Engineering

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UMaine’s surveying program receives equipment loan valued at $1.7 million

The University of Maine’s Surveying Engineering Technology (SVT) program has received an equipment loan valued at $1.7 million from Topcon Positioning Systems Inc., an industry-leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of precision measurement and workflow solutions headquartered in Livermore, California. The university’s SVT program, which has the largest number of undergraduate students per faculty in the […]

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University of Maine announces fall 2023 Dean’s List

The University of Maine recognized 3,123 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the fall 2023 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,073 are from Maine, 1,050 are from 46 other states and 77 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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Owen Libby: Longtime LEGO lover builds dream internship 

A courtyard statue of a LEGO minifigure was Owen Libby’s first impression of the time he would spend in Billund, Denmark. Past the statue, he walked into a concrete building adorned with massive toy-like bricks on the walls, roof and entryway. Inside was a towering atrium and green spiral staircase connecting four floors filled with […]

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BDN highlights award for technology developed in part at UMaine

Bangor Daily News highlighted the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award given by the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce Friday night, Jan. 26 to Global Secure Shipping (GSS) based in Old Town. GSS produces the only intermodal secure shipping container in the world with technology developed by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and […]

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Composites World highlights fiber-reinforced materials research at UMaine

In an article titled, “Scaling up sustainable solutions for fiber-reinforced composites” Composites World highlighted the Hub & Spoke Sustainable Materials & Manufacturing Alliance for Renewable Technologies (SM²ART) program. A collaboration between Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and industrial partners, this program has shown that bio-fiber-reinforced composites can […]

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