Monthly Luncheons

Unless there is another major event taking place, The SAME Anchorage Post meets monthly where we enjoy fellowship, networking, and, of course, a great lunch. We generally meet on the fourth Thursday of each month from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. Everyone is welcome - if it's your first luncheon with us, be sure to let someone know!

The date, time, lunch cost, and presentation topic of our next luncheon is provided on our home page in the Announcements section. You can also visit our events calendar page for our annual events calendar.



Presentations

The SAME Anchorage Post strives to provide its members with interesting and informative presentations as part of our monthly luncheon format. The following presentations were provided at past monthly luncheons (click on the presentation name to view the presentation - note - some files are large and may take a few minutes to download).


Luncheon Date
Presenter
Abstract
September 2006
Northern Dynasty Mines Inc
Pebble Project Overview - general information about the Pebble Project including location, defined resources, ore deposit geometry, and environmentally/stakeholder-focused mine concepts
October 2006
Weston Solutions
Enhanced Use Leases (EUL) -- a very informative presentation on EULs addressing application, legalities, and Government/industry perspectives
January 2007
MWH
Mentoring -- a great presentation spanning mentoring benefits to the do's and dont's of a successful mentor-mentee relationship
April 2007
Undisclosed
Newtok Relocation -- An overview of erosion, flooding, and relocation efforts at the Native Village of Newtok, Alaska
October 2007
Student Presentation
SAME/Seabees Engineering and Construction Camp -- A summary of what a group of young up and coming engineers did last summer at the SAME/Seabees Engineering and Construction Camp
October 2008
Member presentation - Tad Dean
Mayan Engineering and Infrastructure -- more than just a bunch of family vacation photos...engineering-related observations and speculations regarding ancient Mayan culture.
May 2009
Member presentation - Trish Opheen
Climate Change -- a very informative presentation on climate change with an emphasis on changes occuring at the North and South Poles.
July 2009
Sustaining Member Presentation - AWWU
AWWU - Excellence through Innovation -- overview of the Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility's (AWWU's) area of operation, assets, and capital improvement program philosophy.
August 2009
Guest Presentation - CRREL
Design and Construction of Infrastructure in Cold Regions -- amazing, hard-to-believe-they-happened design and construction situations that occurred because the project did not properly address the demands of a cold region. He also provides design guidance and insight on best practices for design and construction of facilities in cold regions. Bonus materials! Click here to download useful cold regions engineering guidance and calculators (user = sameanch_luncheon, pass = sameanch)
September 2011
Member Presentation - USACE Alaska District
FY11 Program Summary - a summary of the USACE's FY11 workload, FY11 - 13 MILCON mission, and other useful information.


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Presentations generally relate to some sort of engineering problem and ways that the problem was solved or overcome; the Alaska economy; education, military programs; innovative contracting methods; and technology transfer. Politically motivated and marketing focused presentations are discouraged.

Remember that your target audience are engineers and scientists ? presentations with a technical focus are usually well received. Although it?s generally easy to entertain the crowd, be prepared for the occasional tough question!


SAME Anchorage Post Luncheon Presenter Checklist: