2018-2019 Professional Delvelopment Seminars

Fall 2018

Date Topic Presenter Livestream PDH Eligible*
9/14/18 Why Did We Do THAT? Lessons Learned after Construction from an Owner's Perspective Stephen Nuss, P.E. AWWU Engineering Division Director 1.0
9/21/18 Incorporating Biological Treatment
into the UAA Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Water Sewer
Challenge System		 Prof. Aaron Dotson (UAA) 1.0
9/28/18 Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ’s Role in the Private Space Race Ben Kellie, Co-Founder and CEO, K2 Dronotics Livestream 1.0
10/5/18 Reliability Assessment of Power Distribution Networks Prof. Mohammad Heidari (UAA)  1.0
10/12/18 Introduction to Trenchless Technology Matt Stephl (Stephl Engineers)  1.0
10/19/18 Development of an Anchorage Climate Action Plan through Collaboration between the Municipality of Anchorage and the University of Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Shaina Kilcoyne (MOA), and Prof. Micah Hahn (UAA)

 1.0
10/26/18 Water, Water Everywhere – The Challenges of Leachate Management at the Anchorage Regional Landfill Mark Madden (SWS)  1.0
11/2/18 Household Water Resources in Rural Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ  Kaitlin Mattos 1.0
11/9/18 Performance-based Seismic Design: From Existing Building Assessment to Skyscraper Design Wael Hassan (UAA) Livestream  1.0
11/16/18 Structural Design of Plywood-Polyurethane Foam Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) and Associated Testing Prof. Scott Hamel (UAA)  1.0
11/30/18 The Snow River Outburst Flood: Building a Hydraulic Model of a Misbehaving River Robin Beebee (Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Science Center)  1.0
12/7/18 How Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ is Leading the Way in Development of Local and Sustainable Energy Sources Prof. Erin Whitney (Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Center for Power and Energy, UAF) 1.0

Spring 2019

Date

 Topic Presenter Livestream PDH Eligible*
 2/1/19 Can We Trust Numerical Results?  Siegfried Rump (Institute of Reliable Computing, Hamburg Institute of Tech) 1.0 
 2/8/19 The Snow River Outburst Flood: Building a Hydraulic Model of a Misbehaving River  Robin Beebee  (Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ Science Center) 1.0
 2/15/19 Increasing Reuse of Oil and Gas Produced Water through Integrated Management  Ted Peltier (Kansas University)  1.0
 2/22/19 Application of Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Subsurface Analysis Shuvajit Bhattacharya (UAA) Livestream  1.0
 3/1/19 Sustainability on Steroids: Performance Dashboard Drives Sustainability Efforts and P3 Partnerships

 Mark Spafford (Municipality of Anchorage SWS)

 1.0
 3/8/19 Paying for Rain: A Brief History of Stormwater Fees in the United States  Brian Chalfant   (PA Dept. of Environmental Conservation)  1.0
 3/22/19

SEMINAR CANCELED (see "bonus" Seminar on THURSDAY, 3/28)

SEMINAR CANCELED (see "bonus" Seminar on THURSDAY, 3/28)

 Livestream 1.0
3/28/19 Regenerative Design & Water Reuse: Lessons from Mars and Early Adopters of Earth Jay Garland (EPA)   1.0
3/29/19 Analysis of November 30th, 2018 Anchorage Earthquake (MW 7.1) Utpal Dutta (UAA)  1.0
 4/5/19 Bridge Inspection  Eric Thornley, P.E. (Michael Baker Intl)  1.0
4/12/19 Chemistry for Contingency Planning: Managing Invasive Pests and Oil Spills in the Subarctic Patrick Tomco  (UAA)  1.0
 4/19/19 Greater Prudhoe Bay: Unlocking 40 More Years  Jenny Jemison (BP) 1.0
4/26/19 A Changing Arctic Water Cycle: Understanding the Processes & Implications Dr. Eric Klein   1.0