UCLA
What is an 8-clap?
What is the job description of an engineer?
Uses math and science to solve problems in society.
These pieces support the floor.
This is the point directly above the focus of an earthquake.
What is the epicenter?
Name a UCLA basketball player who is also a Laker.
Who is Lonzo Ball?
This is the name of UCLA's mascot.
What is Joe Bruin?
Engineers use this to test buildings against earthquakes.
What is a shake table?
These are the two types of seismic body waves.
This famous baseball player attended UCLA and has a statue of his number outside this building.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The internet was born here.
What is UCLA/Boelter Hall?
What does a structural engineer do?
Design the "skeleton" of a structure to increase safety.
These pieces resist lateral loads.
What is bracing?
This is the scale that measures the amount of energy released in an earthquake.
What is the Richter Scale?
UCLA is located in this area/community.
Where is Westwood?
This bridge famously collapsed due to unusual wind loads.
What is the Tacoma Bridge?
These pieces hold other pieces together and restrict movement between pieces.
What are connections?
This is the fault that runs directly through California.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
There are two currentUCLA gymnasts who are also Olympians. Name one.
Who is Kyla Ross and Madison Kocian?
Name two UCLA volunteers who helped you build your structure.
This is the tallest building in downtown LA.
What is the Wilshire Grand?
Name three of the four primary forces.
The Japan earthquake had this magnitude.
What is 9.0?
UCLA has this many NCAA championships.
What is 116?