Recent Events
September 6, 2018
August 30, 2018
How can engineering help street youth? The story of Tumaini; Past, Present, and Future
Through strong community partnerships and street-based outreach, the Center has reached out to over 2000 street children in downtown dumpsites and engaged with over 600 children in its rehabilitation, education, training and entrepreneurship activities over the last 10 years.
August 23, 2018
The Year Ahead: Marking Milestones, Making Meaning
A preview of the coming year. What meanings will we construct together, looking back on what have achieved and forward to the work left to be done? What core values come to the fore for us, and how will we keep them at the center of what we do in 2018-2019?
April 26, 2018
April 19, 2018
Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) Overview & Engineering Education Past Research and New Research Directions
The Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) has over 2,500 students participating in ANSEP from middle school to the doctorate (PhD).
April 12, 2018
Unpacking engineering student epistemologies: How implicit boundaries and media representations manifest foundational beliefs about knowledge and knowing
“I am not allowed to use knowledge from other classes in here” is not a statement you expect to hear from an engineering student. Neither is “as soon as I find that one source that is the contradiction …you start getting this idea in your head that your project has no meaning anymore. There wasn't a problem in the first place.”
April 5, 2018
March 29, 2018