Electrical & Computer Engineering
This is the SI unit used to measure electrical resistance.
What is an ohm?
This principle relates stress and strain in a linear-elastic material.
What is Hooke’s Law?
This separation process relies on differences in boiling points.
What is distillation?
This material is most commonly used for concrete reinforcement due to its high tensile strength.
What is steel?
This year marks the founding of Tau Beta Pi.
What is 1885?
A 12-volt circuit with a 3-ohm resistor carries this amount of current.
What is 4 amperes?
This effect explains why a spinning bicycle wheel resists changes in orientation.
What is the gyroscopic effect?
This device is used to measure the flow rate of fluids in a process line.
What is a flow meter?
This type of bridge is supported by cables suspended from tall towers.
What is a suspension bridge?
This year marks the founding of the University of South Alabama AL E chapter of Tau Beta Pi.
What is (Dr. Steadman knows the answer)?
This type of current reverses direction periodically and powers most homes.
What is alternating current (AC)?
This dimensionless number compares inertial forces to viscous forces in fluid flow.
What is the Reynolds number?
This law states that the rate of heat conduction through a material is proportional to the negative temperature gradient.
What is Fourier’s Law?
This steel-based material is embedded in concrete to provide tensile strength.
What is rebar?
The Bent, TBP’s symbol, represents these two qualities.
What are integrity and excellence in engineering?
This metal is commonly used in wiring because of its high electrical conductivity.
What is copper?
This thermodynamic process occurs at constant volume, allowing heat transfer but no boundary work.
What is an isochoric process?
This type of controller uses proportional, integral, and derivative actions in feedback systems.
What is a PID controller?
This term refers to the ratio of stress to strain in a material.
What is Young’s modulus?
He is often considered the first engineer in recorded history.
Who is Imhotep?
This component stores small amounts of data for a processor to access quickly during calculations.
What is the cache?
Airplanes generate lift based on this physical principle.
What is Bernoulli’s Principle?
This dimensionless number characterizes convective heat transfer relative to conduction.
What is the Nusselt number?
This phenomenon occurs when a structure vibrates at its natural frequency due to a periodic external force, causing potentially dangerous oscillations.
What is resonance?
In 1974, Tau Beta Pi merged membership practices with this U.S. engineering society.
What is the Society of Women Engineers (SWE)?