Tri-Town Weekly Reports on UMaine Business Challenge Technology Prize Winners
The Tri-Town Weekly published an article on Limbeck Engineering, the winners of the $5,000 Bruce Fournier Family Foundation technology prize at the 2015 UMaine Business Challenge. College students and former Freeport High school students Travis Libsack, Nick Nelsonwood and Liam Wade, along with Freeport High School senior Josef Biberstein won the prize for their company, Limbeck Engineering LLC. The students are developing a remotely operated submersible robot for underwater exploration and research, according to the article. The UMaine Business Challenge was founded in 2011 by a group of 2010 UMaine graduates who wanted to give back to their alma mater while creating more opportunities for student entrepreneurs. This was the first year in which students from any Maine college or university were invited to apply. “There are many resources on the University of Maine campus, which is just as valuable [as the prize],” said Libsack. Wade is a UMaine student, Nelsonwood attends Princeton University, Libsack goes to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Biberstein also plans to attend MIT in the fall, the article states.