Research Commercialization

A prototype that uses rays of sunlight to conduct multiplication and division operations rests beneath a sunny sky near the UMaine sculpture studio

SunRule MIRTA team to install first prototype in Orono’s Webster Park

The Town of Orono‘s Webster Park will host the very first installation of the SunRule, a unique math teaching tool invented by UMaine College of Education and Human Development professors Justin Dimmel and Eric Pandiscio and developed through the MIRTA accelerator program. The SunRule is an interactive sculpture that harnesses the rays of the sun […]

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graphic with blue background and orange accents with central image showing powdered Maine wild blueberries in a dish. Text: Congrats to MIRTA grad RegenBlue! Recipient of a $25,000 award from the Maine Technology Institute to further develop wound-healing technology from Maine wild blueberries!

RegenBlu MIRTA accelerator team receives new funding from MTI

University of Maine professor of clinical nutrition Dorothy Klimis-Zacas has been awarded $25,000 from the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) to further develop wound-healing treatments from Maine wild blueberries for the commercial marketplace. The funding will help move the RegenBlu project team closer to a biomedical product prototype with embedded bioactive compounds. Klimis-Zacas has been researching […]

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