University of Alaska Fairbanks
814 Alumni Drive • P.O. Box 755910
Fairbanks , Alaska 99775-5910


Phone: (907) 474-5749 | Fax: (907) 474-5475 | e-mail: david.light@alaska.edu

Current Projects:

• Current position as project manager for the Energy Technology Facility.  Involved in the design, construction and development of our testing laboratories on the UAF campus.
• Actively involved in research programs including diesel engine technology, energy storage systems, wind diesel integration, and advanced control systems.
• Support of hydrokinetic research, and development projects.

Joined ACEP in July of 2011 from a career in the rural power industry. Employed most recently by Alaska Power & Telephone Co. designing, installing, and servicing remote diesel power plants throughout the interior and southeast. Worked on the Eagle AK  Yukon river hydrokinetic turbine pilot project. Previously in Alaska was employed by N.C. Machinery Co. Caterpillar Power Systems as the Fairbanks branch Service Manager following many years as a field technician, and engineer in remote communities as well as the Prudhoe Bay oil industry. Prior to moving to Alaska was also employed by Caterpillar in New York, and the New England area beginning in 1983 working on large standby, and mining industry power generation systems.

My home is in the Gold Stream Valley, and I greatly enjoy my time in Alaska taking advantage of all of its outdoor activities.