Expanded Federal Internships for UAA ANSEP Students
An agreement with the US Department of the Interior streamlines placement of Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program students in federal internships.
Engineering
US Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District Welcomes New Chief of Engineering Division
James Sauceda assumed duties as the Chief of the Engineering, Construction, and Operations Division for the US Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District in June.
New Leader for Design Alaska’s Civil Engineering Department
Design Alaska, a Fairbanks-based multidisciplinary architecture and engineering firm, promoted Cutter Degerlund to become its Civil Engineering Department Leader.
Engineering Associate Joins R&M’s Construction Services Department
Carina Perez recently joined R&M Consultants as an Engineering Associate in the firm’s Construction Services Department.
Fire Protection Engineer Joins Coffman
The manager of the Fairbanks office of Bettisworth North Architects and Planners, Tracy Vanairsdale, has been elected as the firm’s new President.
Alaska Science Forum: The Ups and Downs of Washboard Roads
The mechanism of how washboards form on gravel roads was a mystery until sixty years ago, solved by an Australian scientist just before he became director of the UAF Geophysical Institute.