University of Maine mechanical engineering student Antonio Giacomuzzi was featured in the Schools.com article, “College for nontraditional students: What’s different now.” Giacomuzzi is completing his junior year at UMaine while caring for his 7-year-old son, working three jobs and commuting an hour each way to campus, according to the article. “It’s a lot of work. […]
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The University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the 2015 Maine Science Festival will present a public talk by an Academy-Award winning computer scientist from Pixar Animation Studios on March 20. Tony DeRose, a senior scientist and lead of the Research Group at Pixar, will give the free public talk, “Recent Research […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the executive director of the Municipal Review Committee (MRC), a group representing the trash disposal needs of nearly 190 Maine towns, updated the Hampden Town Council on a proposed solid waste processing facility that will turn trash into biofuel. At the meeting, the MRC told councilors they reached an agreement with […]
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Dustin Sleight, an engineering student at the University of Maine, spoke with WVII (Channel 7) about a research project he is raising funds for at UMaine’s Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Laboratory. Sleight and other undergraduate students have started a Kickstarter campaign to aid the purchase of a virtual reality motion platform that would […]
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The University of Maine’s research and development spending for fiscal year 2013 was mentioned in the Mainebiz article, “As public funding for R&D slows, universities feel pinch.” University R&D spending increased by less than half a percent nationally in fiscal year 2013, according to National Science Foundation data. The University of Maine spent $77.58 million […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a WVII (Channel 7) report about the inaugural Maine Science Festival set for March 20–22 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The event aims to teach participants of all ages about science while bringing them together with Maine’s science and technology experts, including UMaine. “The Maine Science […]
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Mechanical engineering major examines horse racing surfaces for performance, safety.
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An paper co-authored by Ali Abedi, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, was one of the 50 most downloaded articles in the IEEE Sensors Journal in October-November 2014. The paper, “Wireless Sensor Systems for Space and Extreme Environments: A Review” (Vol. 14, No. 11, November 2014), was co-authored by Abedi and Habib Rashvand, School […]
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The University of Maine has named women’s basketball player Liz Wood and track and field athlete Wilson Adams the recipients of the 2015 “M” Club Dean Smith Award. The award is presented annually to the top male and female student-athletes with outstanding academic and athletic achievement along with citizenship and community service. Adams of Barrington, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the Municipal Review Committee (MRC) voted unanimously to enter a development agreement with Maryland-based company Fiberight that wants to build a solid waste processing facility in Hampden that will turn trash into biofuel. The MRC hired a team of students from UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) led by Hemant […]
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