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The College of Engineering and Mines at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has been educating engineering students since 1922 when the school was founded as the Alaska Agriculture College and School of Mines. Over the years, students from around the world have pursued their engineering degree with us, taking advantage of the opportunity to learn one-on-one from outstanding faculty in the unique environment of Interior Alaska. UAF is Alaska’s top teaching and research university, but our classroom environments in engineering and mines are more like what you would find at a small college. UAF is the only university in Alaska that offers six undergraduate degrees fully-accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. In addition the College of Engineering and Mines offers 14 graduate degree programs for undergraduates wishing to continue their studies after receiving their baccalaureate degree.

Current News
Provost Susan Henrichs is happy to announce that Doug Goering, interim dean of CEM, has accepted the College of Engineering and Mines' dean position. She feels very fortunate to have him in that position and looks forward to working with him. Please join her in supporting Dr. Goering in his new position. Full Story...	The Alaska Microgravity Team recently flew their experiment for a small satellite attitude control system in the zero-g environment of a NASA C-9 aircraft last week. Full Story...
The University of Alaska Fairbanks steel bridge team took first place at the 2008 ASCE/AISC regional Student Steel Bridge competition at the American Society of Civil Engineers Pacific Northwest Conference at Portland State University. Full Story... Matthew Dillon has recently received a two-year EPSCoR graduate student award to conduct his master degree research on the formation of ground ice. Matthew is also active in presenting papers at international conferences. Full Story... Eva Stephani has received the 2007-2008 Flint Hills Undergraduate Research Award to work on the Alaska University Transportation Center (AUTC) Preservation of the Alaska Highway project. Eva is also active in presenting papers at international conferences with the use of travel grant awards. Full Story... UAF Student Kasper Kowaleski was the third place poster competition award winner at the recent 2008 American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE) Premier Fluids Conference in Houston, Texas. Full Story... UAF Student Steven Kibler has won the IEEE NW Area Student Paper Contest held in Seattle on April 19 for his paper "Real Time Optoelectrical Visualization for the Optimization of Micromouse Hardware". Full Story... The local UAF American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) student chapter wins the AISES award for Chapter of the Year, as well as UAF alumna Lorena Hegdal received the AISES Professional of the Year award. These awards were presented at the 2007 AISES National Conference. Full Story... The Institute of Northern Engineering will host the 9th International Conference on Permafrost June 29-July 3, 2008. See website for more info: www.nicop.org Dennis Witmer of the Institute of Northern Engineering is leading a team testing a new type of battery that could make alternative energy sources more viable and cost-effective. Witmer heads the Arctic Energy Technology Development Laboratory at UAF.

• The University of Alaska Fairbanks steel bridge team took first place at the 2008 ASCE/AISC regional Student Steel Bridge competition at the American Society of Civil Engineers Pacific Northwest Conference at Portland State University. Full Story...
  
  
• Matthew Dillon has recently received a two-year EPSCoR graduate student award to conduct his master degree research on the formation of ground ice. Matthew is also active in presenting papers at international conferences. Full Story...
  
  
• Eva Stephani has received the 2007-2008 Flint Hills Undergraduate Research Award to work on the Alaska University Transportation Center (AUTC) Preservation of the Alaska Highway project. Eva is also active in presenting papers at international conferences with the use of travel grant awards. Full Story...
  
  
• UAF Student Kasper Kowaleski was the third place poster competition award winner at the recent 2008 American Association of Drilling Engineers (AADE) Premier Fluids Conference in Houston, Texas. Full Story...
  
  
• UAF Student Steven Kibler has won the IEEE NW Area Student Paper Contest held in Seattle on April 19 for his paper "Real Time Optoelectrical Visualization for the Optimization of Micromouse Hardware". Full Story...
  
  
• The local UAF American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) student chapter wins the AISES award for Chapter of the Year, as well as UAF alumna Lorena Hegdal received the AISES Professional of the Year award. These awards were presented at the 2007 AISES National Conference. Full Story...
  
  
• The Institute of Northern Engineering will host the 9th International Conference on Permafrost June 29-July 3, 2008. See website for more info: www.nicop.org
  
  
• Dennis Witmer of the Institute of Northern Engineering is leading a team testing a new type of battery that could make alternative energy sources more viable and cost-effective. Witmer heads the Arctic Energy Technology Development Laboratory at UAF.