The Working Waterfront reported the University of Maine will host November meetings on its offshore wind project in Friendship, Bristol and Port Clyde. UMaine representatives are expected to provide updates on the university’s research and development program on offshore wind energy.
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4-traders reported on the opening of a new laboratory by Texas Instruments Inc. and the University of Maine. The lab will be used for hands-on engineering classes in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Barrows Hall. Texas Instruments invested $60,000 to engage students in their engineering education and help create tomorrow’s innovators.
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The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News and Portland Press Herald reported on the Maine Public Utilities Commission’s ruling that the University of Maine and its partner companies must reveal some details of their offshore wind power project proposal by the end of the month. The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Maine Public Broadcasting Network and WLBZ (Channel 2) were among […]
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Jake Ward, vice president of innovation and economic development at the University of Maine, spoke with the Maine Public Broadcasting Network about the effects of the federal government’s shutdown on university research. Ward said the federal government is currently not accepting new grant applications or finalizing recently awarded contracts, such as a grant proposal by the […]
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Grace S. Brush, a Johns Hopkins University professor of geography and environmental engineering, will deliver the 12th annual Geddes W. Simpson Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at Buchanan Alumni House at the University of Maine. “A Paleoecological Record of Long-Term Connections Between Land and Water” is the title of Brush’s free public lecture in […]
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Reuters produced a video on VolturnUS 1:8, the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine to be deployed off the coast of North America and created by the University of Maine-led DeepCwind Consortium. Habib Dagher, leader of the consortium and director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at UMaine, and Elizabeth Viselli, global communications manager for the […]
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The Morning Sentinel reported on a launch of an 18-foot-tall student-made rocket in Nevada. Team Ursa, a group of current and former University of Maine students from around the state, found their rocket launched and flew “beautifully” before a misfire at 52,000 feet above Earth. The Morning Sentinel also carried a related report titled “Augusta […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a new program offered by the Challenger Learning Center and the University of Maine’s Society of Women Engineers to create a mentoring program for future engineers. The Discover Engineering program is free and open to eighth graders.
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Yahoo Finance, The Sacramento Bee, WLBZ (Channel 2) and Boston.com were among several news organizations to carry an Associated Press report that states despite increasing pressure from lawmakers and environmental groups, lawyers for the University of Maine and Maine Aqua Ventus said the detail of the proposed offshore wind project must be kept secret as […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on a new program being offered by the Challenger Learning Center and the University of Maine for future engineers. The Discover Engineering program is free and open to eighth graders. Students who take part will be partnered with college mentors who are studying engineering.
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