University of Maine associate professor of mathematics education Eric Pandiscio and associate professor of mathematics education and instructional technology Justin Dimmel delivered the Richard H. Balomenos Memorial Lecture at the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England (ATMNE)’s 2023 Fall Conference, October 12-13 in Portland. The talk, “Sunshine, Public Art, and Multiplication: The Design […]
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The 2023 University of Maine Student Symposium (UMSS23) is Friday, April 14 at the Collins Center for the Arts from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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News Center Maine and WABI-TV (channel 5, Bangor) reported on a new interactive math learning lab in Orono’s Webster Park called SunRule, which combines math with art using rays of sunlight to explore multiplication and division.
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Two members of the College of Education and Human Development faculty have received tenure and promotion to associate professor. Both Justin Dimmel and Leah Hakkola have been at the University of Maine since 2015.
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With the increasing availability and popularity of consumer virtual and augmented reality devices, Justin Dimmel’s research focuses on how such technology can be used to represent geometric diagrams in three-dimensions rather than two. He recently received a nearly $672,000 National Science Foundation CAREER Award to support this work. It’s the organization’s most prestigious award for early career faculty.
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Justin Dimmel, an assistant professor of mathematics education and instructional technology, is working with Stacy Doore, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Colby College, on research involving virtual reality 3D chess.
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a new sculpture for Webster Park in Orono developed by University of Maine faculty, one staff member and a recent graduate to get more people interested in math.
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Tom Adams, a senior secondary education major, and Camden Bock, a STEM Education Ph.D. student, were among the students recognized for their research presentations at the 2021 UMaine Student Symposium held virtually on April 16.
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Camden Bock, STEM Education Ph.D. student, was a guest on the most recent episode of “The Maine Question,” the University of Maine’s podcast.
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Camden Bock, a Ph.D. student in STEM education, is one of three recipients of the University of Maine’s 2021-22 Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowship.
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