University of Alaska Throws Down the Engineering Gauntlet

Petroleum engineering students from around the nation can now connect with others in the discipline and possibly win $2,000 for their research.The Petroleum Engineering Challenge, offered by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), will help students collaborate on ways to produce Alaska’s heavy oil.The contestants are charged with creating an internally coherent engineering solution or technical proposal to solve the problem of producing heavy oil from a reservoir with determined properties. One of the primary challenges is that the engineering solution must preserve the integrity of the permafrost layer.The challenge is coordinated by Obadare Awoleke, assistant professor of petroleum engineering