Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony For Cellulose Nanofiber Pilot Plant Part of 63rd Annual Paper Days
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for Cellulose Nanofiber Pilot Plant part of 63rd annual Paper Days, April 3–4 at UMaine.
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Project>Login Cited in Mainebiz Article
Mainebiz spoke with Tanna Clews, executive director of Educate Maine, about Project>Login, the nonprofit’s collaboration with the University of Maine that aims to attract students to computer technology-related majors and support them throughout their studies. Clews said the initiative to double Maine’s computer science and IT graduates in four years could serve as a model […]
Read moreWLBZ (Channel 2) Interviews Onsrud About Project>Login
WLBZ (Channel 2) spoke with University of Maine Engineering Professor Harlan Onsrud about Project>Login, an initiative that aims to attract students to computer technology-related majors and support them throughout their studies. Onsrud spoke about the importance of working with local businesses, such as Eastern Maine Health Systems and Cianbro, to offer internships and opportunities for […]
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Twenty-two UMaine Faculty Members Receive Promotion and/or Tenure
Twenty-two UMaine faculty members receive promotion and/or tenure.
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UMaine’s Paint, Plant and Polish Initiative Enters its Second Year
UMaine’s Paint, Plant and Polish initiative enters its second year.
Read morePress Herald Reports on Project>Login Promotion at Portland Event
The Portland Press Herald reported that Michael Dubyak, chairman, president and CEO of South Portland-based WEX Inc., and chairman of the business-led nonprofit Educate Maine, promoted Project>Login at the Portland Community Chamber’s monthly Eggs & Issues event Wednesday. Project>Login, led by Educate Maine and the University of Maine System, is a new initiative designed to […]
Read moreCompositesWorld Gives Update on Floating Turbine Deployment Efforts
CompositesWorld spoke with UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center Director Habib Dagher about the center’s efforts to develop a scale model of a floating wind turbine for testing off the coast of Maine. At the Offshore Wind Power USA 2013 conference in Boston on Feb. 26–27, Dagher said the test turbine is progressing well and […]
Read moreBDN Reports on UMaine Team’s Race to Use Lasers to Gauge Ocean Wind Speeds
A Bangor Daily News article on the University of Maine offshore wind team’s international race to develop a system to measure winds high above oceans using a buoy-based light detection and ranging system, or LiDAR, included comments from UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center Director Habib Dagher. UMaine’s School of Marine Science’s Physical Oceanography Group […]
Read moreChannel 7 Airs Second Segment of Dagher Profile
Channel 7 (WVII) aired the second segment in a two-part profile of Habib Dagher, director of the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, who discussed his interest in science and inventions as a child in Lebanon. Dagher today is considered an international leader in research and development of offshore floating wind turbine technology. The profile […]
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Channel 7 (WVII) aired the first of a two-part profile of Habib Dagher, director of the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and leading authority of offshore wind energy research and development. The station’s Feb. 26 newscast will include more about Dagher and how his personal interest in the technology developed.
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