Mechanical Engineering
Give an example of where gears are used.
Bikes, clocks, car engines, robots, and much more!
Give an example of where circuits are used.
Phones, cars, electronics, medical devices, etc.
Give an example of a product that a biomedical engineer made.
Pacemakers, MRI, prosthetics, diagnostic devices, etc.
What is the common name for dihydrogen monoxide?
Water
Describe a problem you had this week, and how you solved it.
Nice job!
The fast building of a scale model of a design or part of a design is also known as...
Rapid prototyping
What is the technology where special cables made from glass are used to transmit data and signals?
Fiber optics
_____ is the biomedical field of designing, fitting, and building artifical body parts.
Prosthetics
What is a chain-like molecule made up of many smaller molecules called?
Polymer
What is an engineer?
Someone who builds things using what we have learned from math and science to better the world! Engineers can be anyone, including you!
What type of gear would you use to turn rotational motion into straight-line motion?
Rack and pinion
_____ is the bending of light wave as it passes from one material into another.
Refraction
Biomedical engineers (and also chemical and materials engineers) design capsules to survive the stomach’s highly acidic environment to get to the lower intestinal tract. What is the pH level of the stomach?
pH of around 1
What is the name of a type of fuel source that does not need any ignition source?
Hypergolic fuels
Name everyone in this camp room!
Did they get instructors, JI/volunteer and campers correct?
What is one of the earliest known timekeeping devices?
Sundial
The standard encoding system originally based on the English alphabet which encodes 128 specified characters into 7-bit integers.
ASCII
The human arm can be modeled as a lever. The _____ serves as the "fulcrum" for the joint when lifting a load.
We decompose hydrogen peroxide in order for it to produce ___ and ___ to propel our rockets.
O2 and heat
When was DiscoverE founded? [HINT: 1x2x3x4x5x6 + 1273]
1993
What is the name of the method of 3D printing where layers of thermoplastic are gradually laid on top of each other?
Fused Deposition Modeling
What does LED stand for?
Light Emitting Diode
What does MRI stand for?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
What catalyst did we use in the Rocket Fuel project to help the reaction happen faster?
Potassium Iodide
List the Engineering Design Process! (Hint: There's 7 iterative steps)
Ask, Research, Brainstorm, Plan, Create, Test, Improve