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Distinguished CBE Seminar – Prof. Ryan Poling-Skutvik “Polymer Thermodynamics: Impacts on Mechanical Stability and Self-Assembly”

Prof. Emeritus Albert Co elected as a Fellow of The Society of Rheology

Prof. Emeritus Albert Co of the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at The University of Maine has been elected as a fellow of The Society of Rheology and will be inducted at the SoR Austin Meeting in October 2024. For the list of 2024 SoR Fellows and details, see SoR 2024 Fellows.

Asst. Prof. Evan K. Wujcik named one of the Best Rising Stars of Science in 2023

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 […]

Prof. Caitlin Howell gets spotlighted during Maine Bioscience Day

Prof. Caitlin Howell gets spotlighted during Maine Bioscience Day, put on by BIOME (Bioscience Association of Maine) for middle school kids around our state. “We are all so excited about the work that we do, it’s wonderful to be able to share that excitement with the next generation of scientists and engineers.”

NSF CAREER AWARD RECIPIENTS

University of Maine Faculty Receive Prestigious NSF CAREER Awards, Garnering over $1.8 Million in 2023

The University of Maine (UMaine) continues its impressive streak of securing National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Awards. In 2023, the NSF granted three awards to faculty members Evan Wujcik, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), Seth Campbell, Associate Professor at the School of Earth and Climate […]

UMaine’s 2nd Annual Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering will be hosted in Orono!

The University of Maine Institute of Medicine announced that it is hosting the second annual Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering from Oct. 25–27. Events will take place at a variety of locations on the university’s flagship campus in Orono. Partner organizations participating in the symposium include The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), MDI Biological […]

WE’RE HIRING! The Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (CBE) at the University of Maine (UMaine), the flagship R1 campus of the University of Maine System, invites applications for the position of Department Chair.

WE’RE HIRING!!! Link to application: https://umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=82455&job=chair-of-chemical-and-biomedical-engineering The Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (CBE) at the University of Maine (UMaine), the flagship R1 campus of the University of Maine System, invites applications for the position of Department Chair. The CBE department (http://www.umaine.edu/chb/) has 15 faculty, two administrative support staff, and two technical support professionals, with […]

News Center Maine – The Maine College of Engineering and Computing brings resources and capacity to help increase engineering enrollment

News Center Maine – The Maine College of Engineering and Computing brings resources and capacity to help increase engineering enrollment [Read the full story here]

WABI5 Covers the UMaine launch of The Maine College of Engineering and Computing

UMaine launches Maine College of Engineering and Computing Assoc. Prof. Karissa Tilbury and UMaine Salutatorian Zoe Vittum of UMaine’s CBE program are featured. [Read the story here]

New UMaine CBE Article Alert in Advanced Materials

Prof. Evan K. Wujcik has recently published a collaborative article in Advanced Materials entitled “Life Cycle Assessment of Ti3C2Tx MXene Synthesis.” Read the open access article here: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202300422 Abstract: MXenes, two-dimensional transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, have been investigated for diverse applications since their discovery, however, their life cycle analysis (LCA) has not been studied. […]

UMaine CBE Student Named 2023 Salutatorian

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) […]

NSF awards CBE’s Prof. Howell $550K for microfluidics research and development with Sappi

University of Maine research in partnership with Sappi North America has received a $550,000 award from the National Science Foundation to explore how existing mass produced technologies can be used to study and scale up microfluidic technology. [Read more here]

UMaine CBE’s Theophile Nkulikiyinka named Outstanding Graduating International Student

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 […]

Prof. Karissa Tilbury

UMaine CBE’s Karissa Tilbury Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure!

Congratulations, Karissa! Link to UMaine Announcement: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2023/03/28/thirty-one-faculty-members-receive-tenure-and-or-promotion/

Prof. Wujcik gives invited talk at the 94th New England Complex Fluids Meeting

Over spring break, Prof. Evan K. Wujcik and the MEAN Lab graduate members [PhD Candidate Colton Duprey, PhD Researcher Arya Ajeev, and PhD Researcher Behrokh Shams] attended the 94th New England Complex Fluids Meeting, hosted by the University of Rhode Island, where Prof. Wujcik delivered an invited talk and two MEAN Lab members [Colton and […]

Prof. Howell receives 2023 Gilbreth Lectureship from National Academy of Engineering

Caitlin Howell, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, was awarded a 2023 Gilbreth Lectureship from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). NAE established the Gilbreth Lectures in 2001 in honor of Lillian Gilbreth, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1965. The lectureship recognizes outstanding young American […]

A record setting year for Research at UMaine!

See the Annual Research Report here! Link: https://umaine.edu/research/annual-report/

New Article Alert in Chemical Engineering Journal

A new MEAN Lab (PI: Wujcik) publication entitled “Synthesis of heterogeneous metal organic Framework-Graphene oxide nanocomposite membranes for water treatment” was published in Chemical Engineering Journal…[Read it here]

Prof. Wujcik joins the Early Career Editorial Board for Composites Communications (COCO)!

Composites Communications (Compos. Commun. or COCO) publishes peer-refereed short communications and letters on the latest advances and progresses in composites science and technology. It aims to disseminate new knowledge to the broad composites community in a timely fashion with its rapid review and publication process. See the journal homepage here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/composites-communications

BME Junior Ainslie Allen was awarded first place for her research poster at the AVS 68th Annual Meeting

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 […]

New Article Alert in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science

A new article came out of the MEAN Lab (PI: Wujcik) in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science entitled “Point-of-need quantitative detection of trihalomethanes in environmental water samples using a highly sensitive and selective fiber-based preconcentration system” ….check it out here!

Andre Khalil’s research uses imaging techniques to transcend disciplines

For the UMaine News article on Prof. Khalil’s research, see: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/09/21/andre-khalils-research-uses-imaging-techniques-to-transcend-disciplines/

Howell catheter research receives funding from philanthropic organization for next steps

For the UMaine News article on Prof. Howell’s research, see: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/09/16/howell-catheter-research-receives-funding-from-philanthropic-organization-for-next-steps/

Prof. Evan K. Wujcik Joins the Faculty!

Prof. Wujcik is originally from Warren, RI USA and attended Mt. Hope High School. He obtained his BS in Chemical Engineering [Biology Track] (May 2008), BS in Applied Mathematics (May 2010), MS in Chemical Engineering (December 2009), and MBA (August 2011) from The University of Rhode Island and PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from The […]

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