Engineering Fundamentals
The unit of measurement for power?
What is Watt (W)?
NSBE was originally called this before adopting its current name.
What is the Black Society of Engineers?
This female NASA mathematician helped astronauts get to the moon.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This is the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties.
What is an atom?
This is the value of π (pi) rounded to two decimal places.
What is 3.14?
The formula for calculating the velocity of an object
What is v = d / t or
v = s / t or
velocity = displacement / time?
This year marks the founding of NSBE at Purdue University.
What is 1975?
This Kenyan engineer developed a solar-powered refrigerator for rural clinics.
Who is Evans Wadongo?
This table organizes all known chemical elements by atomic number.
What is the Periodic Table?
This is the formula for the area of a rectangle.
What is length × width?
The principle behind the operation of a hydraulic system
What is Pascal's principle?
NSBE has this many regions across the United States.
What is six?
This Ghanaian scientist helped develop space science in Africa.
Who is Dr. Ave Kludze?
This is the pH value of pure water at room temperature.
What is 7?
This is the name of the longest side of a right triangle.
What is the hypotenuse?
A simplified representation of a system or object, showing only forces and moments acting on it
What is free body diagram?
This is the name of NSBE’s national headquarters location.
What is Alexandria, Virginia?
This African-American surgeon was one of the first to perform open-heart surgery
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?
This state of matter has a definite volume but no definite shape.
What is a liquid?
This branch of math deals with shapes, sizes, and the properties of space.
What is geometry?
The principle behind the operation of a lever
What is Torque and rotational equilibrium?
This founding member of NSBE later became its first national chairperson.
Who is Edward Coleman?
This Nigerian scientist helped fight Ebola and improve public health.
Who is Dr. Oyewale Tomori?
This process separates mixtures based on boiling points.
What is distillation?
This is the name of the branch of math that studies change, motion, and rates.
What is calculus?