The University of Michigan was originally located in this city before moving to Ann Arbor in 1837
Detroit
This is the force produced by two moving surfaces that are in contact
This woman won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 for her contribution to the understanding of radiation
Marie Curie
It’s the decimal equivalent of ⅛
0.125
This Google Co-founder and BSE CE ‘95 is a Michigan Engineering alum
Larry Page
In addition to Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan has two other campus locations- Dearborn and this city
Flint
This term refers to the process when two light atomic nuclei combine to form one heavy nucleus
Fusion
Rosalind Franklin’s work led to the discovery of the molecular structure of this genomic material
DNA
9 divided by ¾ is this
12
Two University of Michigan alumni (‘97 and ‘06) founded this company that was later acquired by Cisco
Duo
According to campus lore, any couple that kisses under this piece of architecture at midnight is destined to marry
West Engineering Arch
A googol has this many zeros following the number 1
100
Martha Coston created and patented a flare device for signaling at sea that served as a basis of communication and helped save lives during the Civil War and is still used by this branch of the US military
Navy
If x2 + 2 = 18, x = this
4
This BSE CE ‘91 alumni was the mastermind behind the Apple iPod
Tony Fadell
The Block M on the Diag was donated by the class of this year (decade is ok)
1953
The Ancient Romans used these to supply water to their town
Aqueducts
Grace Hopper is known as the inventor of this- a program that translates programming code to machine language
Compiler
It’s 5% of 400
20
He is considered to be the “Father of Information Technology” and is also a BS EE and Math ‘36 graduate
Claude Shannon
One of many notable alumni, James Earl Jones got a degree from the School of Music, Theater, and Dance in 1955 and then went on to become the voice of this famous character in Star Wars
Darth Vader
The Brinell and Rockwell tests are used to determine this quality of a material
Hardness
Mileva Maric´, physicist and mathematician, was the first wife of this German scientist
Einstein
(x+1)^2 expands to this
x^2 + 2x +1
She is a BSE EE 2011 graduate that was a member of the team that helped bring the first-ever image of a black hole