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100

The oldest neighborhood in New Orleans, it’s famous for Bourbon Street and wrought-iron balconies.

What is the French Quarter?

100

The theme for this WE conference, held virtually due to the pandemic, focused on resilience and adaptability

What is WE20?

100

This is the year the SWE ECP AG was founded.

What is FY21?

100

This type of engineering involves designing and constructing infrastructure like bridges and roads.

What is Civil Engineering?


100

This Affinity Group was founded to support SWE members transitioning from collegiate to professional and professional members with <10 years of experience.

What is the SWE ECP AG?

200

Because of the Mississippi River’s distinctive bend, New Orleans is affectionately known by this lunar nickname.

What is the Crescent City?

200

This city hosted the WE21 conference

What is Indianapolis?

200

This is the number of committees within the SWE ECP AG.

What is 7?
(Community Development, Membership, Professional Development, Communications, Conferences/Awards, Internal Affairs, General Leadership)

200

This branch of engineering deals with systems that generate and distribute power.

What is electrical engineering?

200

This is a great way to find a mentor or mentee within SWE.

What is the SWE Mentor Network?

300

This New Orleans festival isn’t just one day — it kicks off weeks before Lent and ends with Fat Tuesday.

What is Mardi Gras?

300

This is the number of WE Local Conferences that are held each year

What is 5?

300

This is the number of members on the SWE ECP AG leadership team.

What is 21?

300

This type of engineer might be found sketching out plans for a space elevator, designing drones that can navigate the Martian surface, or figuring out how to make commercial space travel a reality.

What is an Aerospace Engineer?

300

This is a resource provided to SWE members to learn about a variety of different topics including professional development, finances, DEIB, etc.

What is the Advanced Learning Center?

400

This sandwich, often filled with fried shrimp or roast beef, got its name from striking streetcar workers in the 1920s.

What is a po'boy?

400

This WE conference, held in Philadelphia, was the first to have over 10,000 attendees

What is WE16?

400

The number of states within the US and the number of countries that are represented by the SWE ECP AG membership.

What is 34 states and 5 countries?
(As of 10/9/2024)
Join the SWE ECP AG Directory to see where everyone is located!

400

This type of engineer investigates structural and mechanical failures to determine their causes and provide recommendations for preventing future issues.

What is a Forensic Engineer?

400

This is the highest governing body within SWE.

What is the Board of Directors?

500

This famous streetcar line, still operating since 1835, runs through Uptown and past Tulane University. In 1688, this was the meaning of the city's first recorded name: Chigagou.

What is the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar?

500

Conference location that coincides with the Happiest Place on Earth

Where is Anaheim, CA?

500

This is the number of events the SWE ECP AG has hosted so far in FY25.

What is 11?

500

Engineers in this field work with materials and devices on an atomic or molecular scale, often for applications in medicine, electronics, and energy. 

What is nanotechnology engineering?

500

Founding place of SWE

Where is Chicago?