Women in Engineering Stats
Pitt Swanson School of Engineering
Miscellaneous Science Facts
What do Engineers Do?
Engineering Knowledge
100
What percentage of women are in STEM (Science, technology, Engineering, & math) fields (rounded to the nearest 5%)?
What is 25%
100
At Pitt, just as chemical & Petroleum engineering are in the same department, what type of engineering is computer engineering paired with?
What is Electrical
100
What shape is most important to a civil engineer when building bridges?
What is a triangle
100
What do civil engineers do?
What is they design, construct, supervise, operate, and maintain large construction projects
100
Name 3 materials that are commonly used in material science engineering
What is Ceramics, Metal, composites, wood, concrete, glass, polymers/plastics
200
What percentage of women make up the US’s working engineering (rounded to the nearest 5%)?
What is 15%
200
Pitt Engineering has student organizations to represent minorities (like the Society of Women Engineers). Name 2 other minorities that Pitt has a student organization for.
What is The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers
200
What type of manufacturing is 3D printing?
What is Additive manufacturing
200
What does a mechanical engineer do?
What is they design, build, and test everything from small parts (sensors, printer nozzles, etc) to large parts (space craft, large machinery)
200
Name 2 programming languages a computer engineer might use?
What are C/C++, MATLAB, Java, Assembly, VBScript, Erlang
300
The percentage of women with a doctorate in STEM fields compared to men is how much (rounded to the nearest 5%)?
What is 50%
300
How many companies participate in Pitt’s co-op program (students work 3 paid ‘internships’ at a company) (to the nearest 50)?
What is 250
300
In electricity, voltage is measured in volts while current is measured in?
What is Amperes (amps)
300
What do computer engineers do?
What is they research, design, develop, and test computer systems
300
What is the difference between a chemical engineer and a chemist?
What is chemists are more likely to develop materials and processes, while chemical engineers are more likely to take these materials and processes and make them more efficient and usable.
400
Of all the working civil engineers, what percentage are women (rounded to the nearest 5%)?
What is 10%
400
In 2014, how many undergraduate students were enrolled in the Swanson School of Engineering (to the nearest 500)
What is 3,000
400
What is the chemical name for water or H20?
What is dihydrogen monoxide
400
What does a bioengineer do?
What is they analyze and design solutions to problems in biology and medicine from small scale to large
400
Why would an industrial engineer be hired at an airport?
What is to make the check in lines faster, security shorter and more efficient, better ways to get checked bags after landing, ways to see if overhead compartment bag will fit
500
For each dollar a man working in a STEM field makes, how much does a women in a STEM field make (to the nearest nickel…i.e. 55 cents, 50 cents, etc)?
What is 85 cents
500
In 2014, what did the US News & World report rank the Swanson School of Engineering?
What is 49
500
What is the number of bones in the adult human skeleton?
What is 206
500
What does an industrial engineer do?
What is they design and improvement systems of people, materials, information, equipment, and energy
500
What is a bioengineered technology that does not affect anything living?
What is any assistive bioengineering such as a wheel chair, hearing aids, glasses