Engineering

News Center Maine quotes Emanetoglu in report on beekeeping

A report by News Center Maine on combating the effects of the harsh winter on bees quoted Nuri Emanetoglu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maine. A beekeeper from Hampden, Peter Cowin, plans to use the bees that survived the winter to “breed better bees” to survive future Maine winters […]

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Media cover innovation showcase at UMaine

Mainebiz published a University of Maine news release to preview a showcase featuring five innovative devices designed as part of the Maine Innovation, Research and Technology Accelerator (MIRTA) program at UMaine and presented at the Foster Center for Student Innovation on May 30. MIRTA projects are all related to Maine businesses or industries key to […]

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MIRTA team presentation

First five MIRTA teams showcase their discoveries

Five discoveries, including one designed to monitor the health of beehives using radar, were showcased by University of Maine faculty-led teams from the Maine Innovation, Research and Technology Accelerator (MIRTA) May 30 at the Foster Center for Student Innovation on campus. The five MIRTA projects are: A radar-based beehive activity monitor, developed by Nuri Emanetoglu, […]

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Media report on windstorm challenge winners

A team of students from Spruce Mountain High School won first place in the Kleinschmidt Windstorm Challenge, and a team from Orono High School won first in the 10th annual Maine Wind Blade Challenge at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center on May 18, Turner Publishing reported. More than 350 middle and […]

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WABI covers windstorm, wind blade challenges held at UMaine

WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Kleinschmidt Windstorm Challenge and the Maine Wind Blade Challenge, both held at the University of Maine on May 18. More than 300 middle and high school students from around the state brought their projects, which they had worked on extensively both in and outside of class, to the competitions, […]

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SMART featured in 2018 STEM for All Video Showcase

A video about the University of Maine’s SMART INCLUDES program is included in the National Science Foundation’s 2018 STEM for All Video Showcase. The showcase enables more than 200 federally funded projects, transforming the STEM educational landscape, to share short videos of their work. Researchers, practitioners, policymakers and the general public are invited to post […]

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UMaine students eligible to apply for Churchill Scholarship

Starting this fall, University of Maine students will be able to apply for the Churchill Scholarship, a prestigious merit-based scholarship for postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge in England. Due to a collaborative effort among various campus entities, including the Office of Major Scholarships, UMaine has been added to the list of 112 participating […]

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NSF highlights UMaine’s SMART Institute

The University of Maine’s Stormwater Management Research Team (SMART) that provides high school students with opportunities to be involved in engineering innovative solutions to stormwater problems was highlighted by the National Science Foundation in its news alert. A story about the program is featured in the new online edition of UMaine Today magazine.

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2018 UMaine graduates

UMaine’s newest graduates encouraged to be engaged in civil public discourse

The University of Maine’s newest graduates “have a key role to play in restoring the high ideals of civil discourse,” according to U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the speaker at UMaine’s 216th Commencement ceremonies May 12 at Harold Alfond Sports Arena on campus. “Courage, civility, principles and even wit are increasingly rare commodities in our discourse […]

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