Nicholas Willey once planned to be a lawyer. Then, at his mother’s suggestion, the then-Caribou High School student attended the free University of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation program “Consider Engineering” that gives juniors insight into the field. “It really opened my eyes to what engineering encompassed,” says Willey. As well as persuasively made the […]
Read more
Kevin Conroy of Falmouth, Maine is a senior in electrical engineering with a concentration in power systems. Coming from a “tried and true University of Maine family,” his inspiration to attend UMaine and study engineering came from his parents, Linda and Brian Conroy. His father, a 1986 graduate with a degree in electrical engineering, is […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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, […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
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 […]
Read more
On about 20 acres in rural Kennebec County along Long Pond sits a lodge, as well as accompanying carriage house and cottages, that will become a rehabilitation retreat for wounded veterans and their families. The property, which crosses the boundary between the towns of Rome and Mount Vernon, was built in 1929 and owned by […]
Read more