Introduction to Civil and Transportation Engineering | Defining Geotechnical Engineering | Advantages of Simple Machines - Catapults | Green Energy and Transportation | Careers in Engineering |
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What is engineering?
This is the professional art of applying scientific principles to every day things to help make life easier.
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What is geotechnical engineering?
This is the study of the earth to make sure it is suitable for construction.
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What is (i.e., inclined plane, screw, wedge, lever, pulley or wheel and pulley?
This is one type of simple machine.
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What is a wind turbine?
This is the device that collects wind and converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy in a process known as wind power.
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What is a civil engineer?
An engineer that designs and maintains public works such as roads, bridges, water and energy systems as well as public facilities like ports, railways and airports.
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What is transportation?
This is the movement of goods, services and people from one location to another.
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What are (e.g., roads, buildings, bridges, excavation, tunnels, railroads, pipelines, etc.)?
Name 3 types of structures or infrastructure when a geotechnical engineer would be needed.
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What is 3?
Levers come in different classes depending upon where the fulcrum is (or the support/point of rest). How many classes are there?
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What is Texas?
This state is where the largest wind farm is located.
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What is a geotechnical engineer?
An engineer who is interested in the engineering behavior of earth materials; they are concerned with construction on or in the ground.
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What is a barge?
The penny boats were modeled after this specific type or mode of transportation.
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What is the construction site?
Geotechnical engineers go here to get samples of environmental materials to test.
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What is the Combined Pulley?
There are 3 types of pulleys - Fixed, Moveable and ?
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What is (e.g., bird migration path, where wind speed exceeds 56 mph, within 300m from the nearest home)?
This is an example of where a wind turbine cannot be built.
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What is a transportation engineer?
An engineer that plans, designs, operates and manages facilities for any mode of transportation in order to provide for the safe, efficient, economical and environmentally compatible movement of people and goods.
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What is surface area?
Shallow penny boats hold more pennies. This is because a larger, flat bottom floats better and holds more weight because it has greater...what?
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What is a laboratory?
Geotechnical engineers go here to test the samples of environmental materials.
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What is a wedge?
This simple machine is defined by having two inclined planes joined back to back.
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What is 30 mph?
This is the ideal mph wind speed for a wind turbine to collect wind energy.
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What is a mechanical engineer?
An engineer that designs and analyzes the usage of heat and mechanical power for the operation of machines and mechanical systems.
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What are (e.g., structural, geotechnical, transportation, environmental, water resources) engineering?
These are 2 types or specializations in civil engineering (an example is construction engineering).
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What is the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
Because of a close river causing the ground around it to get soft, this famous Italian structure rose and began to lean.
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What is an inclined plane?
This was the simple machine (think ramp) used by the Egyptians that made building the pyramids easier.
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What are the tower, the nacelle and the rotor blades?
These are the 3 main parts of a wind turbine.
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What is an environmental engineer?
An engineer that develops solutions to environmental problems; they are involved in efforts to improve recycling, waste disposal, public health and in the control of water and air pollution.
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