Sustainability at UMD
National AEES
Stormwater Management
Ecological Engineering
Sustainability/Environmental Wildcard
100

Student organization that helps to minimize dining hall waste

What is the Food Recovery Network?

100

UMD Professor who was president of AEES (national)

What is Dr. Stephanie Lansing?

100

A system of pipes that is used to direct excess water flow in a city

What is stormwater management system?

100

One of the goals of ecological engineering is the restoration of

What are ecosystems that have been substantially disturbed by human activities?

100

This renewable energy source harnesses the power of the sun to generate electricity

What is solar energy?

200

The office of sustainability logo

What is a green turtle with a leaf for a shell?

200

The animal that is representative of AEES

What is the beaver?

200
BMPs stands for 

What is Best Management Practices?

200

Ecological engineering is the design of sustainable ecosystems that integrate ____ with the natural environment for the benefit of both

What is human society?

200

This layer of gases surrounding Earth protects us from harmful solar radiation and is being depleted by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

What is the ozone layer?

300

The cutoff in funding between a mini-grant and a full grant

What is $2000?

300

The location of the 2025 AEES conference

What is UGA/Georgia/Athens, GA?

300

This ecological engineered structure elevate pollutants from stormwater naturally

What is bioswale?

300

In ecological engineering, _____ is used to satisfy an engineering goal

What are existing ecosystems?

300

This type of renewable energy, derived from organic materials like wood, agricultural crops, and waste, can be converted into fuel

What is biomass energy?

400

Name 4 LEED-certified buildings on campus (100 points per each, up to 400)

What are Clark, HJ Patterson, Prince Frederick, ESJ, Commons 7, Knight, Oakland, Physical Sciences Complex, University House, Pokomoke, Chincoteague, Wye Oak, Thurgood Marshall, Yahentamitsi, Pyon-Chen, Field Hockey and Lacrosse Complex, and Johnson-Whittle?

400

The open access journal AEES runs

What is the Journal of Ecological Engineering Design?

400

This type of horizontal construction material can help reduce impacts from flash floods

What is pervious surfaces?

400

A dynamic set of living organisms all interacting among themselves with the environment in which they live

What is an ecosystem?

400

Name 5 of the goals set by the United Nations from the 2030 agenda for sustainable development

What is no poverty, zero hunger, good health and well-being, quality education, gender equality, clean water and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth, industry innovation and infrastructure, reduced inequalities, sustainable cities and communities, responsible consumption and production, climate action, life below water, life on land, peace justice and strong institutions, and partnerships for the goals

500

The percentage of campus area that is permeable (as of 2022)

What is 66%? (approximately 874 out of 1340 acres)

500

The year AEES was founded

What is 1999?

500

SWMM stands for ___ and it is specifically used for ___

What is Storm Water Management Model and used for simulating severe weather (if say of 1-100 year storms extra 100 points) to predict and flooding of municipalities?

500

Ecological engineers work to optimize the interface between ___ and ___

What is humankind and the environment?

500

Following a major earthquake in 2011, one of the most significant nuclear incidents occurred in Japan

What is the Fukushima nuclear meltdown?