UMaine Graduate Research Expo April 15-16
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — The University of Maine’s 10th annual Graduate Research Exposition is scheduled for Tuesday April 15 and Wednesday April 16 at UMaine’s Buchanan Alumni House.
Designed to showcase and reward graduate academic excellence and creative achievement, the event features demonstrations of ongoing work involving UMaine graduate students. Those students compete for cash prizes in seven categories: biological sciences; chemical sciences; engineering/spatial engineering; physical and mathematical sciences; social sciences and humanities; education; and visual and performing arts. Presentations take the form of posters, oral presentations or multimedia/Web/video/arts.
This year’s event features a new Commercialization Potential Award, with cash prizes of up to $500 for the three winners. The award was developed by UMaine’s Foster Student Innovation Center and will be given to students whose projects show promise with regard to developing a commercial product or service. The Foster Student Innovation Center will also provide ongoing business development assistance to winners of the Commercialization Potential Award.
For more information or for a schedule of events, please contact Patrick Devanney (patrick_devanney@umit.maine.edu).