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Coffman Engineers announced two new hires to their Electrical Engineering Instrumentation & Controls Department, within their Anchorage office in November:

Jason Vukovich is an Instrumentation & Controls designer with over 10 years of experience in Alaska.

Ronald Pearson, PE is a Professional Chemical Engineer, with over 13 years of experience engineering the oil & gas industry.

To read the full press release, click here.

Coffman Engineers is pleased to announce Zack Wright obtained American Petroleum Institute (API) 653 Aboveground Storage Tank Inspector certification in September, 2019. Zack also holds a master’s and bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and is a NACE certified CP Technician (CP-2).

The addition of his API 653 certification supplements Coffman’s ability to provide integrity solutions to clients. The API 653 certification allows Zack to perform and oversee tank inspection activities, including repair recommendations, oversight of non-destructive testing (NDT) per applicable codes, and prepare inspection reports for clients. Zack has already put his certification to use by supporting Alyeska Pipeline on both an ongoing API 653 tank inspection and future planning for four API 653 tank inspections. His certification also helped obtain new work with the North Slope Borough developing API 653 tank inspection, API 570 piping inspection, and CP Monitoring programs for their eight fuel storage tank farms as part of a three-year program. Congratulations to Zack! Please feel free to reach out to him if you have any questions about API 653 Tank Inspections.

In his honor and memory, Dale’s family established the Dale Nelson Civil Engineering Memorial Scholarship, which is currently gathering funds through the University of Alaska Foundation in a holding account. Current funding has reached $22,000, and it is hoped that the $25,000 level needed for an endowed scholarship will be reached soon.

If you are able to contribute, you may do so online (select “Other” as designation and write “Dale Nelson Memorial Scholarship Fund” in the comment section), by check, or wire transfer. See the attached for more information, including ways to contribute and biography of Dale.

The Engineering Excellence Awards program was created to increase the public’s awareness of what engineer’s do, and to recognized firms and projects of distinction. Participation in the program will provide your firm invaluable public relations and marketing.

The Awards will be featured in several E-Week publications, will be displayed at the public venue during E-Week, and be part of the program at the Banquet.

There are ten different categories, and the “intent to enter” deadline is November 27th.

For the full description of the awards, click here.

PND Engineers, Inc., is pleased to announce the following new hires:

Don Brown has joined PND’s CAD group in Anchorage. Don earned a bachelor’s degree in science and technology from the University of Alaska Anchorage, an associate’s in electronics technology from the Community College of the Air Force and an associate’s in computer science from Charter College. He retired from the Air Force, where he served as a satellite communications technician and was deployed to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Storm. He has since worked as a telecommunications worker, computer assistant, electronics mechanic, network technician, AutoCad specialist, engineering technician and adjunct professor teaching Autodesk, Microsoft Office, math and safety classes.

Sarah Boeckman has joined PND’s Anchorage accounting staff. As a project accountant, she will assist with project setup and reporting, billing, and project closeouts, and other accounting functions as needed. Sarah is a lifelong Alaskan and graduate of the University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting. She previously worked for Bristol Bay Industrial where she supervised project accounting and billing for Peak Oilfield Services. Sarah has three dogs and loves exploring, fishing, hiking and camping. She also loves “all things sci-fi and geeky,” so she has been right at home.

Lifelong Alaskan and University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate Levi Overbeck, PE, has joined PND’s Anchorage civil staff. Levi is a lifelong Alaskan and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He spent three years at Jacobs Engineering in environmental and drainage design and modeling. One of his first assignments at PND is to bring his Bentley MicroStation experience to bear on Alaska DOT&PF and Federal Highway Administration projects. Levi’s educational emphasis was in arctic water resources and hydrology; he spent two summers conducting hydrology studies at remote North Slope sites. When not working at their engineering jobs, Levi and his wife, Jacquelyn, enjoy fishing and hunting, and remodeling their South Anchorage home.