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Grand Projects
Case Study: Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle
Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century
CoE @ SJSU
100
Considered one of the seven wonders of the modern world, this system of locks makes passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans faster and safer.
What is the Panama Canal?
100
The race rules established these requirements.
What are the primary design specifications?
100
NAE
What is the National Academy of Engineering?
100
Dr. Greg Young is department chair of this engineering department.
What is Chemical and Materials Engineering?
200
Constructed as the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair, this structure is the second tallest in France.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
200
As many of these as possible were placed on all sides of the vehicle.
What are Gallium Arsenide Solar Cells?
200
The primary selection criterion for the 20 Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century.
What is the impact of the engineering achievement on the quality of life?
200
The engineering building is named after this civil engineering alumnus.
Who is Charles W. Davidson?
300
This feat of engineering initially stood at 481 feet tall, making it the world's tallest manmade structure for over 3,800 years.
What is the Great Pyramid of Giza (aka Pyramid of Khufu or Pyramid of Cheops)?
300
One of the two US universities considered front runners at the 2005 World Solar Challenge.
Who is the University of Michigan (or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology)?
300
This engineer and astronaut presented the list of Greatest Engineering Achievements on February 22, 2000 in Washington, DC.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
300
The Engineering Student Success Center primarily provides this type of advising.
What is General Education?
400
This is the largest dam in the world with a power generation capacity of 22,500 MW
What is the Three Gorges Dam?
400
This was the second stage of the implementation of optimal design for the Nuna 3 team.
What is installing the power electronic system?
400
Number 9 on the Greatest Engineering Achievements list.
What is the telephone?
400
Dean Belle Wei is this type of engineer.
What is an electrical engineer?
500
This bridge collapsed on November 7, 1940 as a result of "aeroelastic flutter" brought on by 42 mph winds.
What is the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (aka Galloping Gertie)?
500
The Nuna 3 Team set it's sights on this elusive target.
What is topping the 100km/hr mark by a solar-powered car?
500
Imaging Technologies was ranked this number on the Greatest Engineering Achievements list.
What is 14
500
This department is the only department not located in the College of Engineering building.
What is Aviation and Technology?