Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee, WABI (Channel 5), and Portland Press Herald were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press article on a nearly $1 million energy grant from the National Science Foundation that was awarded to the University of Maine, Maine Maritime Academy and two partner organizations. The funding will help develop […]
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The University of Maine-led offshore wind project and its deployment of the first floating offshore wind turbine in the U.S. was mentioned in a National Geographic blog titled “Getting charged up about blue power.”
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‘Fiske Guide’ again names UMaine one of top higher education institutions in the United States, Canada, Ireland and Great Britain.
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WLBZ (Channel 2) reported offshore wind power supporters hope the University of Maine and Statoil can work together on a proposed pilot project despite political controversy.
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Four of the founding members of the Ocean Energy Institute contributed an op-ed to the Bangor Daily News focused on the innovation and job-creating potential of UMaine’s offshore wind research. In 2007, Ocean Energy Institute initiated the drive to determine the technical and economic practicality of offshore wind for Maine.
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Advanced Structures and Composites Center research to retrofit aging concrete flat-slab bridges was the focus of a July 19 story in the Bangor Daily News. Civil Engineering graduate student Hannah Loring and professor William Davids lead the research.
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Mohsen Shahinpoor, Richard C. Hill professor and Mechanical Engineering Department Chairman at the University of Maine, was mentioned in an article announcing a preview issue of Soft Robotics (SoRo), a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and engineering of soft materials in mobile machines. Shahinpoor contributed the article “A review of ionic polymeric soft […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported Bangor-area middle school students have been learning about transportation and design as part of the sixth annual Maine Summer Transportation Institute at the University of Maine. Students have taken part in several hands-on experiments during the two-week camp.
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The University of Maine-led offshore wind project was mentioned in a Huffington Post blog by Lewis Milford, president of Clean Energy Group, titled “A Cautionary Tale: Maine, Statoil and the importance of state policies to advance offshore wind.”
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WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine has extended its test deployment of a floating wind turbine in Castine Harbor as it prepares its bid for a long-term contract for an offshore wind pilot project.
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