ASCE
Equations For Civil Engineers
Question to Decide Who Plays First
Famous Infrastructure
Famous Engineers
100
This is the name of the magazine you receive as an ASCE member
What is Civil Engineering Magazine?
100
Sir Issac Newton formulated this equation in 1687 and it has become the "go-to" equation for many engineers and physicists
F = ma
What is Newton's Second Law of Motion
100
Standing at over 2,700 feet, this is the tallest building in the world.
What is the Burj Khalifa?
100
This nearly two-mile long suspension bridge spans the area where the San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Golden Gate Bridge
100
Famous American mechanical engineer on PBS.
Who is Bill Nye?
200
You must be under this age to officially be considered an ASCE Younger Member
What is 36?
200
This is the average gravitational pull of Earth.
What is 9.8m/s2 or 32.2 ft/s2?
200
This pyramid is the last of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World. Also one of the largest and oldest structures ever to be built.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza?
200
The first man on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
300
This is the city where the ASCE headquarters are located.
What is Reston, VA?
300
This simplified equation is very useful in water resource engineering; it states that every point in a steady fluid has its own unique static and dynamic pressure.
What is the Bernoulli Equation?
300
This massive hydroelectric dam in Nevada was erected in 1931 and is still considered by many an engineering marvel even by today's standards.
What is the Hoover Dam
300
They created the airplane.
Who are the Wright Brothers?
400
This is the year ASCE was founded in.
What is 1852?
400
This equation, often used in but not limited to structural engineering, is a measure of the deformation of a material in directions perpendicular to the direction of loading.
What is Poisson's Ratio?
400
This 47 mile long waterway connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, allowing ships to pass between North and South America instead of the natural channels or around Cape Horn, shortening the trip by 9,000 miles.
What is the Panama Canal
400
He invented the light bulb.
Who is Thomas Edison?
500
This person is the current ASCE Arizona Section President.
Who is Stephanie Templeton?
500
This equation, often used in structural engineering, describes the tensile stiffness of a solid material, typically a beam.
What is Young's Modulus of Elasticity?
500
Sitting in the heart of Ancient Rome, this structure is almost 2,000 years old and has a capacity of between 50,000 and 80,000 people, making it as large as many modern stadiums.
What is the Colosseum?
500
This Scottish scientist/inventor/engineer is known for inventing the telephone.
Who is Alexander Graham Bell?