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100

The current Dean of the Cullen College of Engineering.

Who is Dr. Pradeep Sharma?

100

A famous artist whose hometown is Houston and is known for singing "Single Ladies" 

Who is Beyonce?

100

This is the name of the paved road structure designed for high-speed, long-distance traffic.

What is a highway?

100

The 2024-2025 ASCE UH President

Who is Diego Ramirez?

100

This famous explorer thought he had discovered a new route to India but ended up in the Bahamas instead.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

200

This is where Shasta lives

What is The Houston Zoo

200

This NASA facility, located in Houston, is famous for training astronauts and managing human spaceflight missions.

Johnson Space center

200

The soil property that describes its ability to allow water to flow through it is this.

What is permeability?

200

Location of this years' symposium

Stephenville, TX

200

This physicist is famous for his theory of relativity and the equation E=mc²

Who is Albert Einstein?

300

Per UH tradition, students do this for good luck before tests

What is rub Shasta's paw?

300

The deadly festival hosted by Houstonion Travis Scott

What is Astroworld?

300

A type of concrete with improved tensile strength by embedding steel bars or fibers

What is reinforced concrete?

300

ASCE UH Faculty Advisor

Who is Dr. Herman

300

This ancient structure in Egypt is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and was built as a tomb.

What is The Great Pyramid of Giza?

400

The department of Civil Engineering is in this building

Where is the Engineering Building 1 N107?

400

The tallest sky scraper in Houston

What is JP Morgan Chase Tower?

400

The three main components of concrete.

What is cement, aggregates, and water?

400

Concrete Canoe

What is one of the design competitions?

400

This event, starting in 1914 and ending in 1918, was one of the deadliest conflicts in history.

What is World War 1?

500

The year UH Was found

What is 1927?

500

John Allen Kirby

Who is the Founder of Houston, TX?

500

A.S.T.M

What is American Society for Testing and Materials?

500

ASCE Day is hosted on this date

When is November 5th?

500

This event, which took place on December 7, 1941, led the United States to enter World War II.

What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?