OTTS=Ottensman Hall
EGH=Engineering Hall
1 What does EDM stand for?
Atrium OTTS
Electronic Distance Measure
2 How does the clean snowmobile team increase the fuel efficiency of their sled?
Atrium OTTS
Drive line improvements and engine tuning
3 What is a key comportment in making light weight concrete?
Atrium OTTS
Light aggregate
4 What are 2 advantages and disadvantages of solar panels?
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advantages: free energy, multipurposeful, low maintenance, etc.
disadvantages: high initial cost, converting from dc to ac, takes up a lot of space.
5 How is work design a factor in real world industry?
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It allows us to create a job around the worker to have a more efficient work environment.
6 1. What improvements did the industrial engineers suggest in this project?
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Acceptable Answers:
1. Reduced waste
2. Improved efficient use of space, materials, and other resources
3. Improved safety
7 How can you make you boat more buoyant?
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Increase the surface area
8 What does SSD stand for and what it is the standard used for roadway design?
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Stopping Sight Distance 2.5seconds
9 How do you connect the power source to the motor to make it work?
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Attach the + and - motor wires to the corresponding + and - ends of the battery.
10 Identify three simple machines that were used.
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Answers will vary but will likely include: screws, wheels, axles, wedges, pulleys, inclined
planes, and levers.
11 What makes spaghetti tower collapse?
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The building structure can affect how well it can stand. Using triangles and diagonals are
better than squares.
12 What are some applications of Geotechnical Engineering?
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-Predictions of settlement for a structure
-Lateral Earth Pressure on retaining walls
-Permeability and water flow through soils
13 How can you improve the strength of the bridge?
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Use Stronger Material
Add additional support
Use rigid connections
14 Why was the ping pong ball able to float in the air?
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Answer: Bernoulli's Principle
15 What happens to concrete if there is a lot of water?
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It loses strength.
16 What causes quicksand?
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Water rises through the sand fast enough to separate the particles
17 How does the term gear ratio apply to motors.
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The RepRap project (short for replicating rapid prototyper)
20 How does the software detect the shapes on the curtain?
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By analyzing and extracting them from the image taken by the webcam.
21 What is the "triple bottom line" for recycling?
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finances
social
environmental
22 What types of waste are biodegradable?
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The gear ratio affects the speed of that the motor turns.
18 What are the 4 steps in the process your refrigerator uses to keep cold?
Refrigeration Cycle:
1. compression
2. heat rejection, to outside
3. decompression
4. heat absorption, from your food
19 What project helped consumer 3D printing really take off?
food waste
paper products
yard waste
23 If the average person generates 4 lbs of trash per day, how many tons of trash per year do
they generate?
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0.73 tons per year
24 What is recycling contamination?
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Something that can inhibit the ability of something to be recycled, i.e. greasy pizza boxes.
25 What is composting?
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Turning food to dirt!
26 Why is erosion a problem?
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The pen emits infrared light which is a different than the visible light emitted from the
projector. The Wii remote is an infrared camera that will only capture infrared radiation
from its environment; therefore, the Wii remote will only pick up a signal from the infrared
stylus.
28 What functional group is in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)?
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alcohol
29 What makes objects do things?
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Methods
30 How do u guys feel about our project?
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31 How does the impact force change with the height that the egg is dropped?
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It increases!
32 What is projectile motion?
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The path of an objects movement through the air when launched at an angle.
33 If the car finished in 2 second, what is its average speed? (mi/hr)
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6.7 [mi/hr]
34 What are MSDS used for?
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1. Answers vary.
2. Most common answers are: Creates desertification like in the Dust Bowl and decreases
food production because the nutrient rich soils are missing from the soil over time if they
aren't replenished.
What is one way to prevent erosion?
1. Answers vary.
2. Common Answers: Plant more trees and vegetation, build rock cliffs and/or rock walls,
put up barriers in the ocean, have impervious material around the water to prevent runoff
and stay on the trail while hiking.
27 Why does the Nintendo Wii remote only pick up signals from the stylus/pen and not get
confused by the projector's image and light?
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are the standard way of communicating how a
chemical should be handled, including storage recommendations, reactivity, flammability,
and health risks.
35 What function do rudders serve on an aircraft?
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EGH
Rudders allow for turning of the plane.
36 What causes the coil gun to fire the projectile?
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EGH
37 How does the quadcopter rotate?
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EGH
It changes the speed of the propellers.
38 What is the binary number 01101010 in decimal?
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106
39 Does the system recognize you as the same person each time?
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EGH
40 What causes the train to move on the tracks?
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EGH
41 What language does each Operating Systems use for their applications?
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iOS - Objective C Android - Java
42 How much energy does the capacitor bank store?
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Answer: An induced current creates a strong magnetic field to force the object out.
What are some real-world applications (or examples) in which this system could be used?
A bunch or 1680 Joules.
43 What properties does the Reuben’s tube demonstrate? (EGH 233)
It is a good representation of sinusoidal waves, more specifically sound waves.
44 What is the cross bracing for on the bridge?
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(Rain)
Support lateral loads
45 What do solar panels do?
Cubby 1 EGH
Produce electricity
46 What is plasma?
Cubby 2 EGH
Plasma is the 4th state of matter which is comprised of charged particles called ions.
47 What is a microprocessor?
A microprocessor is a digital device than can be programmed to make an electrical signal
turn-on.
Cubby 3 EGH