Engineering

ENR reports on wave energy device testing in new lab

Engineering News-Record (ENR) reported three ocean engineering firms in January completed testing of wave energy converters, gauging how they will respond to severe offshore storms, at the University of Maine’s Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab. The lab, which opened in November, houses the world’s first offshore wind-wave test basin with a rotating open-jet wind […]

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Technology Research Center mentioned in BDN article on Old Town mill sale

The Bangor Daily News reported MFGR LLC, a limited liability corporation that shares an address with a Connecticut-based asset liquidator, has purchased the shuttered Expera Specialty Solutions pulp mill in Old Town. Expera spokeswoman Addie Teeters declined to say what would happen to the University of Maine’s Technology Research Center, which opened about five years […]

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Study Abroad Fair Jan. 28

The University of Maine International Programs’ Study Abroad Fair will be held Thursday, Jan. 28 to inform UMaine students, faculty and staff about the programs available for all majors to study, intern, research or teach abroad. The free event will run from 2 to 5 p.m. in the first-floor ballroom of Estabrooke Hall. Information will […]

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UMaine projects, partnerships cited in Mainebiz article on R&D growth

Several University of Maine partnerships and projects were mentioned in the Mainebiz article, “U.S. R&D grows more than GDP.” Research and development expenditures in the United States totaled $456.1 billion in 2013, according to new data from the National Science Foundation, which at 3.2 percent is a higher growth rate than the 2.2 percent for […]

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Musavi, SMART Institute cited in BDN article on Bangor High School senior

The Bangor Daily News reported Paige Brown, a student at Bangor High School, is one of 40 U.S. high school seniors recognized as a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious precollege science and math competition. Brown is one of 57 students enrolled in Bangor High School’s STEM Academy, […]

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Maine Edge advances 2016 UMaine Career Fair

The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the UMaine Career Center will host the 18th annual UMaine Career Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 3 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. More than 120 employers from Maine and around the country with job and internship opportunities are […]

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UMaine-led offshore wind project featured in Engineering News-Record

Engineering News-Record (ENR) published an article about the University of Maine-led New England Aqua Ventus I offshore wind project. UMaine researchers are completing the design and engineering work for a full-scale floating hull for the proposed 12-MW Aqua Ventus I offshore wind farm, according to the article. The project follows the successful 2014 deployment of […]

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Darling Marine Center, UMaine Online among latest programs to debut new website

The Darling Marine Center and UMaine Online are among the latest programs to upgrade to the university’s new website template. School of Policy and International Affairs, Commencement 2016, Summer University, Division of Lifelong Learning, NASA Student Launch Initiative 2016, Communication and Journalism, Enrollment Management, Maine Climate and Ag Network and UMaine Video and Web Conferencing […]

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