ECE Concepts
Industry CEOs
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100

This is the law that states:

"The electric current through a conductor between two points is directly proportional to the voltage across the two points "

Ohm's Law

100

This is the name of the the co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA.

Jensen Huang

100

This is the building in which the high-tech clean room is located on campus.

NERC 

(North Engineering Research Center)

200

Not to be confused with programming languages, HDL's are a much differently structured type of code, known for being used to program FPGA's (Field Programmable Gate Arrays). 

This is what the acronym HDL stands for.

Hardware Description Language

200

Seen recently promoting the iPhone 17 on the Emmy's red carpet after its recent launch, this is the CEO of Apple.

Tim Cook

200
This is the building that you can find the Engineering Career Development Center (ECDC).

HM Comer

300

MOSFETs are a fundamental component of power electronics, digital logic, and integrated circuits. 

What does MOSFET stand for?

Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor

300

Entering the position in 2014, as well as becoming chairman in 2021, this is the CEO of Microsoft.

Satya Nadella

300

What does the building referred to as SEC stand for and what other building is it connected to?

Science & Engineering Complex, Shelby Hall

400

List one of the two justifications for why engineers use j instead of i to denote the square root of -1.

1. j is used instead of i because I is already used to represent electric current, this avoids confusion

2. j is used to help with vector notation parity between disciplines.  (2i+4j in math/physics vs 2 +4j in engineering)

400

Morris Chang is the founder of TSMC, and was previously the only executive to hold the positions of Chairman and CEO simultaneously until this man, who currently holds both positions, as well as the position of President.

C. C. Wei

400

The Shelby (or Engineering) Quad is where many of us spend the majority of our time on campus. What is Quad short for?

Quadrangle

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