The Bangor Daily News reported that Revolution Research, founded by University of Maine forest resources doctoral candidate Nadir Yildrim, is competing for $100,000 in a pitch contest at the Maine Startup and Create Week conference. Yildirim and vice president Alexander Chasse, a UMaine civil engineering graduate, developed the foam-like material from wood fiber. Other material read more Revolution Research competes for $100,000 prize, BDN reports