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The following departments and activities will be presented:
Tuesday, February 20, 6-8 pm
Civil Engineering – Dr. Tom Ravens and Dr. Polly Murray will demonstrate different research lab methods, including using a flume to simulate the flowing water of a river and using a shake table to simulate an earthquake.
Mechanical Engineering – Dr. Raghu Srinivasan, one of Alaska’s leading experts on corrosion chemistry, will demonstrate the equipment in the Materials Testing Lab, namely the charpy impact tester.
Project Management – LuAnn Piccard, a former longtime executive at Hewlett-Packard, will demonstrate project management thinking through a construction game.
Admissions and Advising – Admissions and advising counselors will present important need-to-know information about tuition, scholarships, educational pathways, and more.
Thursday, February 22, 6-8 pm
Computer Science & Engineering – Dr. Sebastian Neumayer, an expert on cryptocurrencies and disaster preparedness for networks, will demonstrate field-programmable gate array implementation of a morse decoder and pong game.
Electrical Engineering – Dr. Jens Munk, an expert on electromagnetic modeling, will demonstrate the research equipment in the Electrical Engineering Lab, along with a hand-built sound system.
Geomatics – Dr. Caixia Wang, a remote sensing expert and drone pilot, will demonstrate the technology used in mapping physical space, including a drone.
Machine Shop – Corbin Rowe, the machinist for the College of Engineering, will lead a tour through the machine shop, showing off fabrication equipment and ongoing projects.
