The Associated Press reported that Maine will procure at least 3,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines by 2040 under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Janet Mills, enough to power about half of the state’s electricity load. State officials hope companies will utilize technology from the University of Maine, which has been pioneering […]
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Maine Public interviewed Jean MacRae, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, about new testing that has found “forever chemicals” at every wastewater treatment facility in Maine. MacRae told Maine Public that the numbers are consistent with what’s being found in other parts of the country. “There’s a lot of […]
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History-Computer featured that the largest 3D printer in the world is housed at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine.
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Lauren Ross’s research on the physics of estuaries has brought her all over the world, from France to Frenchman Bay along Mount Desert Island. With her recently-awarded Fulbright, Ross will lead a team of scientists to Chile to look at these transition points between freshwater rivers and the salty sea in a place where so […]
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Susan MacKay, senior R&D program manager at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and Hemant Pendse, professor of chemical engineering and founder of the UMaine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, were featured as panelists on a segment of Maine Public’s show “Maine Calling” focusing on the emerging uses of forest products in Maine.
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The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2024 named the University of Maine one of the “best and most interesting” four-year higher education institutions in America. The publication, authored by former New York Times education editor Edward Fiske and updated annually for 40 years, spotlights more than 300 of its top schools in the U.S., Canada, Great […]
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The University of Maine’s Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) program is all about real-world problem solving. When athlete and activist Enock Glidden came to the MET capstone with a unique challenge — to adapt his wheelchair for shooting competitions — students met the task with skill, creativity and an open-mindedness that resulted in a useful finished […]
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The University of Maine recognized 3,016 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2023 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,002 are from Maine, 932 are from 44 other states and 82 are from 33 countries other than the U.S. To be eligible for the Full-time Dean’s List, a student […]
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Ars Technica interviewed Vincent Weaver, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maine, about a “demake,” or a remake of an old video game that converts it to an older graphical and gameplay style, of the 1993 point-and-click adventure game Myst that he has developed for the Atari 2600. “Making demakes […]
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A team of University of Maine students will be featured in the upcoming season eight finale of Greenlight Maine College Edition, a show in which participants pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges for a chance to win funding, at 8:30 p.m. July 6 on Maine Public television. In the episode, Alex Mehre, […]
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