Math / Physics
100 - 73 = ?
23
Our Engineering Lab Building is named after this former NASA astronaut who later became the Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science in 2011 and had a term of eight years.
Tony England
What is
9 + 10
21
In 1769, James Watt improved this machine that powered factories and trains by using steam.
Steam engine
In late 2022, OpenAI released this Generative Artificial Intelligence tool which allowed users to enter in prompts and receive answers from a Large Language Model.
ChatGPT
12 * 8 = ?
?
This building, which holds all of our student project teams, is shaped like the wheel of a car from a top-down view.
Institute of Advanced Vehicle Systems
Charlie did this to his older brother's finger.
Bite it
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell patented this invention that lets people talk long-distance using electrical signals.
Telephone
This global crisis in 2020-2023 caused massive delays in electronics and auto manufacturing due to a lack of semiconductor components.
The chip shortage
This is the value of the following number rounded to 2 decimal places.
pi
3.14
There are this many well-known Bruce's on our campus.
Three
These two numbers, when combined, have caused people to go crazy over them.
6 and 7
In 1913, Henry Ford popularized this factory method where each worker repeats one step to speed up production.
Assembly line
In 2023, this Tesla vehicle began customer deliveries after years of delays, known for its stainless-steel body and sharp angles.
The Cybertruck
If a triangle has base 10 and height 6, this is its area.
30
This CECS professor co-authored the textbook Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach with Roger Pressman, and has continued to be used in the CIS 375 - Software Engineering I course.
This term is used to describe one's intimidating presence.
Aura
In 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered this antibiotic that became one of the most important medical breakthroughs.
Penicillin
Amazon
This set of equations helped set the foundations of classical electromagnetism, optics, and electric/magnetic circuits.
Maxwell's Equations
This location on campus lets you meet with tutors and peer mentors for 1-on-1 or group sessions for help with your CECS courses.
Engineering Learning Center (ELC)
This state is universally considered to be the worst in the United States.
Ohio
In 1903, the Wright Brothers built this invention that made powered human flight possible.
In 2024, this company released the Vision Pro, a major new consumer device built around spatial computing.
This law states:
F=ma
Newton's Second Law
The Computer and Information Science Building on Campus was originally constructed in this year.
1959
This family went viral for having the chicken bake and double chunk chocolate chip cookie at a popular warehouse store chain.
Costco Guys
In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee created this system that made it easy to access and share information through linked pages.
The World Wide Web
In 2021, this GitHub AI tool was released to help developers write code using autocomplete powered by large language models.
GitHub Copilot
d/dx (x^2)
2x
This CECS professor recently became chair of the CIS department in 2025.
Dr. Di Ma
This YouTuber is known for giving away life-changing amounts of money within his videos.
MrBeast
In 2014, Benedict Cumberbatch played this historical figure in the movie The Imitation Game, who is known for cracking the German Engima Code during World War II.
Alan Turing
This mRNA-based vaccine became one of the first widely distributed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
This physics law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed.
Law of Conservation of Energy
Former CECS Dean Ghassan Kridli received a letter of congratulations from Governor Gretchen Whitmer on this date for the opening of the Engineering Lab Building.
October 1st, 2021
An A.I. generated image has been circulating around TikTok of this fictional human/pig character who was eventually killed by Tim Cheese.
John Pork
In 1942, this adhesive was invented during WWII and later became famous for instantly bonding materials like metal, plastic, and rubber.
Super Glue
In 2011, this country experienced a major nuclear power plant disaster after an earthquake and tsunami, causing global changes in nuclear safety rules.
Japan
In a right triangle, this theorem states:
a^2+b^2=c^2
Pythagorean Theorem
This ELB lab, located in ELB 1414, is used for MS 379 and helps students learn heat transfer and airflow testing.
Thermal Fluids Lab
This young boy, who originally went viral on TikTok for his depiction in a Black Panther costume, became a prominent figure in 2024 meme culture for his famous "rizz face" pose.
The Rizzler
In 1947, this insect caused a physical malfunction in a computer, which led to the popularization of the term "bug" and "debugging" to describe fixing errors in programs.
A moth
In 2023, this GLP-1 weight-loss and diabetes medication became widely known for helping people lose significant weight.
Ozempic
This famous equation connects energy, mass, and the speed of light.
E=mc^2
This person is the Chair of Mechanical Engineering with a Ph.D. in Fluid Dynamics and Plasma Physics.
Oleg Zikanov
This cartoon dog, depicted wearing a hoodie, jeans, and having a nonchalent expression, became a top meme in 2024 for representing a relaxed, easygoing attitude.
The chill guy
In 1947, John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley invented this device that replaced vacuum tubes.
A transistor
In quantum computing, this algorithm is used to help solve the unstructured search problem in
O(sqrt(N))