AEM Final Study Guide Exam ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Who Taught AEM 121 fall 2022 - CORRECT ANSWER Professor Hubner
Where did AEM 121 meet - CORRECT ANSWER North lawn bldg 1018
What Platform was used to upload lectures and administer quizzes - CORRECT
ANSWER Black board
How many departments are in UA's college of engineering? - CORRECT ANSWER 7
departments
What buildings are AEM faculty located? - CORRECT ANSWER North Engineering
Building
When was the start of the mechanics program and the AE program at UA? When did the
departments merge? - CORRECT ANSWER Mechanics: 1912
AE: 1920s
Merge: 1996
Approximately how many ugs and graduate students are in AEM? - CORRECT
ANSWER ugs: 500
Grad students in AEM: 150
What four UG engineering service courses does AEM teach? - CORRECT
ANSWER statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, and fluid mechanics
Who is the Dean of COE - CORRECT ANSWER Dean Henderson
Who is the Department head of AEM - CORRECT ANSWER Dr. Barkey
What is aeronautics, astronautics, and engineering mechanics - CORRECT
ANSWER Aeronautics: systems that operate within a planetary atmosphere
Astronautics: systems that pass through and operate beyond a planetary atmosphere
Engineering mechanics: is the study of how forces, applied to a system (or body), affect the
motion (or behavior) of the system. Engineering mechanics is based on Newton's Laws of
Motions.
, How does a craftsperson, technician, engineer, scientist and mathematician differ in terms of
levels of abstraction or application? - CORRECT ANSWER • Increasing level of
abstraction from craftsman (highly practical) to mathematician (pure abstraction)
• All levels of STEM personnel are required to solve problems
• Professional boundaries often blur/overlap and a single profession may involve multiple
skills across the spectrum
What are the most important steps to become an engineer - CORRECT ANSWER Earn
your high-school diploma while taking pre-requisite mathematics and science courses
• Apply and enroll in a university with and engineering program
• Complete the engineering curriculum
• Seek employment with an engineering firm
• Continue life-long learning
How many years does an average BSAE student need to complete the program considering
the AEM flowchart? - CORRECT ANSWER 4 years
What is the minimum number of hours to complete the program? - CORRECT
ANSWER 124 credit hours
Which AEM courses on the flowchart (think mechanics) will also include several students
from ME and CE? - CORRECT ANSWER ME: AEM 250/251, AEM 264, AEM 311,
AEM 201
CE: CH 101, PH 105, PH 106
Typically for every lecture hour, at least how many hours per week should you spend out-of-
class reviewing lectures, reading material, completing HW and preparing for exams? -
CORRECT ANSWER 2-3 hours
What is an ornithopter, how is it related to flight, and how are they used today? - CORRECT
ANSWER Machines that develop thrust and lift from flapping are called ornithopters
• Today, ornithopter research is of interest in the field of micro air vehicles (mavs):
autonomous aircraft with a maximum dimension of 15 cm
What is an airship, how is it related to flight, and how are they used today? - CORRECT
ANSWER airships generate lift on the principle of buoyancy: using a gas (including
heated air) that is lighter than atmospheric air. Control is with ballast weights or heat and in
some cases propellers.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Who Taught AEM 121 fall 2022 - CORRECT ANSWER Professor Hubner
Where did AEM 121 meet - CORRECT ANSWER North lawn bldg 1018
What Platform was used to upload lectures and administer quizzes - CORRECT
ANSWER Black board
How many departments are in UA's college of engineering? - CORRECT ANSWER 7
departments
What buildings are AEM faculty located? - CORRECT ANSWER North Engineering
Building
When was the start of the mechanics program and the AE program at UA? When did the
departments merge? - CORRECT ANSWER Mechanics: 1912
AE: 1920s
Merge: 1996
Approximately how many ugs and graduate students are in AEM? - CORRECT
ANSWER ugs: 500
Grad students in AEM: 150
What four UG engineering service courses does AEM teach? - CORRECT
ANSWER statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, and fluid mechanics
Who is the Dean of COE - CORRECT ANSWER Dean Henderson
Who is the Department head of AEM - CORRECT ANSWER Dr. Barkey
What is aeronautics, astronautics, and engineering mechanics - CORRECT
ANSWER Aeronautics: systems that operate within a planetary atmosphere
Astronautics: systems that pass through and operate beyond a planetary atmosphere
Engineering mechanics: is the study of how forces, applied to a system (or body), affect the
motion (or behavior) of the system. Engineering mechanics is based on Newton's Laws of
Motions.
, How does a craftsperson, technician, engineer, scientist and mathematician differ in terms of
levels of abstraction or application? - CORRECT ANSWER • Increasing level of
abstraction from craftsman (highly practical) to mathematician (pure abstraction)
• All levels of STEM personnel are required to solve problems
• Professional boundaries often blur/overlap and a single profession may involve multiple
skills across the spectrum
What are the most important steps to become an engineer - CORRECT ANSWER Earn
your high-school diploma while taking pre-requisite mathematics and science courses
• Apply and enroll in a university with and engineering program
• Complete the engineering curriculum
• Seek employment with an engineering firm
• Continue life-long learning
How many years does an average BSAE student need to complete the program considering
the AEM flowchart? - CORRECT ANSWER 4 years
What is the minimum number of hours to complete the program? - CORRECT
ANSWER 124 credit hours
Which AEM courses on the flowchart (think mechanics) will also include several students
from ME and CE? - CORRECT ANSWER ME: AEM 250/251, AEM 264, AEM 311,
AEM 201
CE: CH 101, PH 105, PH 106
Typically for every lecture hour, at least how many hours per week should you spend out-of-
class reviewing lectures, reading material, completing HW and preparing for exams? -
CORRECT ANSWER 2-3 hours
What is an ornithopter, how is it related to flight, and how are they used today? - CORRECT
ANSWER Machines that develop thrust and lift from flapping are called ornithopters
• Today, ornithopter research is of interest in the field of micro air vehicles (mavs):
autonomous aircraft with a maximum dimension of 15 cm
What is an airship, how is it related to flight, and how are they used today? - CORRECT
ANSWER airships generate lift on the principle of buoyancy: using a gas (including
heated air) that is lighter than atmospheric air. Control is with ballast weights or heat and in
some cases propellers.
