KSNT (Channel 27 in Topeka, Kansas) and WIBW (Channel 13 in Topeka, Kansas) reported on a University of Maine-led effort to develop an interactive digital tool that will allow users to explore and analyze data on sites and sources of PFAS contamination throughout the U.S.
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BioHome3D, the first 100% bio-based 3D-printed home in the world, proves to be a viable solution to the growing housing crisis after one year of outdoor testing. Printed at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), BioHome3D is a 600-square-foot home that was designed to meet Maine State Affordable Housing requirements. It […]
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In a story about a 3D-printed tiny house developed at the Woodbury University School of Architecture, Business Insider highlighted the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center’s BioHome3D, the first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials.
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, about the challenges to offshore wind development, including supply chain issues and upfront costs. “You save money in the long run, and it’s a major opportunity to decarbonize our economy,” Dagher said.
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The University of Maine has once again been ranked among the best higher education institutions nationwide in multiple annual college guides. In the U.S. News and World Report 2024 Best Colleges, UMaine was featured in a list of top National Universities — those producing groundbreaking research and offering a full range of undergraduate, master’s and […]
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Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) Commissioner Bruce Van Note was among the recipients of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing’s Edward Bryand annual awards honoring alumni, faculty, staff and students during a ceremony held Nov. 16. Van Note was named the Edward T. Bryand Distinguished Engineer. Electrical and computer engineering professor Mauricio Pereira da […]
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Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), and Russell Edgar, senior laboratory operations manager and wood composites manager for the ASCC, spoke to Maine Public for a story titled “Senator Angus King asks federal government to consider mass timber in construction projects.” “To start a new industry […]
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The second Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering has been rescheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, March 27 and 28, in the Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine. Originally scheduled for Oct. 25-27, the symposium was cut short Oct. 26 in response to the mass shooting in Lewiston. On the event’s first […]
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Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at the University of Maine, spoke to Wired about TV shows and movies being made for and released on TikTok, Instagram and Youtube. “These studios should be dipping their feet in the water just to try out what’s possible,” he said. “But they also have to recognize that this […]
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News Center Maine featured a new product from Marin, the Portland, Maine-based skincare startup and spin-out from the University of Maine, called Glycoprotein Lip Treatment. It’s a new lip treatment made with marine glycoproteins, an upcycled byproduct of lobster processing.
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