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  • The William Elmhirst Duckering Building was built in 1964. Today the building serves as home to instructional and research programs in engineering. William Elmhirst Duckering earned a bachelors degree in 1903 and his civil engineering degree in 1916 from the University of Washington. Afterwards, he taught engineering classes and ended his career at the University of Alaska as dean.

  • The passing rate for CEM students who take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam is over 90%.

  • The Institute of Northern Engineering (INE) brings in over $12.5 million in external research annually.

  • UAF engineering students have access to the only university-affiliated rocket range in the country.

  • UAF Civil Engineering students have brought home two 1st place awards from the National Steel Bridge Competition in the past decade, and have placed at the regional and national level annually. CEM will host the regional competition in 2007.

  • INE will host the 2008 International Conference on Permafrost in recognition of the International Polar Year (IPY).
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