A team of University of Maine researchers have secured a $75,000 grant to explore recycling wind blades as feedstock for 3D printing. The award is a Phase 1 winner from the Department of Energy’s Wind Energy Technologies Office’s Wind Turbine Materials Recycling Prize. Led by the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), the WIND REWIND […]
Read more
Two student researchers assisted with the analysis, which was commissioned by the Maine Legislature As Mainers prepare to lose an hour of sleep this weekend when the clocks spring forward, a new study from the University of Maine shows a majority of those surveyed in the state think the twice annual time change should stop. […]
Read more
Conducting research with global impact and local relevance is a quintessential service of the University of Maine. Out of all university research conducted in Maine, 89% occurs through UMaine. The insight and innovation it yields annually benefits hundreds of businesses. Research funding in 2023 reached an all time high of close to $190 million. In […]
Read more
The University of Maine has announced that it has received a grant of software from Siemens Digital Industries Software. Siemens will provide a set of digital tools, from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industrial software, which will enable Maine students to access the same technology that many of the largest companies in the world are […]
Read more
TechTimes, Interesting Engineering, Nature World News and The Think Tank Journal highlighted research from the University of Maine that used an innovative approach to gathering data by attaching GPS devices to icebergs. The research concluded that smaller, connecting tributary fjords should be considered in circulation models for fjords. Findings will contribute to more accurate models […]
Read more
USA Today and Wide Open Spaces cited data visualizations from the University of Maine Climate Reanalyzer for average ocean surface temperatures. USA Today used the tool for the most recent record-setting high average temperature of the ocean, and Wide Open Spaces used it to show how surface temperature averages of the North Atlantic Ocean have […]
Read more
University of Maine professor of oceanography Emmanuel Boss has been named a CNRS Fellow-Ambassadeur by the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in France. The appointment includes 30,000 euros to support three months of travel over three years to mentor early career researchers and graduate students.
Read more
Over the last four decades, warming climate and ocean temperatures have rapidly altered the Greenland Ice Sheet, creating concern for marine ecosystems and weather patterns worldwide. The environment has challenged scientists in their attempts to measure how water moves around and melts the ice sheet because equipment can be destroyed by icebergs floating near the […]
Read more
Devin Rowe, a University of Maine Ph.D. candidate in her second year in ecology and environmental science, finished runner-up in a global competition titled “Dance your PhD” by submitting a video that used music of Camille Saint-Saëns’s Danse Macabre to convey research on the browntail moth. The Guardian highlighted the student’s project in a story […]
Read more
Evan Wujcik, an assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering with a joint appointment in the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) at the University of Maine, was named one of the Best Rising Stars of Science in 2023 by Research.com, the number one online research portal for scientists. The list, now in its second […]
Read more