UMD History
This person is the president of the University of Maryland.
Who is Darryll Pines?
Kevin Plank, a Maryland alumni, is the CEO and founder of this popular sports apparel brand.
What is Under Armour?
Curved member spanning an opening and serving as support.
What is arch?
This architect designed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan, New York
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?
This professor is the assistant director of undergraduate at the University of Maryland, School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation. This person completed both undergraduate and master's at the University of Maryland.
Who is Ken Filler?
This is the number of Testudo statues on campus.
What is seven?
A hemispherical structure evolved from the arch, usually forming a ceiling or roof.
What is dome?
This architect designed the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California.
Who is Frank Gehry?
The laser cutter uses this color to cut materials. You must set the lines to this color on AutoCAD.
What is red?
The Yahentamitsi dining hall on the North Campus opened during this year.
What is 2022?
Jim Henson is a well-known name around our campus. He even has his own statue in front of Stamp and this character sits next to him.
Who is Kermit the Frog?
Decorative protrusions that are similar to columns or pillars, but are not structural.
What are false columns?
This architect designed Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan
Who is Zaha Hadid?
In the architecture building, exhibitions relating to the school’s four disciplines are often held in this room.
What is The Kibel Gallery?
The Maryland men’s basketball team won the NCAA Championship during this year.
What is 2002?
This NBA shooting guard currently plays for the Chicago Bulls and is nicknamed the "Red Velvet."
Who is Kevin Huerter?
The Parthenon in Athens, Greece, had these two types of friezes.
What are Doric and Ionic orders?
The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 by this German architect.
Who is Walter Gropius?
These are the names of the 4 plotters in the architecture building.
What are Marlene, Bertha, Hilda, and Josephine?
The University of Maryland has gone through many changes throughout the years. This was the college that the University of Maryland was first chartered as.
What is Maryland Agricultural College?
The internet and the ability to instantly search any question or fact has become a huge part of today's world. This Maryland Alumni cofounded Google.
Who is Sergey Brin?
A rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end. Typically it extends from a flat vertical surface such as a wall, to which it must be firmly attached.
What is cantilever?
This architect was a boxer before pursuing a career in architecture.
Who is Tadao Ando?
This brand of 3D printers is known for its reliability and print quality. It even 3D prints many of the plastic components for their own printers. The architecture building has a few of these 3D printers.
What is Prusa?