Join UAA College of Engineering faculty for two nights packed with demonstrations, lab tours, and great engineering and computer science discussions!
This is an opportunity for students, parents, and teachers to learn more about the different disciplines at the UAA College of Engineering. Each night, participants can watch live demonstrations in our research labs and meet faculty members from Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Geomatics, and Project Management.
Each night, we will highlight specific departments and offer the following tour stops:
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 6-8:30 PM – Engineering and Computation Building, UAA
- Mechanical Engineering – Dr. Raghu Srinivasan, one of Alaska’s leading experts on corrosion chemistry, will demonstrate the equipment in the Materials Testing Lab.
- Machine Shop – Corbin Rowe, the machinist for the College of Engineering, will lead a tour through the machine shop, showing off fabrication equipment and ongoing projects.
- Admissions and Advising – Admissions and advising counselors will present important need-to-know information about tuition, scholarships, educational pathways, and more.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 6-8:30 PM – Engineering and Industry Building, UAA
- “Girls in Engineering” Day – special presentation by E-Week banquet speaker, Jessica Vos
- Project Management – LuAnn Piccard, a former longtime executive at Hewlett-Packard, will demonstrate project management concepts by constructing a tower.
- Admissions and Advising – Admissions and advising counselors will present important need-to-know information about tuition, scholarships, educational pathways, and more.
- Civil Engineering – Dr. Polly Murray, UAA civil engineering professor, will break ice beams in the ConocoPhillips Structures Testing Lab.
- Mechanical Engineering – Dr. Jennifer Brock, UAA mechanical engineering professor and Associate Dean, will present demonstrations in the Jan van de Top Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Lab.
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UAA PLANETARIUM PRESENTATION
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 6:30 PM – UAA PVT
Planetarium presentation at UAA PVT with aerospace engineer and E-Week banquet speaker Jessica Vos
Show: Dream to Discovery: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/depts/planetarium/dream-to-discovery.cshtml
Lecture following the show on spacecraft systems engineering and associated career paths
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Questions
If you have questions, please contact Nicole Ritzinger at naritzinger@alaska.edu. Nicole is the K-12 STEM Outreach Director, College of Engineering.