SWE Quiz

What proportion of students studying engineering disciplines at US universities are female?

The United States Military Academy in West Point, New York developed the first engineering education program in the US.

What is the moment of an 8 Newton force acting on a lever at a perpendicular distance of 5 meters?

Speed refers to the rate at which velocity changes over time and the direction in which that change is acting.

Electromagnetism is the force that holds together the atoms in a molecule.

Grace Hopper invented the term “debugging” after removing an actual moth from a computer.

Which electronics engineer co-founded Apple and also competed in Season 8 of "Dancing With the Stars"?

5⁰=?

Which woman is known as the "mother of Wi-Fi" due to her invention of frequency-hopping technology?

A zillion is not a real number.

In 1975 an engineer created the first electronic camera while working for what company?

What year was the first Earth Day celebrated?

How many trees are estimated to be on Earth?

What is the name of a triangle with all sides of different lengths?

The last letter of the Greek alphabet represents what unit of electrical resistance?

What U.S. City is the annual SWE Conference being held in this year?

What was the name of the influential photo taken on December 24th, 1968 that inspired the creation of Earth Day?

Who is the only U.S president to have also worked as an engineer?

Ascend Performance Materials is a global producer and manufacturer of high-quality chemicals, fibers, and plastics.

Lillian Gilbreth was an industrial engineer for General Electric. Which is NOT one of her famous kitchen inventions?

Heat transfer always occurs from a colder object to a hotter one

What "magician of iron" engineer designed the skeletal framework for the Statue of Liberty?

What kind of energy is stored in a stretched spring?