COEHD students showcase research, creative works at UMSS23
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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Media report on SunRule sculpture installation at Webster Park
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.
Read moreDimmel, Hakkola receive tenure, promotion
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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Dimmel’s NSF CAREER award to support research on teaching and learning of geometry using VR and AR technology
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.
Read moreDimmel works on Colby-led VR 3D chess research
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.
Read moreNew Webster Park sculpture from UMaine faculty highlighted in BDN
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.
Read moreAdams, Bock among winners of 2021 UMaine Student Symposium awards
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.
Read moreBock featured on latest episode of ‘The Maine Question’ podcast
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 receives 2021-2022 Janet Waldron Doctoral Research Fellowship
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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Project led by Dimmel, Pandiscio selected for MIRTA accelerator program
The project is part of the latest cohort selected to participate in the University of Maine’s Maine Innovation Research and Technology Accelerator program (MIRTA).
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