Jonathan Torsch: Stepping Up to the Challenge
Electrical engineering technology major, community college standout continuing education at UMaine.
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UMaine Engineering Students Mentioned in SeacoastOnline Article on Kittery Business
The University of Maine was mentioned in a SeacoastOnline article about a Kittery business owner who hopes to open Maine’s first sake brewery. Dan Ford, owner of Blue Current Brewery, launched a Kickstarter campaign to help launch his company. Ford said he designed his own fermentation and storage tanks, and the rice steamer he uses […]
Read moreWABI Covers University of Maine Foundation’s 80th Anniversary Celebration
WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine Foundation’s “Ensuring the Future” 80th anniversary celebration. During the event, the foundation awarded one graduate from each of UMaine’s colleges with the President Abram W. Harris Award. Each awardee was a scholarship recipient as a UMaine student, and evidences exemplary and extraordinary leadership, contributions to his […]
Read morePeterson Quoted in Augusta Chronicle Article on New Track Surface
Mick Peterson, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, was quoted in an Augusta Chronicle article about Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, beginning its fall meeting with a new state-of-the-art dirt surface to replace the synthetic surface known as Polytrack. Peterson, head of the Racing Surfaces Testing Lab at UMaine, became […]
Read moreTajvidi Talks to WABI About Development of Eco-Friendly Particleboard
Mehdi Tajvidi, an assistant professor of renewable nanomaterials at the University of Maine, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about research he is involved in to develop eco-friendly particleboard panels with adhesive made of cellulose nanofibrils (CNF). Tajvidi is working with several other UMaine researchers — William Gramlich, Doug Bousfield, Doug Gardner and Mike Bilodeau — […]
Read moreUMaine Mentioned in BDN Article on Economic Boost to Ashland Region
The University of Maine was mentioned in a Presque Isle Star-Herald article published in the Bangor Daily News about officials celebrating job creation at four forestry-based businesses in Ashland. One of the businesses — shingle manufacturer Ecoshel — worked with UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) to produce cedar shingle panels. Brian Kirkey, CEO of Ecoshel, […]
Read moreUniversity of Maine Foundation Presents Awards to Six Alumni at 80th Anniversary Celebration
As part of the celebration of its “Ensuring the Future” 80th anniversary, the University of Maine Foundation presented one graduate from each of UMaine’s colleges with the President Abram W. Harris Award. The award was established in 2003 by President Harris’ grandson Abram ”Pete” W. Harris III ’50 and his friend, Marion Waterman Meyer ’51. […]
Read morePPH Column Credits Engineering Students
University of Maine engineering students received a nod in the Portland Press Herald column “Soup to Nuts: Maine’s own needhams have history — and potatoes — on their side.” Linda Lenberg of Norway, who makes and sells 2,000 needhams, bought an old Italian packing machine from a whoopie pie baker at a trade show. When […]
Read more2014 Engineering Job Fair Oct. 16
More than 80 companies will be represented at the University of Maine’s annual Engineering Job Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16 at the New Balance Student Recreation Center. Co-sponsored by the UMaine College of Engineering and Career Center, the event is an opportunity for students to learn about some of the […]
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UMaine Scientists Developing Green Adhesive Made of CNF, as Well as a Plant to Produce Large Quantities of Wood-Based Fibers
University of Maine researchers have been awarded $700,000 to develop eco-friendly particleboard panels with adhesive made of cellulose nanofibrils (CNF), as well as design a commercial-scale plant to manufacture the CNF. With one $350,000 grant, UMaine scientists Mehdi Tajvidi, William Gramlich, Doug Bousfield, Doug Gardner and Mike Bilodeau, as well as John Hunt from the […]
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