ACEP Researchers Host AISES Regional Event
Last week, ACEP’s Baxter Bond and Alana Vilagi hosted the at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.
The event welcomed professional and student AISES members from Region 1, which includes ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, Washington, Oregon and Montana.
AISES is a national nonprofit organization focused on increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples in science, technology, engineering and math fields. Bond is the president of the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ AISES chapter, and Alana Vilagi is the Fairbanks chapter secretary.
The two-day experience featured talks from university researchers and AISES alumni. The keynote speaker was Lorena Hegdal, Alyeska Pipeline Service Co.’s right of way director and the first ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Native woman to receive a degree in civil engineering from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, in 1977. ACEP’s Daisy Huang presented an overview of microgrids and energy in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.
Baxter Bond drums and sings with the Iñu-Yupiaq Dance Group during the AISES conference welcome. Photo by Bill Schnabel.