters.
What is a pipette?
300
The brothers were responsible for creating the airplane. Originally bike mechanics, their love of kite-flying and curiosity led them to new heights.
Who are Wilber and Orville Wright?
400
There are only 4 Second Majors within McKelvey. What are they?
What is Financial, Electrical, Systems, and Computer Science?
400
What time does Bytes open and close on Mondays through Fridays?
What is 9AM- 6PM?
400
What is Newton's 3rd law of motion?
What is "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction"?
400
What is this?
What is a drill press?
400
An Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?
500
What are the general (STEM related) Pre-Med requirements and how many semesters?
What is:
Biology – 2 semesters with lab
Physics – 2 semesters with lab
General chemistry – 2 semesters with lab
Organic chemistry – 2 semesters with lab
Biochemistry – 1 semester
Math – 2 semesters
500
What is the full name of the class CSE 330?
What is Rapid Prototype Development and Creative Progamming?
500
What are the first ten elements of the periodic table?
What is Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, and Neon?
500
What does the GPT in ChatGPT stand for?
What is Generative Pre-Trained Transformer?
500
A civil and mechanical engineer who developed and built steam locomotives for some of the first ever railways. Because of his impact, he is sometimes referred to as 'the Father of the Railway'.
Who is George Stephenson?