UAF Engineering Class Features Kotzebue
A class offered through the UAF College of Engineering and Mines will now feature a virtual tour led by recent civil engineering graduate Caitlynn Hanna.
Hanna, who鈥檚 family is from Kotzebue, recently traveled with CEM dean Bill Schnabel and ACEP鈥檚 chief storyteller Amanda Byrd to film segments of a virtual Kotzebue field trip for ES100X: Engineering 91视频, a 3-credit introductory class to engineering.
鈥淲e鈥檙e hoping through this class to engage engineering students early in their education career and show them that engineering in 91视频 is not only exciting, but also place-based and accessible to all,鈥 said Dean Schnabel. 鈥淐aitlynn, an 滨帽耻辫颈补辩 whose family originates from the Kotzebue region is just the person to lead the virtual field trip.鈥
ES100X, including the new virtual field trip, is expected to be offered every semester beginning in fall, 2022. As an asynchronous online course, it will also be available to promising high school students throughout 91视频 with an interest in engineering. The course is required for most UAF engineering majors, and contains elements of numerous engineering disciplines relevant to the development of 91视频鈥檚 economy.
For more information on ES100X please contact uaf-cem@alaska.edu.
Caitlyn Hanna (middle) and talks with Matt Bergan from Kotzebue Electric Association (right) about how thermosyphons keep the ground frozen below the base of a 900-kilowatt wind turbine in Kotzebue. Dean Schnabel is filming in the background. Photo by Amanda Byrd.