WABI, News Center Maine cover Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center Conference

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

June 7, 2019 Outreach, UMaine in the News

WABI (Channel 5) and News Center Maine reported on the first Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) Conference, held June 6–7 at the University of Maine. The goal of the event is to share groundbreaking, next-generation research that will positively impact the durability of transportation infrastructure, increase the lifespan of transportation assets, and save money for departments of transportation based in New England. Researchers from UMaine and other universities in the region gave presentations and are working together to identify research opportunities that address New England’s infrastructure durability needs, WABI reported. “If there are solutions that Vermont is developing or New Hampshire’s developing, we need to know about it, and the solutions we are developing they would like to know about it,” said Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. “By working together, we can save money, we can work more efficiently, and hopefully we have a lot of bright people in all different states, and by putting our heads together at the University of Maine and other universities as well, we can better solve some of these problems.” The intent is to hold the conference annually at different universities around New England, the reports state.