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A recent presentation by OIPC’s Adam Krynicki and Dan White outlined for engineering faculty the process of inventing and commercializing technology at UAF.

The presentation slides offer a summary of this process and contact information for staff at the Office of Intellectual Property and Commercialization.

Research isn’t always about creating new models or making landmark discoveries. It can also be about preparing for the future of a discipline by supporting students who will someday take over (more…)

SCIENCE magazine (VOL 335, pg 1551) celebrated the launch of a new project led by INE’s Matt Nolan. “Data Rescue of the Austin Post Air Photo Collection” will digitalize, preserve, and extend scientific access to a collection of large-format photographs that document the size and topography of glaciers in Alaska, Canada, and Washington from 1960 to 1995. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation.

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Geotechnical Assets—things like rock and soil slopes, bridge foundations, shore protection, embankments, retaining walls, and others structures literally touch or impact every other physical asset within Alaska’s transportation system. (more…)

Remember those PowerWheels Jeeps that every kid in the 1980s and 1990s wanted to cruise around in? Thanks to tinkering and innovative use of ideas by Orion Lawlor, those vehicles got a whole lot more fun: (more…)

Members of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) team took first place in the 2012 At-Large Regional CCDC competition.

AUTC and WERC researchers Doug Kane and Sveta Stuefer will be among presenters at the American Water Resources Association-alaska Section’s Annual Conference in Juneau, Alaska. (more…)

A presentation at The Blue Loon Tuesday, Feb. 21 will offer insight into current research, testing and advancement of wind energy systems in Alaska.

Of all the things that National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) research involves— searching for life on Mars, perfecting zero-gravity tools, monitoring activity of objects in space—who would have thought NASA could use help with its pictures?

If a gas pipeline were to be buried in permafrost-laden soils in the Arctic, how would those soils react? How would climate change affect the ground around the pipe? How will it affect the ground beneath vital roads and infrastructure throughout cold regions of the world?