Jonah Lau, Senior School of Nuclear Engineering, Organizes Purdue's First Engineering Bowl: A Multidisciplinary Engineering Quiz Game Show

Jonah Lau, Senior School of Nuclear Engineering, Organizes Purdue's First Engineering Bowl: A Multidisciplinary Engineering Quiz Game Show

On April 5th, during Engineering Week, Purdue held its first Engineering Bowl, a quiz game show styled event that was hosted by the Purdue Engineering Presidents' Council. This event was created to bring the various engineering disciplines together to showcase their brilliant students in a fun, yet competitive way.

Hosted by Chemical Engineering Professor, Dr. Joseph Pekny, teams were asked multidisciplinary questions from 100 and 200 level engineering courses. Students had the opportunity to flex their brains and show off their engineering knowledge by answering these questions correctly before other teams.

Five teams from the Schools of Nuclear Engineering, Materials Engineering, Construction and Engineering Management, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering competed in the event. 

“We thought it’d be a great idea to bring all schools respective to your discipline together and showcase discipline-based pride,” said nuclear engineering student and event organizer Jonah Lau. We have geniuses all around Purdue, and they don’t get showcased enough. I think this is the right platform for that.”  

At the end of the game, Vishnu Srinvas and Caden Lee Jarausch from the School of Mechanical Engineering took home the prize and became the first winners of Purdue’s Engineering Bowl. 

Engineering Bowl Recap Video