WhatTheyThink.com announced Kelsey Bolduc, a chemical engineering major at the University of Maine, as recipient of the Engineering Division Scholarship. The scholarship is presented to science and engineering students interested in pursuing an engineering career in the pulp and paper industry. Bolduc is one of two students who will be awarded scholarships at the 2015 […]
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The University of Maine was recognized as one of the best colleges or universities for employers who want to hire high-quality engineering graduates. UMaine ranked fifth on College Recruiter’s list of the “Top 12 Hidden Gem Colleges for Employers Hiring Electrical and Communications Engineering Majors.” College Recruiter is the leading niche job board used by […]
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Nontraditional student veteran manufacturing parts for Department of Defense project at Composites Center.
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A group of graduating mechanical engineering students — Philip Bean Jr., Matt Harkins, Isaac Walton and Ethan Ray — spoke with Mainebiz about the “autonomous boat” they constructed for their capstone project. The students, all from Maine, said a boat that doesn’t have a human at the wheel could save money in data retrieval for […]
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Mick Peterson, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, spoke with Newsday for a report about the 147th Belmont Stakes thoroughbred horse race held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Belmont is one of several elite tracks at the center of a national movement to push for more precise maintenance and […]
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The Weekly reported that Andrew Moreira, a senior at Old Town High School, recently earned first place in the High School Poster Competition at the 2015 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference. Moreira’s poster, “Recovering Organic Acids from Water Through Extraction and Precipitation,” derives from the research he conducted through his Maine EPSCoR (Experimental Program to […]
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The University of Maine is accepting applications for the Maine Summer Transportation Institute. The free program for area middle school students will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 6–17. It is designed to introduce students at an early age to careers in engineering and Maine’s transportation industry. About 20 accepted students will participate […]
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Pika Energy in Westbrook, Maine, focuses on wind and solar energy technology, including scalable options for homeowners and small businesses. Ben Polito, president of Pika Energy, talked about his company’s interest with UMaine: How long have you worked with the University of Maine? We have been involved with UMaine through the Innovate for Maine Fellows […]
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Juana Domenech Subiran from La Rioja, Spain has joined the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center for summer 2015. Subiran holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Universidad del Pais Vasco (University of the Basque Country). Her current research interest is centered around passive houses. The passive house building standards aim to reduce […]
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Mainebiz published a feature article on recent University of Maine graduate Matthew Hodgkin, an animal and veterinary sciences major. The article focused on Hodgkin’s research, lobster-related business and his working relationship with Bob Bayer, executive director of the Lobster Institute. While at UMaine, Hodgkin was involved with research related to developing a noninvasive way of […]
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