University of Alaska Anchorage

Graduate Community in the News:

3MT® Coming to UAA for 2019 - 2020!     

In 2019, two MS Project Management students, Josianne Ballin and Angele Ndidi Edimo received highly competitive awards from the Project Management Institute (PMI). One for community engagement and the other for an academic paper advancing the body of knowledge for engineering and construction projects. Each year there are only four award recipients from out of the 1.8 million worldwide members and credential holders and UAA students received two of the four awards. Pretty awesome!   

The PMIEF Community Advancement Through Project Management Award emphasizes pro bono project management contributions that increase the capacities of nonprofit/nongovernmental organizations. While a student in the PM program, Josiane was also PMI AK Chapter President (2018).  That PMI AK received this award is a testimonial to UAA MSPM students (specifically Josiane) who was not just an exceptional student (alumni) but a committed volunteer giving generously of her time in a leadership role to support our profession but also to improve the capabilities within our community.  

The PMIEF Donald S. Barrie Award was awarded to Angele Ndidi Edimo for her academic paper written in 2018. Her paper was awarded for "advancing the PMBOK® Guide in the field of design, procurement and/or construction by providing a useful contribution to the engineering and construction industry". 

From Hewlett-Packard to UAA:  Associate Professor LuAnn Piccard believes in the power of the journey. Like any good project manager, she understands that life isn’t a straight line that leads from point A to point B. No flowchart, after all, can account for every possible outcome. And the journey that landed Piccard as chair of the Project Management Department at the UAA College of Engineering was chock-full of the unexpected.

UAA biology graduate student Kelly Ireland is working on collaborative research involving stickleback fish. These tiny and abundant fish are the subject of intensive study at UAA and elsewhere because of their genetic variability and surprising physiological parallels with humans. 

Biology graduate student Hannah Uher-Koch monitors loon behavior on the North Slope 

Plexiglas menagerie: The case of the buried caribou teeth - Nathan Harmston, Anthropology graduate student

Upcoming Thesis Defenses: 

• Anthropology

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• Biological Sciences

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• Creative Writing & Literary Arts

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• English

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• Geological Sciences

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• Psychology (MS/PhD)
  Steffi Kim, PhD Candidate in Clinical-Community Psychology
  "We're Adaptable People: Resilience in the Context of Successful Aging in Urban Dwelling Alaska Native Elders"
  Monday, April 13 at 11:00 am
  Zoom instructions to follow.
• Civil Engineering

  Kristopher Ford, MS Candidate in Civil Engineering
  "Forecasting Coastal Erosion at Utqiagvik, Alaska"
  Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at 1:00 PM in EIB 413

  Zoom Link: https://alaska.zoom.us/j/924015104
  Meeting ID: 924 015 104

• Mechanical Engineering
  At this time there are no upcoming thesis defenses in Mechanical Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses.
• Dietetics & Nutrition
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• Interdisciplinary Studies

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At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Mechanical Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses.​At this time, there are no upcoming defenses in Nursing Science. Please check back later or see other programs for their scheduled defenses. ​

• English

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• Geological Sciences

  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Geological Sciences. Please check back later or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses.

• Dietetics & Nutrition
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• Nursing Science

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• Public Health Practice

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• Project Management
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• Civil Engineering
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• Mechanical Engineering
  At this time there are no upcoming project defenses in Mechanical Engineering. Please check back later or see other programs fo their their scheduled defenses.
• Interdisciplinary Studies
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 3MT® Coming to UAA!

 

Graduate Funding Opportunities:

In 2020, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Arctic Section is pleased to offer one scholarship award of C$3000 in memory of John W. Davies, a former Chair of the Section 

The competition is open to any full time graduate student at a recognized University in Canada or the US State of Alaska whose research will assist in providing solutions to problems encountered in the Arctic or in cold ocean environments. The attached letter contains information on research areas and selection requirements. Information is also on the Arctic Section’s website:  https://www.sname.org/arcticsection/home.

The deadline for applications is midnight Mountain Standard Time on Friday, June 26, 2020

This scholarship will be awarded by October 15, 2020.

Email: 2020scholarship@icetech16.org

URL:   https://www.sname.org/arcticsection/home

 

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