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100

The standard acceleration of gravity in Imperial units, to at least the tenths place, is:

32.2ft/s2

100

With origins stretching back nearly 4000 years, what biomedical engineering device is associated with replacing limbs such as arms, hands, and legs

Prosthetics

100

Founded 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, what is the name of the car manufacturing company currently owned by Elon Musk

Tesla, Inc

100

When did the Department of Engineering officially become the School of Engineering

What is 1900

100

What is the engineering discipline that focuses on optimizing production systems, supply chains, and factory efficiency  

Industrial Engineering


200

What is the name of a detailed sketch showcasing all the forces acting on an object at a given time

Free Body Diagram

200

One of the largest chemical and environmental engineering disasters in the last 26 years, what accident caused an estimated 4.9 million gallons of oil to spill off the Gulf of Mexico

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

or BP Oil Spill


200

This mechanical engineering company, more often associated with geological engineering, is best known for its CAT line of construction and mining equipment

Caterpillar

200

Formally established in 2021, what is the newest department within the SoE

General Engineering

200

What is the name of the scale that characterizes the resistance of mineral scratching, with diamond being listed as a 10.

Moh's Scale

300

In circuit components such as resistors, capacitors, and inductors they can be arranged in what two ways:


Must say both names for point

Series and Parallel

300

Serbian American physicist and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla is often credited with the rapid advancement of what type of power system

Alternating Current


300

Known for its distinct red-and-black color scheme, what is the name of the power tools company whose name also contains a major city in the US

Milwaukee Tools

300

The first female graduate of the SoE majored in chemical engineering and eventually became one of ExxonMobil's senior economic advisors. Who is she?

Barbara Beckmann

300

In order, name the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd derivative of position

Velocity, Acceleration, Jerk


400

What is the name of the stress that acts parallel to the surface of the object

(Shear) Stress

400

Completed in 1914 by chief engineer George Washington Goethals, this civil engineering marvel now currently serves as one of the largest maritime shipping routes in the world

Panama Canal

400

As the fourth most profitable company in the world currently, what is the name of the oil and gas juggernauts headquartered in the Middle East

Saudi Aramco

400

A 2013 ChemE and Chemistry graduate, who is the current engineering professor with the distinction of being a Goldwater scholar during their time in the SoE

Dr. Nikki (Reinemann)


400

Dean Acoff got her Ph.D in what discipline of engineering

Materials Engineering

500

What thermodynamic potential is used to determine the maximum useful work available from a system at constant temperature and pressure

(Gibbs) Free Energy

500

This instrument measures the Earth's magnetic field and can help identify buried geological structures or mineral deposits.

Magnometer

500

Founded in 1981, what is the name of the French software company that currently produces engineering software such as CATIA, SIMULUIA and SOLIDWORKS

Dassault Systems

500

1979 MechE grad Bill Parsons served as a director for what major aerospace center

NASA (Kennedy Center)



500

What is the name of the chief sculptor of Mount Rushmore

Gutzum (or Lincoln) Borglum