The Laws We Live By
This law is the foundation for all of mechanics (statics and dynamics), relating force to acceleration.
What is Newton's Second Law (or F = ma)?
This course in ME is famous for its design competition at the end of the semester as well as long hours spent in the IDEA Lab.
What is ME 2110?
This CAD software is the most commonly used tool for creating mechanical parts and assemblies in industry and student design teams.
What is SolidWorks?
This person currently serves as the president of the Georgia Tech ASME student chapter.
Who is Chafic?
The Charles A. Smithgall Building on campus is more commonly known by this nickname, inspired by what flies from its roof.
What is the Flag Building?
What are the three modes of heat transfer?
What are conduction, convection, and radiation?
ME at Georgia Institute of Technology traces its roots back to this year, making it one of the oldest engineering disciplines at the Institute.
What is 1888?
This CAD operation is best used when creating a part that smoothly transitions between two or more different cross-sectional profiles.
What is a loft?
This type of hands-on, entry-level industry experience—often during the summer—is strongly supported by ASME to help students apply ME skills to real engineering problems.
What is an internship?
As of today, Georgia Institute of Technology has recorded this many all-time football wins against its historic rival, the University of Georgia.
What (how many) is 41?
This property measures the amount of disorder in a system.
What is entropy?
George W. Woodruff, the face of ME, served as a director for this Atlanta-based company?
What is Coca-Cola?
When sharp edges make your part uncomfortable, unsafe, or unrealistic to manufacture, this CAD feature is used to replace them with smooth, curved edges.
What is a fillet?
The Mechanical Engineering department offers this many undergraduate concentrations, allowing students to specialize within the major.
What (how many) is 10?
Georgia Tech alumni have gone on to space—this many astronauts have been produced by the Institute.
What (how many) is 14?
This relationship is found in springs and deformation, relating force to displacement and stress to strain in solid materials.
What is Hooke's Law?
In 2025, Georgia Tech’s ME undergraduate program earned this national ranking.
What is 2nd place?
This material is the most commonly used filament in desktop 3D printing; bonus points if you can say what the acronym stands for.
What is PLA (Polylactic Acid)?
ASME publishes widely used codes and standards to ensure this critical requirement in engineering design and practice.
What is safety?
This phrase is Georgia Tech’s official motto, reflecting its mission to advance knowledge while serving society.
What is Progress and Service?
This dimensionless quantity measures the amount of turbulence in a fluid flow.
What is the Reynolds Number?
This campus facility, commonly abbreviated as MRDC, houses manufacturing labs. What does it stand for?
What is the Manufacturing Related Disciplines Complex?
After finishing a part’s geometry, this analysis method is used to predict stress, strain, and deformation under applied loads.
What is Finite Element Analysis (FEA)?
This professional engineering society was founded in this year, making it one of the oldest technical organizations in the world.
What is 1880?
The iconic Ramblin’ Wreck is a Ford automobile originally manufactured during this decade.
What is the 1930's?