SHPE
What does SHPE stand for?
What is Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers?
Students and alumni of UMKC are commonly known by this nickname.
What are the Roos?
This tiny bird can fly backwards.
What is a hummingbird?
This Mexican artist is famous for her self-portraits and was married to Diego Rivera.
Who is Frida Kahlo?
The smallest unit of life in living organisms.
What is a cell?
In what year was SHPE founded?
1974
UMKC was founded in this year.
What is 1933?
This famous ship sank on its maiden voyage in 1912.
What is the Titanic?
Which month is National Hispanic Heritage Month primarily celebrated in?
September–October
This unit measures electric current.
What is the ampere (amp)?
UMKC’s SHPE chapter belongs to this SHPE region.
What is Region 6?
This UMKC parking garage always has spots after 10 AM.
What is absolutely none of them?
This island is also a country and is famous for its lemurs.
What is Madagascar?
This famous dance originated in Argentina and is known for dramatic poses and close embraces.
What is the tango?
This branch of chemistry focuses on carbon-based compounds.
What is organic chemistry?
SHPE chapters often focus on three pillars: academics, professional development, and what else?
Community service
UMKC has this type of university classification, emphasizing both research and public service.
What is a public research university?
The only continent without reptiles.
What is Antarctica?
This Venezuelan dish consists of cornmeal cakes filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables.
What are arepas?
This fundamental equation in fluid dynamics relates velocity, pressure, and height in a flowing fluid
What is Bernoulli’s equation?
Before becoming SHPE, the organization was originally known as what?
Los Angeles Society of Professional Engineers (LASPE)
This academic leader currently serves as the Chancellor of the University of Missouri–Kansas City.
Who is C. Mauli Agrawal?
This animal’s fingerprints are so close to humans’ that they’ve confused crime scene investigators.
What is a koala?
This fermented pineapple drink has origins in pre-Hispanic Mexico, and its name comes from the Nahuatl word “tepiatl,” meaning fermented drink.
What is tepache?
Ratio of axial stress to axial strain in the elastic region.
What is Young’s modulus?