Everyday Engineering
This device turns electricity into light and is commonly used to brighten rooms, hallways, and outdoor spaces.
Light bulb!
This engineer applies Newton’s laws of motion to design engines, vehicles, and machines.
Mechanical engineer
Engineers use this shape a lot when building bridges and towers because it is the strongest and doesn’t change shape easily. What is this shape?
Triangles
This Calgary landmark stands 191 meters tall and uses reinforced concrete and a hollow core for strength.
the Calgary tower
This machine uses a motor and pulley system to move people or objects vertically between floors in a building.
an Elevator
This engineer studies forces on structures and materials to design buildings, bridges, and towers.
Civil engineer
This force is typically the main problem when parts in a machine wear down and stop working smoothly over time.
Friction!
This bridge in San Francisco is known for its orange-red color and suspension cables that stretch over 2.7 km.
the Golden Gate Bridge
This object uses compressed gas or a pump mechanism to force liquid out in a fine mist or stream...
A spray bottle
JThis engineer works with electronics, signal processing, and circuit design for things like radar and robotics.
Electrical engineer
A bridge keeps swaying when cars drive over it. Engineers need to add something to make it more stable and stop the movement. What could they add?
Support beams
this structure is the tallest building in the world!
the Burj Khalifa
This kitchen appliance uses rapidly spinning metal coils and strong magnets to heat pots and pans directly, without getting the cooktop itself hot.
an “Induction” stovetop
This engineer combines biology, materials science, and mechanics to create medical technologies like prosthetics or artificial organs.
Biomedical engineer
A toy car’s wheels wobble and don’t spin smoothly. To fix this, you tighten the part that holds the wheels in place. What is this part called?
The axle
This rover used a sky crane system to safely land on Mars in 2021 (what did they name this rover?)
Perseverance
This safety device is usually mounted on a ceiling and uses sensors to detect invisible gases produced by incomplete combustion, like from a furnace or gas stove. (hint! Not a smoke detector)
A Carbon monoxide detector
This engineer designs aircraft, spacecraft, satellites, and missiles, often dealing with aerodynamics and propulsion systems.
Aerospace engineer
You are manufacturing a toy car, you find that it works great mobing straight but when it goes to turn it tips over, what is most likely causing this to occur?
The toy cars center of gravity is too high!
This is the tallest building in Calgary at this moment
the Brookefield Place building