Bioengineering
The responsibilities of a bioengineer include
Using the engineering design process to develop devices for biological and health purposes
The responsibilities of civil engineer include
Planing, designing, building, and maintaining infrastructure projects
The responsibilities of a chemical engineer include
Designing, developing, and optimizing processes that transform raw materials into valuable products like fuels, medicines, food, and plastics
The responsibilities of a mechanical engineer include
Designing, developing, testing, and maintaining machines, tools, and mechanical systems
The responsibilities of an environmental engineer include
applying engineering, biology, soil science, and chemistry principles to solve problems related to public health, waste management, pollution control, and ecological sustainability
Bioengineers design this, an artificial body part, to replace a missing limb.
What is a prosthetic?
This simple, straight-line bridge design that relies on a flat deck supported at both ends.
What is a beam bridge?
This type of substance speeds up a chemical reaction
What is a catalyst?
A playground see-saw is a classic example of this simple machine
What is a lever?
Using food scraps, yard trimmings, and natural bacteria to turn kitchen waste into nutrient-rich soil is called this.
What is composting?
This is the medical device that bioengineers innovate in order for medical professional to search for broken bones
What is an X-ray?
This geometric shape is heavily used in structural designs because it is the strongest, most rigid basic shape
What is a triangle?
Chemical engineers study how ice crystals, air bubbles, and fat droplets mix to create this popular dessert?
What is ice cream?
The tiny dimples on this small sports ball reduce aerodynamic drag to let the ball fly twice as far
What is a golf ball?
Designed in 1970 by a 23-year-old student Gary Anderson, this globally recognized three-arrow graphic represents the loop of sustainable material management
What is the recycling symbol?
Engineers studied how this small lizard sticks to walls to design bandages and tape that grip without glue.
What is a gecko?
Civil engineers design massive underground piping networks to deliver clean water and safely carry away this waste liquid.
What is sewage?
Sugar dissolving completely into hot tea is an example of this kind of uniform mixture where you can no longer see the separate parts.
What is a homogeneous mixture?
When an object is actively moving—like a ball after being thrown—it possesses this type of energy.
What is kinetic energy?
This natural atmospheric phenomenon keeps the Earth warm enough to support life, though human activities have supercharged it by adding extra carbon dioxide.
What is the greenhouse effect?
Bioengineers run these multi-phase scientific experiments on human volunteers to test whether a newly engineered vaccine or medical device is completely safe and effective.
What are clinical trials?
This famous U.S. concrete arch-gravity dam sits right on the border of Nevada and Arizona.
What is the Hoover Dam?
The curved upper surface of a liquid inside a container, caused by adhesion, cohesion, and surface tension. (hint: it has the same name as a cartilage found in the knee)
What is a meniscus?
Before building a final product like a new smartphone or drone, engineers always build this experimental, preliminary version to test their ideas.
What is a protype?
This term means meeting our current needs for water, food, and energy without ruining the ability of future generations to meet theirs.
What is sustainability?