Engineering Design Process
Engineering Branches
Bridges
Gear Ratios/Energy
Simply Machines
100
Lisa is googling potential designs other successful Engineers have created to producing an electric vehicle. What step of the Engineering Design Process is she in?
Research
100
Define Engineering in your own words
Problem solvers.
100
A tree falls over and lays flat between the gap of a river, connecting the two sides. What type of bridge does this tree make?
Beam Bridge
100
There are 6 gears total in a parallel gear train. If the Driver Gear turns Counterclockwise, what direction is the follower gear turning?
Clockwise
100
A gear is a form of what simple machine?
Wheel and Axle
200
Define what it means to iterate? Why do we iterate?
Repeat a process/ Improve
200
A field of engineering that deals with designing devices to be used in hospital research/settings.
Biomedical Engineering
200
Truss bridges make use of what shape for its construction?
Triangle
200
1st Law of thermodynamics/Law of conservation of energy
Energy is neither created nor destroyed
200
A wheelbarrow is a good example of a complex machine. What are two types of simple machines we see in the wheelbarrow?
Wheel and Axle, Lever, Inclined plane
300
List at least one of the fundamental canons/rules of ethics for engineers
- Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public.
- Perform services only in areas of their competence.
- Issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner.
- Act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees.
- Avoid deceptive acts.
- Conduct themselves honorably, responsibly, ethically, and lawfully so as to enhance the honor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession.
300
What field of engineering deals with designing aircraft/spacecrafts
Aerospace engineering
300
What kind of bridge is this?
Arch
300
When the driver gear turns once, the Follower gear turns how many times?
1/3
300
What distinguishes the 3 different classes of levers from each other?
The Fulcrum and where the force is applied.
400
After building a model for your project, what should we do next according to the Engineering Design Process.
Test
400
List out the most branches of Engineering you can think of in 30 seconds. Winning team will be whoever has the most. No point losses this round.
Variable. Greatest number.
400
What type of bridge is this?
Suspension Bridge
400
At what letter point does the coaster have max Potential Energy?
A
400
Mousetrap, the boardgame, is a great example of building a ______ _______ machine
Rube Goldberg
500
List every Step of the Engineering Design Process in order.
1. Ask 2. Research 3. Imagine 4. Plan 5. Create
6. Test 7. Improve
500
What branch of engineering is focused on designing and construction of infrastructure.
Civil Engineering
500
List out the 6 types of bridges we talked about in class
Beam Arch Cantilever, Suspension, Truss, Cable stayed
500
When the Driver turns once, how many times does the follower gear turn?
2
500
What are the 6 types of simple machines?
Wheel and Axle, pulley, lever, Inclined plane, wedge, screw