Biomedical Engineering major Zoe Vittum of Brewer, Maine is named UMaine 2023 Salutatorian! Vittum, who minors in bioinstrumentation and neuroscience, is a UMaine Presidential Scholar, and a 2022–23 Helen Louise Stinchfield ’18 Memorial Scholar and Tau Beta Pi Scholar. Her numerous academic and research awards include two National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) […]
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Theophile Nkulikiyinka of Kigali, Rwanda is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Engineering. Nkulikiyinka, a biomedical engineering student, is a Presidential Scholar and the recipient of the International Presidential Scholarship. He has been an undergraduate researcher in the laboratory of professor Michael Mason, evaluating the potential of cellulose nanofiber as a biomaterial […]
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BME Junior Ainslie Allen was awarded first place for her research poster and 3-minute oral flash presentation at the AVS 68th Annual Symposium and Exhibition in Pittsburgh, PA, on November 8th, 2022. Her work focused on the development of a smartphone-based surface contamination detection system. Ainslie competed against both graduate and other undergraduate students to […]
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