The University’s civil engineering department holds a semester long Design of Civil Engineering Systems course, for graduating seniors.
The U-MED district is located in northeast Anchorage, Alaska. It has been identified as one of the largest growing employment centers in Anchorage and is expected to continue to grow over the next 20 years.
The Alaska Railroad Corporation’s (ARRC) fueling and maintenance yard is located near the port of Anchorage, in the northwest section of the city. The yard has approximately 2000 linear feet of aging 10 inch cast iron water pipe that is need of repair or placement.
Midtown Anchorage currently has two production wells which when pumping at full capacity create a hydraulic high point in the system, resulting in blocked flow from east Anchorage sources through the MacInnes pressure relieve valve (PRV) near the A-C Street coupling.
South Anchorage has three major roadways allowing for access east-to-west. The level of service provided by these roadways is not adequate.
For this project, ADOT&PF is planning to realign the Glenn Highway between MP 53 and MP 56. A bridge type study was conducted, and the following design alternatives were evaluated.
The Homer Tidal Incubator project began in 2012 as a group of Homer proponents, agency representatives, and industry professionals started meeting to discuss the potential of utilizing the Homer Deep Water Dock as a tidal generator testing station.
The intersection at 36th Avenue has been determined to be the most congested in the State. These delays and inefficient flow may have costs to the travelling public that could be significantly decreased.
Design of the weather station in the Chukchi Sea for ConocoPhillips Alaska was accomplished as part of a design project by six senior Civil Engineering students at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Tom Ravens and graduate student Garrett Yager completed a study (funded by the North Pacific Research Board) addressing the hydrodynamic and sediment transport impacts of the Endicott causeway on the North Slope of Alaska. Solid-filled causeways have been used along the Beaufort Sea coastline to support oil and gas drilling operations and to provide maritime access on a shallow coast.