UMaine Engineering Student Takes First in International Competition
Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777
ORONO– Travis Hamel of Milford, a junior in the University of Maine Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, received a first place award in the Bentley Education Network (BEN) Student Design Competition, Animation and Freeform/Artistic Expression Category. Hamel’s entry was a 3D rendering of a 1947 Willys Jeep.
Bentley produces MicroStation, a popular engineering design program that contestants used for their projects.
Hamel is working this summer for UMaine’s Facilities Management office producing designs of existing and proposed buildings with MicroStation. At home, he spends his spare time building a replica of a 1965 Shelby A.C. Cobra convertible and working on his father’s 1928 Model A Woodie.
Other winners in the Bentley competition came from Romania and Singapore. Travis is the son of Tom and Nan Hamel of Milford.