EGC Trivia
Major Facts
SWE Trivia
Influential Women in STEM
RU Cultured?
100

When and where does EGC meet every week?

Mondays from 8-9 pm RWH 102.

100

The largest engineering discipline at Rutgers University with over 800 students

What is MAE? 

100

What are Rutgers SWE's four main pillars?

Professional Development, Community, Outreach, and Mentorship
100

Primatologist and Ecologist famous for her study of chimpanzees

Jane Goodall

100
44th President of the US and Rutgers Class of 2016 Commencement Speaker

Who is Former President Barack Obama?

200

What is the upcoming event that EGC is hosting on Monday, October 28th?

Trunk or Treat

200

Software used by millions of engineers to analyze data, develop algorithms, and create models, and has it's own course in SOE curriculum

What is MATLAB?

200

How many total e-board and board members are there?

15

200

The only woman in history to win two Nobel Prizes

Who is Marie Curie?

200

Name of black activist, professional football player, stage and film actor, and concert artist who attended Rutgers University and has a center dedicated him on Busch Campus

What is Paul Robeson?

300

What is the yearly budget to distribute to organizations?

$200,000

300

SOE department that has the smallest population and has an alumnus who helped reinvent several generations of the glass used on your iPhone

What is MSE?

300

What is SWE's motto?

Aspire, Advance, Achieve

300

Known as a human computer, this American mathematician's orbital mechanics calculations at NASA were critical to the success of the first and subsequent US crewed spaceflights.

Who is Katherine Johnson?

300

Rutger alumni, actress, and singer who starred in "Abbott Elementary" and was the first black woman in 35 years to win a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role

Who is Sheryl Lee Ralph?

400

What are the different committees that you can join?

Engineering Affairs, Events, Finance, Internal Review, Society Affairs, University Affairs

400

Track in BME that focuses on tissue and fluid mechanics, as well as prosthetics and medical devices

What is Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Engineering?

400

What year was SWE founded?

1950

400
X-ray crystallographer, whose work was crucial to understanding the structure of DNA

Rosalind Franklin

400

Full name of the first black student to graduate from Rutgers 

Hint: They also have a building dedicated to them

What is James Dickson Carr?

500

How many societies are part of EGC?

36

500

Name of the organization that accredits all Rutgers SOE department curriculums 

What is the American Board of Engineering and Technology?

500

What city did the first SWE National Conference occur in?

New York City

500
English mathematician and writer often referred to as "the first programmer" for recognizing that computers had larger potential than mathematical calculations

Who is Ada Lovelace?

500

Famous author and Nobel Prize winner known for her best selling novel "Beloved", as well as "Sula", and "The Bluest", who spoke at the Rutgers Class of 2011 Commencement

Who is Toni Morrison? 

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