WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Bruce Segee, the Henry R. and Grace V. Butler Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maine; Craig Mason, a UMaine professor of education; and Ami Gaspar, an advanced computing outreach specialist with IT, about a three-year, $2 million research project that will use a popular video […]
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The University of Maine-led New England Aqua Ventus I offshore wind project will be awarded an additional $3.7 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), subject to appropriations, to complete engineering and planning work, and approach financial close. The funding, announced by Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King in a joint statement Nov. 16, […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Bangor Daily News, Maine Public Broadcasting Network, Mainebiz and Associated Press reported an experimental offshore wind turbine being developed by a University of Maine-led consortium has won a $3.7 million federal award. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King learned last week that the Department of Energy is committing the additional money […]
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The University of Maine Biocar Team was one of two schools to receive the Golden Tire Award at the 2015 National Chem-E-Car competition at the University of Utah. The award, chosen by participating teams, went to schools that had the most innovative design. UMaine’s team — composed of 10 bioengineering students — brought their car […]
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The University of Maine College of Engineering, School of Performing Arts, Winter Session, Maine EPSCoR, Commuter and Nontraditional Student Programs and Classified Employees Advisory Council are the latest programs to upgrade to the university’s new website template. The new UMaine.edu and related pages debuted in late August. For more information on the UMaine website conversion, […]
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Deseret News reported on the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ 2015 Chem-E-Car competition held at the University of Utah from Nov. 8–13. The University of Maine Biocar Team — composed of 10 bioengineering students — is competing against 36 chemically powered vehicles designed by teams from around the world. The UMaine team’s car, named Babe, […]
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The Maine Edge reported Eastern Maine Medical Center Clinical Engineering and the University of Maine recently began offering a hands-on internship to provide students with an opportunity to build experience alongside the hospital’s clinical engineering team. “We have had connections with engineering students for many years, and we’re excited about taking it to another level,” […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the recipients of the Academic Year Research and Creative Activities Fellowships for 2015–16. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research. Each fellowship provides a $1,000 award for the student to help cover costs of their project. The […]
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A group of University of Maine students have been selected to participate in the 2015–2016 NASA Student Launch challenge, which will be held April 13–17 near NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Student Launch is a research-based, experiential exploration activity, requiring an eight-month commitment to design, construct, test, launch and successfully recover a […]
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Elizabeth Jandreau, a University of Maine bioengineering major from Madawaska, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about the Challenger Learning Center of Maine’s Full Moon Glow Walk at Bangor Waterfront. The event allowed local community members the opportunity to participate in a variety of moon and light related activities while watching the moon […]
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