Photos: Arctic Research Open House in Fairbanks

UAF’s Institute of Agriculture station shows how different combinations of light have unique effects on plants. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.

The University of Alaska Fairbanks hosted the Arctic Research Open House in Westridge on campus. Various departments in the scientific field offered activities as learning opportunities. People from Fairbanks turned out for the event.

”We’re taking solar power in, to produce power for the battery bank because solar power is intermittent and batteries need to be charged,” said UAF’s Alaska Center for Energy and Power’s Information Security Lead John Haverlack. He presented the function of a small microgrid using solar power, which was also powering the event.

Arctic Research Open House provided a variety of activities in the scientific field for participants. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
Participants show up for some ice cream after long walks of activities. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
This solar grid powered the Open House by taking in solar power and processing it into a battery bank. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
Diagram of how the solar grid functions while powering the Open House. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
Haverlack explains how the solar grid functions by taking in solar power and powering the Open House event. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
UAF’s Institute of Agriculture station shows how different combinations of light have unique effects on plants. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
Participants explore the different stations for the Open House in the Akasofu Building. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
Oceanographer Gwen Hennon shows video from her microscope of Phytoplankton found in the Gulf of Alaska. Gwen is working on a series of how climate change affects phytoplankton overtime with a lot of help from her graduate students. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
Garrett Savory, a PhD student in biology shows his station on the different digestive physiology of animals. Garrett’s specific study is estimating how much gut microbes herbivores use for total protein. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
A station showing how a bicycle powers light bulbs. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
The Arctic Research Open House had many people show up for opportunities of learning and research. Photo by Vadim Bledsoe.
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