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UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

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New Associate Member, Dr. Onur Apul

FIRST would like to welcome Dr. Onur Apul as an associate member. Dr. Apul is an Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Schwartz’s Promotion

Congratulations to associate member, Thomas Schwartz, for his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure!

Meulenberg’s Promotion

Congratulations to Professor Robert Meulenberg for his promotion to Professor!

Job Opening

FIRST has an open position for an Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Please click here for a complete job description.

Mukhopadhyay’s Presentation at Columbia University’s Materials Science & Engineering Colloquium

Advanced Materials & Devices for Sensors and Intelligent Technologies Sharmila Mukhopadhyay, Director, Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST), University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469 This talk will highlight recent activities in our team to bring together researchers from different disciplines in order to develop and implement innovative programs in advanced materials and sensor […]

FIRST Associate Member Edalatpour Awarded NSF CAREER Award

NSF CAREER Award Through a $520,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Sheila Edalatpour and her team will establish a theoretical framework for modeling radiative heat transfer in quantum materials and in presence of electron tunneling for the first time. They plan to develop experimental techniques to demonstrate quantum size effects on the […]

FIRST Associate Member Schwartz Awarded NSF CAREER Award

NSF CAREER award supports Schwartz’s research on the chemical process for making rubber component Delving deeper into the chemical processes used to make various goods from biomass can help manufacturers use them with greater efficiency, and therefore, increase production. Thomas Schwartz aims to unravel the inner workings of a common method for crafting a compound […]

Meulenberg’s article published in Nature Communications

Dr. Robert Meulenberg’s article, “Mechanistic insight into copper cation exchange in cadmium selenide semiconductor nanocrystals using X-ray absorption spectroscopy” , was recently publishedNature Communications. To view the article, please click on the link below: https://rdcu.be/cdPIR

UMaine, Northeastern fund shared research projects of social, economic significance

Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator Analysis of Dermal Interstitial Fluid Grant Awarded Dermal interstitial fluid (ISF), which surrounds cells in body tissues, is an alternative to blood for monitoring human health. ISF can be accessed with minimal invasiveness, it contains many of the same biochemical constituents in blood plasma, and it’s clear. This team will seek […]