Quiz: What Do You Know About the Big Surf Water Park?
Quiz: What Do You Know About the Big Surf Water Park?
How do you make surfable waves in the middle of Arizona? Some enterprising engineers found a way.
ASME designates all sorts of engineering landmarks: Steam engines, oil wells, even the Apollo lunar lander. (There are 276 landmarks in all.) But some landmarks are just fun. Case in point, Big Surf water park in Tempe, Arizona, was designated a Historic Mechanical Engineering Landmark in 2013. Take this quiz to see if you know what makes this water park so noteworthy.
Related Content
Reaching Engineers: Insights from Content Trends
Dec 19, 2024
Dive into Wiley's 2024 survey on the content preferences and trends of engineers and industry professionals.
Podcast: Top Engineering Stories of 2024
Dec 12, 2024
Jeffrey Winters, Louise Poirier, and Sarah Alburakeh discuss the stories that made them go “hmmm” in 2024.
Energy Blog: How Dangerous Are Gas-Powered Appliances?
Dec 12, 2024
Rewiring America study points to the benefits of switching away to clothes dryers, water heaters, and HVAC systems that use heat pumps.
Drake’s Oil Well Started a Revolution
Dec 11, 2024
The job was simple: Drill down to get at the source of a persistent oil seep. But the well drilled in Titusville, Pa., changed the course of history.