Engineering
These two physical phenomena give the rainbow its colors
Reflection and refraction
The number of degrees Dr. Bob Beyster of the Bob and Betty Beyster building earned from UM
4 (bachelor’s in physics and engineering mathematics, masters and PhD in physics)
This scientist was the first American woman in space and earliest recognized astronaut in the LGBTQ community
Sally Ride
The percentage of Nobel prize winners in STEM (physics, chemistry, physiology/medicine) who are women
3%
The percentage of Black and Latinx people enrolled in STEM degrees before the pandemic vs during the pandemic
less than
This laboratory method is commonly used to determine the concentration of a solution
Titration
Dr. George Granger Brown began his career as Professor of Chemical Engineering at UM in this decade
1920
US Navy Rear Admiral and creator Flow-Matic, which became the language COBOL
Grace Hopper
The world’s largest machine, composed of a tunnel and found near the border of France and Switzerland
Large Hadron Collider
Percentage of women employed in STEM jobs in Cambodia vs the United States
greater than
The phenomenon that describes passing current through a solenoid to create a magnetic field
Electromagnetic induction
James Duderstadt was appointed as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions relating to this UM Engineering department
NERS
Shirley Ann Jackson was the first black woman to earn a PhD in Physics at MIT in this decade, and made many contributions to telecommunications and nuclear engineering during her career.
1970s [1973]
The only human organ in this list that hasn’t been successfully developed into an organ-on-a-chip: lung, heart, liver, kidney, retina, cochlea, skin, intestine, brain
cochlea
Percentage of under-represented minorities enrolled in Master’s degrees at UM Engineering vs doctoral degrees in Fall 2020
less than
Conservation of energy is described by this physical law
First Law of Thermodynamics
Although he earned an engineering Master’s degree from UM, this alumnus earned most of his money in real estate
Robert H. Lurie
This English scientist is considered the founder of modern nursing and a pioneer in statistics who invented the polar area diagram
Florence Nightingale
When it was built, the Mackinac bridge was the longest of this type of bridge
suspension bridge
Total number of women faculty at UM Engineering in 2020 vs combined total of women faculty from 1854-2015
equal to
Fick’s law describes this phenomenon related to particle motion
Diffusion
The Engineering Annex, built in 1885, was the original engineering building until it was torn down to build this UM building instead
UGLI/Shapiro
This English mathematician is often regarded as the first computer programmer and a modern programming language is named after her
Ada Lovelace
The current name of the Russian Space Agency
Roscosmos
Median income of white women in STEM vs Black men in 2015
greater than