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Engineering Fundamentals
Guess the Engineering Branch
100

This the president of our current chapter and has served on the E-board for the past 3 years.

Who is Caly Ferguson?

100

This engineer and mathematician is one of the “Hidden Figures,” and she helped calculate the flight paths for NASA

Who is Katherine Johnson?

100

This easy to learn programming language is used for web development, data analysis, and artificial intelligence. It is also used in our CMSC201 class at UMBC

What is Python

100

How many meters are in one kilometer?

What is 1,000 meters?

100

This branch often takes “Statics,” “Dynamics,” and “Mechanics of Materials.”

What is Mechanical Engineering?

200

This is the name of the convention center that the NSBE National Convention is going to take place in 

What is the Baltimore Convention Center?

200

This aerospace engineer became the first African American woman in space in 1992.

Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?

200

This software is widely used amongst almost all engineers. It is primarily used for numerical computing, simulations, and data visualization

What is MATLAB?

200

What is the basic equation relating voltage, current, and resistance?

What is Ohm’s Law (V = I R)?

200

This type of engineer models chemical reactions in reactors to maximize product yield.

What is Nuclear/Chemical Engineering?

300

In this type of NSBE event, participants relax, intermingle, and take turns playing songs to see who has the best playlist. 

What is the NSBE Aux Battle?

300

This famous invention by Dr. Lonnie Johnson was originally made from an accident by working working from a heat pump at home, is now the best selling-toy in the world

What is the super soaker?

300

This cloud-based software is commonly used to design 3D models of mechanical parts and assemblies.

What is Onshape?

300

A block slides at constant speed across a surface. What must be true about the net force on it?

What is zero?

300

You create a CFD simulation of airflow over a hypersonic vehicle at Mach 5.

What is Aerospace Engineering?

400

This is the name of our NSBE Jr. chapter that we volunteer at every other Saturday

What is NGLA (Next Generation Leadership Academy)?

400

Rising over 2,700 feet tall, this skyscraper holds the record as the tallest man-made structure in the world.

What is the Burj Khalifa?

400

This software tool allows users to simulate electronic circuits before building them physically.

What is Multisim.

400

This principle states that the governing equations of physics must be dimensionally consistent

What is dimensional analysis?

400

This branch  studies the properties, processing, and applications of metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites to design materials with specific mechanical, thermal, or electrical performance

What is Materials Engineering

500

This university graduates more Black students who go on to earn doctorates in natural sciences and engineering than any other U.S. college

What is the University of Maryland, Baltimore County?

500

Opened in 1994, this underwater tunnel connects England and France, allowing trains to travel beneath the English Channel.

What is the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel)?

500

This software is used to perform finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and other complex engineering simulations.

What is ANSYS?

500

The Gibbs free energy change at constant temperature and pressure predicts this about a chemical reaction

What is spontaneity?

500

This branch focuses on designing, analyzing, and optimizing systems that integrate people, machines, materials, and information to improve efficiency, productivity, and quality.

What is Industrial Engineering?

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