ME Pop Culture
Where did Tony Stark famously build his first primitive Arc Reactor and Iron Man suit?
A Cave
Pythagorean Theorem
A2 + B2 = C2
This ancient Greek mathematician and engineer is credited with inventing the water screw pump, discovering principles of buoyancy
Archimedes
Who is the mechanical engineering advisor
Daniel Parker
Famous Mechanical engineer known on PBS.
Bill Nye
In Pixar's Cars, what is the hometown of Tow Mater?
Radiator Springs
Hooke's Law
Stress = Epsilon*E
In 1903, these two bicycle mechanics successfully achieved the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air human flight using a custom-built 12-horsepower engine
Wright brothers
(Orville and Wilbur)
How many credit hours are required to graduate with a degree in mechanical engineering?
128
Engineer known for improving the Steam Engine and developing the concept of horsepower
James Watt
In Interstellar, what is the maneuver used to gain velocity and change trajectory of the spacecraft using a celestial body's gravity called?
Gravitational slingshot (gravity assist)
Plank's constant
6.62607015 × 10-34
Designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson at Lockheed, this famous twin-engine fighter featured twin booms and turbosupercharged engines, becoming a dominant high-altitude escort plane.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
What is the course code for Mechanical tools Lab
3002L
Built the first public inter-city railway line to use steam locomotives. Known as the "Father of Railways"
George Stephenson
power cell/ fusion cell/ Tibanna gas energy cell
Bernoulli's Equation
P + 1/2pv2 + ρgz = constant
Developed in the late 19th century by a German mechanical engineer, this internal combustion engine type relies on heat generated by the compression of air in the cylinder to ignite the fuel
Diesel engine
A230
Engineer known for inventing the Jet Engine
Frank Whittle
In Back to the Future Part II (1989), what specific speed must the DeLorean reach to activate time travel, and what powers the "Mr. Fusion" home energy reactor in the future timeline?
88 miles per hour
household garbage/banana peels/beer.
Carnot Efficiency
η = 1 - Tc/Th = (Th - Tc)/ Th
Who is this early 20th-century American mechanical engineer that pioneered the system of mass production through interchangeable parts, standard assembly lines, and high wages for workers?
What are the 5 specialization (technical elective) tracks of Mechanical engineering at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Dynamic Systems
Mechanics and Materials
Thermal Fluids
Magnet Science and Technology
Aeronautics
Developed the pintle injector for rocket engines in the late 1950s
Jerry Elverum