Aeronautical And Aerospace Engineering

Nuclear Engineering 1. Make a new folder called Nuclear Engineering and put it in your student ID#. Make at least a 10 Frame Prezi file. Frame 1: 1. Make a title Frame with the title: Nuclear Engineering 2. Put your name below the title: Your Name, Date

Frame 2: Write one or two sentences defining Nuclear Engineering (Wikipedia): 1. Nuclear Engineering:

Frame 3: One area Nuclear Engineers work in is in the area of power generation. 1. Approximately how much of the electricity in the U.S. comes from Nuclear power plants? 2. How many Nuclear power plants are there in Texas? 3. What are their names? 4. Show a picture of a Nuclear power plant.

Frame 4: Nuclear fission is the source of energy for Nuclear power plants. 1. In one sentence, define Nuclear fission. 2. Show a picture of what a fission reaction looks like.

Frame 5: Another area of Nuclear fission that Nuclear Engineers work in is nuclear weapon design. The first nuclear weapons were fission bombs. 1. On what city was the first Nuclear fission atomic bomb “Little Boy” dropped? 2. Show a picture of the bomb “Little Boy”. 3. Show a picture of the mushroom cloud from a Nuclear bomb detonation.

Frame 6: Another area that Nuclear Engineers work in is Nuclear Medicine. 1. In one sentence define what nuclear medicine is. 2. The discovery of artificially produced radioactive isotopes by in 1934 was considered the most significant milestone in Nuclear Medicine. Who discovered them?

Frame 7: Another area that Nuclear Engineers work in is in Radiation measurements and imaging. 1. What was the first device invented that could detect radiation? (Hint: starts with a “G”) 2. Who invented it? 3. Show a picture of one.

Frame 8: Yet another area that Nuclear Engineers work in is in developing Nuclear materials and nuclear fuels using ion-beams and particle accelerators. 1. What is the largest particle accelerator in the world? 2. Where is it at? 3. Show a picture of it.

Frame 9: Another area of employment for Nuclear Engineers is the US Navy which uses small nuclear reactors to power some of its ships and submarines. 1. What is the nuclear powered ship that some Nuclear Engineers work on that is named after the 40th President of the United States? 2. Show a picture of this ship. 3. What is the nuclear powered vessel that some Nuclear Engineers work on that is named after the 10th State in the Union? 4. Show a picture of this vessel.

Frame 10: 1. Who is probably the most famous Nuclear Engineer? (Hint: He was the 39th President of the U.S.) 2. What famous Academy did he graduate from? 3. Show a picture of him.

Frame 11: Show the median salary for a beginning Nuclear Engineer. Find it on Salary.com