A second international student has joined the University of Maine community as a participant in the U.S. Department of State’s Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Pakistan (Global UGRAD-Pakistan). Zariab Fatima Abro of Hyderabad, Pakistan, a senior majoring in computer engineering, was one of 27 new international undergraduate and graduate students, and Intensive English Institute students, […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), WLBZ (Channel 2), CompositesWorld and Mainebiz reported Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT), a University of Maine spinoff company, has signed a distribution and marketing agreement for North America with Terre Armee Group/Reinforced Earth Company. The agreement will help grow adoption of UMaine’s patented composite arch bridge […]
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U.S. Sen. Angus King invited U.S. Secretary of Energy nominee Rick Perry to come to the University of Maine to learn about energy projects UMaine is working on with the federal government, the Portland Press Herald reported. King extended the invitation during Perry’s confirmation hearing before the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee. “(The University […]
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Editor’s note: Video of Jan. 19 announcement. Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT), a University of Maine spinoff company, has signed an exclusive distribution and marketing agreement for North America with Terre Armee Group/Reinforced Earth Company (TA/RECo). This formative agreement will help grow adoption of UMaine’s patented composite arch bridge technology in North America, with the intent […]
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A tiny storm rages at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Simulated wind and waves beat against the hull of a model FPSO vessel in conditions comparable to a 100-year storm off the coast of western Africa. Watching from the side of the wind-wave basin in the Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Laboratory, […]
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For Gabriela Constantin, a second-year student from Romania, one of the best things about her chemical engineering major is the opportunity to gain work experience as part of her studies. Every October, companies recruit students through the College of Engineering’s Co-op Program. Constantin got an offer to spend the fall 2017 and summer 2018 working […]
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Mainebiz and Morning Sentinel reported on the Maine Technology Institute’s four new awards from its Cluster Initiative Program. The grants, totaling $1.2 million, were awarded to collaborative projects that boost Maine’s high-potential, technology-enabled clusters — the Agriculture, Aquaculture, Fisheries and Food Production cluster and Maine’s Composites and Advanced Materials cluster. The awards leveraged $1.42 million […]
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The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has announced the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center will receive one of four new awards for collaborative projects that boost Maine’s high-potential, technology-enabled clusters. Under MTI’s Cluster Initiative Program (CIP), the UMaine Composites Center was awarded $438,046 to establish a Smart Materials Industry Consortium and Smart Materials […]
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U.S. Sen. Angus King noted cutting-edge research taking place at the University of Maine, as he addressed the future of the state’s forest products industry on a tour of schools in Franklin County, the Daily Bulldog reported. As paper mills continue to struggle, King mentioned the need for the industry to branch out and embrace […]
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The University of Maine College of Engineering was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about the state’s rising need for engineers. According to a UMaine analysis, the Maine economy has gained more than 800 new engineering jobs in the last decade, and each engineer working in the state adds $560,000 to Maine’s gross domestic […]
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