WESA Visits
Engineering Disciplines
Assistive Tech & Engineering Design Process
STEM Activities
Western University
100

The discipline of engineering that includes the injectable gel activity and lab visit (SEB 2032).

What is Biomedical Engineering?

100

The discipline responsible for making medicine, vaccines, cleaning products, cosmetics, and food ingredients.

What is Chemical Engineering?

100

Name one low tech assitive technology.

What is ______? (Possible answers are fidget spinners, highlighters, pill organizer, page turner, or other).

100

Name one identifier to look for when determining if an image is real or AI-generated?

What is _______? (Possible answers are hands, the level of detail, historical accuracy, reflection accuracy, shadow accuracy, background, foreground, the source, and others).

100

In addition to the Faculty of Engineering, name at least one more faculty at Western University.

What is the Faculty of Science, Health Science, Social Science,  Education, Music, Information & Media Studies, and/or Arts & Humanities.

200

The final product we made in the Prototyping Lab (ACEB 1440).

What is a trebuchet?

200

The discipline responsible for designing and building structures that do not move.

What is Mechanical Engineering?

200

The framework made up of Research, Design, Build, and Test.

What is the Engineering Design Process?

200

The type of bridge that can hold the most weight.

What is a truss bridge?

200

Name at least two buildings at Western University.

What is _____? (Many possible answers, but some possible ones are the Spencer Engineering Building, Amit Chakma Engineering Building, the Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University Community Centre, etc.)

300
A facility we visited that is interdisciplinary (mixed teams of more than one faculty/ subject collaborating together).

What is Mission Control? AND/OR What is Cronyn Observatory?

300

The discipline responsible for designing and building anything that moves.

What is Mechanical Engineering?

300
Tools designed to improve individuals' daily capabilities in life, work, and learning.

What is Assistive Technology?

300

The three elements an Engineering Patch must contain.

What is crew member's last names, mission number, and an image that represents the mission.

300

The year the name was changed from "The University of Western Ontario" to "Western University".

2012

400

A region in space where gravity is so strong, nothing can escape (not even light).

What is a black hole?

400

The discipline that combines Mechanical, Electrical, and Software engineering. It's commonly understood as robotics engineering.

What is Mechatronics Engineering?

400

True or False: Engineers work through the Engineering Design Process four times before completing a product.

What is false: Engineers work through the Engineering Design Process as many times as it takes to perfect their product.

400

The practice of informing, educating, and raising awareness of STEM-related topics to the general public.

What is Science Communication?

400

The approximate number of students attending Western University each year.

Approximately 42 000 students.

Bonus fact: Approximately 3 300 of those students are Engineering Undergraduates!

500

The four Basadur (Leadership) Profiles.

What are Generator, Conceptualizer, Optimizer, and Implementer?

500

The discipline responsible for combining Civil, Chemical, Electrical, and Mechanical engineering. It's commonly understood as project management engineering.

What is Integrated Engineering?

500

Name one high tech assistive technology.

What is _______? (Possible answers are LightSound, voice to text, smart speakers, or other).

500

Name at least two students who were on the Mentorship Panel.

Who are Anij, Kira, Benjamin, and/or Purvaja?

500

The year Western University was founded.

1878

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