Professional Development Seminars

The UAA College of Engineering welcomes all students and local engineers, land surveyors and project managers to a free Professional Development Seminar Series which aims to foster collaboration and information exchange among Alaskan engineers, land surveyors and project managers.  The series runs throughout the fall and spring semesters each academic year.  

Location: Seminars are held in person in the UAA Engineering and Industry Building (EIB), Room 211 and/or online. Use the livestream links below to watch each week's session online.  The Engineering and Industry Building is located at 2900 Spirit Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508Free parking on Fridays on the UAA campus.

Date/Time: Select Fridays from 11:45 am - 12:45 pm. Seminars will last one hour including Q&A. See this semester's schedule below.

Additional Information: Please contact contact the College of Engineering Dean's Office at uaa_coengdeansoffice@alaska.edu.

*PDH CREDIT:  To be eligible for PDH credit, each presentation can be either be viewed live or the YouTube video (if posted) can be watched at a later date.  The related Qualtrics survey must also be completed and will serve as your attendance record.  It is recommended that you also download the presentation flyer to serve as the syllabus regarding what was covered in the seminar.  For more information about continuing education and PDH credits please see the AELS Board website 

[NOTE: Scroll to the bottom of the page for more information on The Computational Research Leadership Council (CRLC) Seminar Series at UAA which is different from our Professional Development Seminar Series.]

Spring 2024

Date
Topic
Presenter(s)
Location(s)
Livestream
Qualtrics Survey
PDH Eligible*
01/19/24 Foam Forming Dr. Tuomo Hjelt, Senior Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
02/02/24 Imperfections, Nonlinearities, and Noise to Improve Control System Design Dr. Luigi Fortuna, Professor of Automatic Control, University of Catania, Italy EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
02/16/24 Project Management: Navigating Diverse Project Categories Dr. Nasim Bahari, Assistant Professor of Project Management, UAA College of Engineering EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
03/01/24 Roof Ice Dams and Snow Loads on Structures Revisited

Scott Hamel, PE, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering, UAA College of Engineering 

Bart Quimby, PhD, PE, Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil Engineering, UAA College of Engineering 

EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
03/29/24 Corrosion of 3D Printed 316L Stainless Steel Dr. Peter Renner, Material Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
04/12/24 On Feedback-Aided Next-Generation Wireless Communication Dr. Siyao (Olivia) Li, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, UAA College of Engineering EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
Date & Time
Topic Presenter(s) Location(s) Livestream PDH Eligible
04/26/24 11:30AM College of Engineering: Capstone Poster Competition

Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science,
Computer Systems Engineering, Geomatics

Capstone Class Students

EIB Solarium
& Online 
YouTube Livestream N/A

Fall 2023

Date
Topic
Presenter(s)
Location(s)
Livestream
QualtricsSurvey
PDH Eligible*
9/15/23

Erasmus+ European Projects: Opportunities, Interdisciplinary Ventures, and Digital Accessibility Research

This link is to access the PDF of this presentation

Vera Pospelova, Visiting PhD Student, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream  Qualtrics   1.0
9/29/23 Broadband Satellite Technology for Alaska and the World Dr. Alex Hills, Distinguished Service Professor, Carnegie Mellon Univeristy & Dr. Jens Munk, Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering, UAA EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
10/13/23 Port of Nome Modification Project Bryan Hudson, PE, SE, Principal Engineer, PND Engineers, Inc. EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
10/27/23 The Life of an Infrastructure Project- Houston High School Amy K Mestas, SE, Principal Structural Engineer, RESPEC EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
11/10/23 Climate Change Impacts to Arctic Fields Captain James Frye, M.S., P.M.P., Instructor of Civil Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology

EIB 211 & Online

YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
12/8/23 Preparing for NSRS Modernization: NGS Regional Activity in Alaska (Download Slides) Lynda Bell, Alaska Regional Geodetic Advisor (AK), NOAA's National Geodetic Survey EIB 211 & Online YouTube Livestream Qualtrics 1.0
             

CRLC Seminar Series

The UAA College of Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Department welcomes faculty, staff, students and community members to join them for The Computational Research Leadership Council (CRLC) Seminar Series at UAA.  The CRLC Seminar Series is a collaborative effort between Sustainable Horizons Institute and seven Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories.  The goal of the seminar series is to connect with academic institutions serving underrepresented students and provide opportunities to learn about innovative DOE research internships.  Seminar topics include a wide array of computational and data sciences and are targeted to students at different stages of their academic careers. During the Q&A reception, attendees are able to meet the scientists and ask them questions about their research, their experience working at a national lab, and their professional or personal journey.

Seminars will be held in either the Engineering & Industry Building (EIB), 2900 Spirit Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, or the Engineering and Computation Building (ECB), 3310 UAA Drive, and online.  Registration is required to attend these seminars.

Date & Time

Topic

Presenter(s)

Location(s)

Registration

PDH Eligible

12/1/23

12:00pm-1:30pm

Cybersecurity Research: A Data Science Perspective Ms. Celeste Matarazzo, Principal Investigator and Researcher, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) EIB 211 & Zoom Register N/A

2/9/24

12:00pm-1:30pm

The Future of Computing Beyond Moore's Law Mr. John Shalf, Department Head for Computer Science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) EIB 211 & Zoom Register N/A

4/19/24
9:00am-10:30am

AI for Healthcare and Biomedicine Ms. Silvia Crivelli, Program Manager 2, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) EIB 211 & Zoom Register N/A