Faculty Introductions

1. Faculty Introductions Dr. Downing Professor and Chair

2. Physics, Astronomy, EngineeringTeam Competition • Related the photos shown to the topics listed on each slide. • The clicker must be passed from one team member to the next after every question. • Team members may assist the clicker user. • You will have less than 30 seconds to answer each question.

3. Example Question • Click “1” and enter on your clicker. • This is a test to determine how many clickers are present.

4. Physics, Astronomy, and Engineering Quiz

5. How many stars lie within 10 parsecs of the Earth?10 parsecs = 32.6 lightyears

6. How many moons does Pluto have? P.S. Pluto is still a planet.

7. How long does it take light to travel from the Earth to the Moon in milliseconds?

8. If you weight 40 pounds on the moon, then how much do you weight on the Earth?

9. How many people have set foot on the Moon?

10. Biomedical • Materials • Agricultural • Nuclear • Architectural • Petroleum • Electrical • Civil • Mechanical • Industrial • Aerospace • Chemical What kind of engineer would design this?

11. What letter does this start with?

12. What is the resistance of this resistor in Ohms? Brown, Black, Red, Gold

13. What letter does this start with?

14. Which law governs the maximum efficiency of a refrigerator? • Newton’s First Law • Newton’s Second Law • Newton’s Third Law • None of the above

15. Which law relates acceleration to mass? • Newton’s First Law • Newton’s Second Law • Newton’s Third Law • None of the above M

16. Which is the law of inertia? • Newton’s First Law • Newton’s Second Law • Newton’s Third Law • None of the above

17. Which is the law of action/reaction? • Newton’s First • Newton’s Second • Newton’s Third • None of the above

18. Which law is in control of a spacecraft which cruises through space at constant speed without using any fuel? • Newton’s First • Newton’s Second • Newton’s Third • None of the above

19. Which law governs when a tablecloth is pulled out from under a setting of china without damaging it? • Newton’s First • Newton’s Second • Newton’s Third • None of the above http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cM9S2AzU28

20. Which law allows a spaceship to accelerate by burning rocket fuel? • Newton’s First Law • Newton’s Second Law • Newton’s Third Law • None of the above

21. Biomedical • Materials • Agricultural • Nuclear • Architectural • Petroleum • Electrical • Civil • Mechanical • Industrial • Aerospace • Chemical What kind of engineer would design an assembly line?

22. What is the derivative of 3x? …with respect to y.

23. Materials • Agricultural • Nuclear • Architectural • Petroleum • Electrical • Civil • Mechanical • Industrial • Biomedical • Aerospace • Chemical What kind of engineer would design this?

24. How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb?

25. How many engineers does it take to change a light bulb? • Answer: None. They are all too busy trying to design the perfect light bulb.

26. Who is this? Blackburn Markworth Brewton Kelly Callaway Michaels Decker Burton Montes Downing Musser Friedfeld Piran Gruebel Trikosko Bruton Einstein

27. How many quantum physicists does it take to change a light bulb? • I depends on whether you look at it....

28. SFA ObservatoryPublic Viewing Session

29. Which law was originally stated in terms of momentum? • Newton’s First Law • Newton’s Second Law • Newton’s Third Law • None of the above

30. Which law governs when two skaters push apart in a rink? • Newton’s First Law • Newton’s Second Law • Newton’s Third Law • None of the above