angle: The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.
civil engineer: An engineer who creates buildings, tunnels, water systems and other large projects that improve everyday life.
COVID-19: A name given to the disease that erupted into a massive global pandemic in 2020. It first emerged in 2019 and is caused by a new coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2. Symptoms can include pneumonia, trouble breathing, feeling too tired to walk more than a few steps, fever, headaches, low blood-oxygen levels, blood clots and brain “fog.”
diffusion: The process of spreading out thinly over a great area. It can involve the release or movement of light or some substance through a liquid (such as water or air) or through some surface (such as a membrane).
ellipse: An oval curve that is geometrically a flattened circle.
engineer: A person who uses science and math to solve problems. As a verb, to engineer means to design a device, material or process that will solve some problem or unmet need.
factor: Something that plays a role in a particular condition or event; a contributor.
footage: (in movies and videos) A term for the uncut or unprocessed motion pictures or video imagery taken by a camera. It takes its name from the fact that it took several feet of film to capture a few seconds of motion-picture photography.
model: A simulation of a real-world event (usually using a computer) that has been developed to predict one or more likely outcomes. Or an individual that is meant to display how something would work in or look on others.
pandemic: An outbreak of disease that affects a large proportion of the population across much or most of the world.
parallel: An adjective that describes two things that are side by side and have the same distance between their parts. In the word “all,” the final two letters are parallel lines. Or two things, events or processes that have much in common if compared side by…
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