The Associated Press reported about 85 high school students and 20 teachers from Maine and elsewhere in the country are staying at the University of Maine from June 26–29 for a program to create environmental solutions to stormwater management. Participants in the UMaine Stormwater Management Research Team (SMART) Institute will work with university faculty, students […]
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The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center recently tested three wave energy devices in its Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize. Bloomberg featured one of these devices — the Triton™ Wave Energy Converter built by Oscilla Power of Seattle, Washington. Developed over six years and […]
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Habib Dagher, founding director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and professor of civil and environmental engineering, was featured in Maine magazine’s special issue highlighting dreamers and doers “charting the state’s future.” Last year, Dagher was recognized at the White House as a Transportation Champion of Change for his work on […]
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About 85 high school students and nearly 20 teachers from around Maine, as well as other parts of the country, will gather at the University of Maine for a multiday program that focuses on creating innovative solutions to environmental problems related to stormwater management. Students from 16 high schools in Maine and one in both […]
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Three University of Maine graduate students have received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. The three fellows awarded in 2016 — incoming students Anna McGinn and William Kochtitzky in the Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, respectively, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a recent visit and talk by Dr. Sten Lindahl, chair emeritus of the Nobel Assembly in Medicine in Sweden. For 16 years, Lindahl was part of a team that vetted scientific findings to determine who would take home the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, according to the article. […]
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WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported Paige Brown, a recent Bangor High School graduate, was given the key to the city at a Bangor City Council meeting. In March, Brown received one of three first-place awards — worth $150,000 — from Intel Science Talent Search, a national competition recognizing the […]
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Bruce Segee, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about leaders in Orono and Old Town planning to bring high-speed internet to their communities. As part of the effort, officials are conducting surveys to ask residents and business owners for input […]
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The Portland Press Herald published an editorial on a University of Maine-led offshore wind power pilot project. Last month, the New England Aqua Ventus project was selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to participate in the Offshore Wind Advanced Technology Demonstration program, making it one of three projects that are each eligible for up […]
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Per Garder, a civil engineering professor at the University of Maine, was cited in The Daytona Beach News-Journal article, “Florida studies show roundabouts safer than signals, signs.” Garder, who has been working on designing safe roundabouts since 1975, said lower and more predictable speeds needed to maneuver in roundabouts are the biggest reason they’re safer, […]
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