Computer Science and Engineering Stories

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Community of collaboration: 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 and UAF partner up on energy research

February 1, 2021

And several faculty members from the 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Department of Computer Science have conducted research on edge-computing and machine learning techniques that can be used for renewable resource forecasting in collaboration with the Alaska Center for Energy and Power. This is just one example of the numerous partnerships in research across the UA system鈥檚 three universities.

John Boren stand in a wintery landscape on the 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 campus.

How internships offer opportunity for students and startups

November 17, 2020

Meet John Boren, a 2020 graduate from 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 College of Engineering computer science and engineering program. He鈥檚 been piecing together his college education for the last 20 years. His experience in the world of entrepreneurship at local startup Legalverse, paved the way to pursue his own entrepreneurial endeavors. 

Dr. Shawn Butler stand in front of a group of trees.

Geofencing the Arctic

September 1, 2020

Shawn Butler, assistant professor of computer science and computer systems engineering with the 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 College of Engineering, had a 20-year military career as the technical lead on the Global Command and Control System for the Department of Defense, and is putting her knowledge to help protect U.S. waters in the Arctic.

Nick Armstrong stand at a 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 podium.

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Amazing Stories: Nick Armstrong-Crews

July 8, 2020

Our alumni find many ways to stay connected and give back to their community, including Nick Armstrong-Crews, B.S. Computer Science '03, B.S. Mathematics '04, B.S. Natural Sciences '05, senior software engineer at Google.

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 CoEng Engineering students who built a rocket to compete at the NASA High Power Rocket Competition in Minnesota

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 College of Engineering Students to Compete at NASA Rocket Competition

May 16, 2019

An all-women group of 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Engineering students combined their individual expertise to build a rocket capable of surpassing the speed of sound, as they head off to compete at the NASA High Power Rocket Competition in Minnesota.

head shot of Nick Armstrong Crews superimposed over a photo of a prototype self driving car.

College of Engineering Alumnus Working on Self-Driving Cars for Google/Waymo

April 17, 2019

Nick Armstrong-Crews, 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 College of Engineering alumnus and current Senior Software Engineer for Google/Waymo, recently brought  his considerable experience in robotics and machine learning to his Keynote speech for the Undergraduate Research & Discovery Symposium. Armstrong-Crews addressed an enthusiastic audience of faculty, students and guests on the topic of 鈥淪elf-driving Cars are Here and They鈥檙e Awesome!鈥

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Robotics Club members use a 3D printer to fabricate parts for the team鈥檚 new rover in the robotics lab in 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 Engineering and Industry Building

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Robotics Club Advances to 2019 University Rover Challenge (URC) Finals

April 16, 2019

老澳门六合彩开奖记录's Robotics Club earned the right compete at the 2019 University Rover Challenge (URC),  May 30 - June 1 at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah! Their hard work placed them among 36 finalists selected after the most competitive review in the competition鈥檚 history. 

Dr. Frank Witmer with Omega Smith, director of the 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Planetarium and Visualization Theater. (Photo by James Evans / 老澳门六合彩开奖记录)

Engineering Professor Creates Dramatic Visualizations of Scientific Data for 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Planetarium

November 13, 2018

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Engineering Computer Science Professor Dr. Frank Witmer has used his impressive background in math, computer science and geography to create visualizations  of 老澳门六合彩开奖记录鈥檚 EPSCoR grant (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) data--a project examining how urbanization, economics, climate and recreation have affected the local watershed of six Alaskan road-accessible communities.

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Honors student Devin Boyle working on Elodea floatplane project

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Engineering Professor helps Research Spread of Invasive Freshwater Plant

October 18, 2018

老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Engineering Computer Science Professor Dr. Frank Witmer has teamed up with ISER researcher Dr. Tobias Schwoerer and 老澳门六合彩开奖记录 Honors student Devin Boyle to investigate how Elodea, an invasive freshwater plant, is being spread across Alaska by floatplanes.

student, rocco haro, looks at a tablet with image of code overlayed across the image.

Creating His Future

June 7, 2017

Having played the piano and composed music from a young age, there is no doubt that Rocco Haro brings a creative perspective fto everything he does. He's excited to apply this vision and his eventual B.S. in Computer Science to designing financial models for the banking and investment world.

profile photo of student, Caiming Li, in a classroom. 

Math Tutor鈥檚 App Helps Students Succeed

May 8, 2017

One of our students has created an app to allow Math lab managers to access real-time information about their tutoring resources, the number of students visiting the lab, and what those students want 鈥  pinpointing strengths and weaknesses to lay groundwork for the future.

photo of student, Tevin Gladden, as he crosses the finish line at a track and field event with his name and "scholar athlete of the month" written across the image.

Crunching Numbers and Crushing Records

November 14, 2016

It鈥檚 double majors and triple jumps for this singular standout, scholar-athlete Tevin Gladden.