John William Mukose, a third-year chemical engineering major and Honors College student, is the winner of the 2015 John M. Rezendes Annual Ethics Essay Competition. Mukose of Kampala, Uganda received $2,800 and a commemorative sculpture for his essay, “The Ethics of Using Indoor Residual Spraying of DDT to Control Malaria in Uganda.” Afton Hupper, a […]
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UMaine students design device for girl with one hand to play recorder.
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Meet UMaine’s 2015 outstanding graduates.
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Engadget published the article, “UMaine’s clean snowmobile runs on (a lot of) natural gas,” about a machine customized by University of Maine mechanical engineering students. The students say the snowmobile is the only natural gas-powered snowmobile in the U.S., according to the article. The Arctic Cat XF1100 was customized by the students to compete in […]
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Students and faculty from the University of Maine College of Engineering will take part in The Challenger Learning Center of Maine’s “Space Day” celebration during its sixth annual open house on April 29 in Bangor. Researchers from UMaine’s Wireless Sensing Laboratory (WiSe-Net Lab), directed by electrical and computer engineering professor Ali Abedi, will provide demonstrations […]
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Student research was displayed during the 6th annual Undergraduate Research and Academic Showcase on April 14. The event, sponsored by UMaine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), was open to any undergraduate at the university and featured 121 presentations from 229 students in the form of 92 posters, 16 oral presentations or performances, and 13 exhibits. […]
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The Weekly and The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine will participate in and host this year’s New England Regional Concrete Canoe Competition. More than 200 students from 11 New England universities, including UMaine, will subject their concrete canoe creations to judging on a variety of characteristics at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center […]
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Annual awards cite distinction in civil engineering, philosophy, history and communication.
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Orono High School students visited the University of Maine to prepare for an upcoming engineering and design competition, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported. Instructors from the Advanced Structures and Composites Center helped students transform raw materials into solid, functional wind blades in advance of the seventh annual Wind Blade Challenge that will […]
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Editor’s note: Due to ice conditions on Lake George in Skowhegan, Saturday’s judging events will take place at the Steam Plant Lot on the UMaine campus. The race portion of the competition has been canceled. The University of Maine will participate in and host this year’s New England Regional Concrete Canoe Competition April 24–25 in […]
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