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 99508. Free 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
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| 01/19/24 | Foam Forming | Dr. Tuomo Hjelt, Senior Scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland | EIB 211 & Online |  |
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| 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 | |
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| 02/16/24 | Project Management: Navigating Diverse Project Categories | Dr. Nasim Bahari, Assistant Professor of Project Management, UAA College of Engineering | EIB 211 & Online | |
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| 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 |
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| 03/29/24 | Corrosion of 3D Printed 316L Stainless Steel | Dr. Peter Renner, Material Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) | EIB 211 & Online |  |
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| 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 | |
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| 04/26/24 11:30AM | College of Engineering: Capstone Poster Competition |
Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Capstone Class Students |
EIB Solarium & Online |
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Fall 2023
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| 9/15/23 | Vera Pospelova, Visiting PhD Student, University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain | EIB 211 & Online | |
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| 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 | |
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| 10/13/23 | Port of Nome Modification Project | Bryan Hudson, PE, SE, Principal Engineer, PND Engineers, Inc. | EIB 211 & Online | |
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| 10/27/23 | The Life of an Infrastructure Project- Houston High School | Amy K Mestas, SE, Principal Structural Engineer, RESPEC | EIB 211 & Online | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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4/19/24 |
AI for Healthcare and Biomedicine | Ms. Silvia Crivelli, Program Manager 2, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) | EIB 211 & Zoom | Register | N/A |