Engineering Majors
Civil Engineering Projects
Engineering Disasters
Inventors
Inventions
100

This college major aims to produce graduates with a broad-based education in engineering, life sciences and natural sciences while applying techniques in imaging, photonics, medical devices, regenerative medicine, or sensing and monitoring 

Biomedical Engineering

100

One of the Seven Wonders of the World, it was constructed in 2560 BC and is still standing (in Egypt) today.

The Great Pyramid of Egypt

100

In 2005, the levee system failed (at 50 different points) to hold back storm surge waters of Hurricane Katrina in this Louisiana city which eventually lead to 80% of the city being under water.

New Orleans

100

The first name of either of the 2 Wright brothers that invented the first motor-driven aircraft (airplane).

Orville or Wilbur

100

The Mustang, Bronco, Explorer, and Expedition are vehicles that belong to this manufacturer named after the man that innovated, NOT INVENTED, the automobile manufacturing assembly line

Ford

200

This college major is the application of basic engineering principles to the analysis, design, construction, and management of systems that operate in the ocean environment or near shore 

Ocean Engineering

200

This National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark was the first of its kind to be constructed in the United States and can be found in New York

The Brooklyn Bridge

200

In April of 2014, the drinking water supply in this Michigan city was changed from Detroit (Lake Huron and the Detroit River) to its own river exposing hundreds of thousands of residents to lead poisoning and other diseases.

Flint
200

Name 1 of the 2 creators of Google

Sergey Brin or Larry Page

200

Ralph Teetor invented this to allow you to "coast" down I-10 without worrying about adjusting your vehicle's speed.

Cruise Control

300

This college major deals with the application and utilization of nuclear processes and radiation 

Nuclear engineering

300

This 48-mile long waterway that connects the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and is considered one of the most complex Civil Engineering projects ever created.

The Panama Canal

300

In April of 1986, an explosion of reactor number 4 HERE lead to the release of massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment

Chernobyl

300

Leo Fender invented this instrument that he never knew how to play, but artists such as: Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Kurt Cobain and George Harrison ROCKED OUT when they played.

Guitar

300

Guglielmo Marconi changed the way humans communicated by developing the first effective system of radio communication. He sent the first radio transmission across this ocean in 1901 

Atlantic

400

This college major is devoted to the design, installation, improvement and control of integrated systems of people, materials, and facilities in a wide range of organizations that produce goods or render services 

Industrial or Systems Engineering

400

This Civil Engineering project attracts over 1 million visitors annually, controls flooding of the Colorado River and borders Arizona and Nevada.

The Hoover Dam

400

In what year did the Titan submersible implode off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada while in route to view the Titanic wreck?

2023

400

Douglas Engelbart invented this computer device that you MUST use in order to complete your assemblies and sketches in Autodesk Inventor. You wouldn't be able to QUICKLY use the software without it. 

Computer mouse

400

This gives you, the inventor, the right to “exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling” an invention or “importing” it into the U.S. 

A patent

500

This college major encompasses all areas of research, development, design, and operation of electrical and electronic systems and their components 

Electrical Engineering

500

The original structure of this engineering project once spanned 13,170 miles. Much of the original creation has disappeared for various reasons, but 5,500 miles of updated sections can be seen today.

The Great Wall of China

500

In what country will you find an engineering marvel with a nearly 4 degree tilt due to an unstable foundation?

Pisa, Italy

500

Last name of this French educator that created a writing and reading system used extensively by the blind

Braille

500

Garrett T. Morgan invented this device that allows for safe travel, ESPECIALLY, in the mornings at the intersection of Katy Gaston and Fry roads

Traffic (stop) light