At the University of Alaska Anchorage, you can pursue your dream of becoming an engineer,
computer scientist, or project manager while living in Anchorage--the business, industrial,
cultural, and recreational center of Alaska. Located near all major Alaskan employers
of engineering, computer science, and project management talent, 74% of our job-seeking
students have jobs before they graduate!
The Alaska Department of Labor has projected the state will need 627 new computer
and engineering professionals by 2030 -- requiring two new hires for every one that
retires. UAA's College of Engineering is committed to producing cutting-edge graduates
ready to energize the state's growing engineering community.
“The work that I do is about infrastructure support,” said Buchanan. “Roads, utilities,
water, sewer, rail and people — all of which are vital to Alaska.”
On May 3, 2024, surveying and mapping alumnus Steve Buchanan was inducted into the
UAA College of Engineering (CoEng) Alumni Hall of Fame, which honors the professional
accomplishments and contributions of exceptional CoEng graduates.
April 2, 2024Between earning his undergraduate degree and starting graduate study, rather than
take a well-deserved break, mechanical engineering alumnus Lawrence Giron Jr. participated
in not one, but two prestigious NASA internships back to back.
March 8, 2024The College of Engineering at UAA invites you to attend the 20th International Conference
on Cold Regions Engineering (ICCRE) to be held in Anchorage, Alaska, on May 13-16,
2024.
This conference is being organized by ASCE's Cold Regions Engineering Division (CRED)
and aims at connecting engineers, academics, and cold regions experts from various
disciplines to share their knowledge and experience. The conference theme is Sustainable
and resilient engineering solutions for changing cold regions.
January 29, 2024Congratulations to Dr. Zhaohui “Joey” Yang, Ph.D., M. ASCE, who has been selected
by ASCE’s Cold Regions Engineering Division (CRED) to receive the 2024 Harold R. Peyton
Award for Cold Regions Engineering for his outstanding contributions to cold regions
engineering, most notably research efforts associated with improving the seismic design
of bridge foundations in frozen ground.
October 19, 2023"By hosting the DNR GNSS reference station on our campus, UAA remains at the forefront
of geospatial education and research, equipping our students to become trailblazers
in this dynamic field’ said Dr. Kenrick Mock, Dean of the College of Engineering,
University of Alaska Anchorage. “We are excited about the positive impact this collaboration
will have on our community and the state of Alaska."
On the North Slope there are thousands of small pipes that ultimately come together
to feed into the big one — the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Each of those pipes are a potential
hazard, especially as they experience the effects of air, water and chemistry over
long periods of time. Even in the cold of the Arctic, pipes will eventually succumb
to corrosion — the natural chemical process that transforms refined metals into oxides.
That’s where Oleg Shiryayev, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering
in UAA’s College of Engineering, comes in.
This morning when you made your coffee, did you stop and wonder how much of that electricity
came from wind, solar, hydro or natural gas? It can be daunting trying to track that
down. Not for long! Two UAA Computer Science seniors are busy developing an app that
will track where your coffee pot is getting its electricity from.
The USDOT just awarded a $15 million renewal grant to the Pacific Northwest Transportation
Consortium (PacTrans), of which UAA is a partner along with Portland State University,
University of Idaho, Washington State University, and led by the University of Washington.
The Northwest Indian College will also serve as an education and outreach partner.
CoEng's own Dr. Abaza heads the UAA engineering team as PacTrans leads the nation
into the future of transportation infrastructure research and development.
In 2002, a large earthquake (Mw=7.9) struck in the Alaska Range near Tok, inflicting
severe infrastructure damage to two sites: the Tok Cutoff highway near the Slana River
and the Northway Airport by the Canadian border. This may sound like old news, but
in UAA’s College of Engineering, researchers are still uncovering valuable findings
from this disaster — findings that may help the Alaska Department of Transportation
& Public Facilities (AKDOT&PF) better prepare for future earthquakes.
