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What is the longest river in the world, running south to north through Egypt?
The Nile River
What does PCL stand for?
Perry-Castaneda Library
What is energy?
The ability to do work or cause change
What is power?
The rate at which energy is transferred
Who teaches Intro to Computing during spring semesters?
Nina Telang
What president is depicted on the 20 dollar bill?
Andrew Jackson
How many Bevos have there been?
15
What form of renewable energy comes from the sun?
Solar Energy
What is Kirchhoff's current law?
Currents into a unique node = currents out of the node
Which ECE professor was a IEEE PES committee chair?
Surya Santoso
What insect is famous for migrating thousands of miles to Mexico every winter?
The monarch butterfly
When was UT founded?
1883
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, it only changes forms
What is the unit for susceptance?
Siemens
Which ECE professor created his own computing system?
Yale Patt
What is the specific term for the dot that sits above a lowercase "i" or "j"?
A tittle
What year was the tower finished?
1937
What SI unit of energy is named after an English physicist?
a Joule
What simplified circuit representation replaces a complex network with a single voltage source and a series impedance, often used to model the grid at a specific point of connection?
Thevenin Equivalent
Which ECE professors specialize in power electronics (both names for full credit)?
Alex Hansen and Brian Johnson
The very first webcam was set up at Cambridge University to monitor the status of what specific object?
A coffee pot
What was UT's original mascot?
A dog named pig
What is the process by which heavy atomic nuclei, such as uranium, are split to release massive amounts of energy in a nuclear reactor?
Nuclear fission
What term describes the momentary surge of current that occurs immediately when a transformer or motor is first energized, often exceeding the rated current by many times?
Inrush Current
Which power track ECE professor does research focused on data analytics?
Hao Zhu