Vincent Caccese, mechanical engineering professor at the University of Maine, has been working with James Ferguson, founder of Alba-Technic in Winthrop, to create a helmet aimed at preventing traumatic brain injury, according to a Mainebiz article. The company’s helmet has been tested in UMaine’s Advanced Biomechanics Laboratory for Injury Reduction and Rehabilitation.
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported the Maine Legislature passed a comprehensive energy bill despite Gov. Paul LePage’s veto. LePage says he wants the University of Maine, rather than the Norwegian company Statoil, to have a chance to secure support from electric ratepayers for its offshore wind energy pilot project before he supports the bill.
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The U.S. Department of Energy recently issued a press release recognizing the nation’s first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine prototype off the coast of Castine. The turbine was created by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and its partners.
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The Bangor Daily News reported the Maine Senate passed a comprehensive energy bill despite Gov. Paul LePage’s veto. LePage says he wants the University of Maine, rather than the Norwegian company Statoil, to have a chance to secure support from electric ratepayers for its offshore wind energy pilot project before he supports the bill.
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Greentech Media reported on the investment opportunities associated with the new offshore wind advances developed at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
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The Bangor Daily News reported Gov. Paul LePage wants the University of Maine, rather than the Norwegian company Statoil, to have a chance to secure support from electric ratepayers for its offshore wind energy pilot project before he supports a far-reaching energy bill that is headed to the legislature.
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Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Hancock County, reported the wind turbine VolturnUS 1:8 was being towed down the Penobscot River on Sunday. The turbine prototype, developed by the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and its partners, was launched into the Penobscot River in Brewer last week and will be […]
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University of Maine research fellows have been assisting the Maine Governor’s STEM Council create a comprehensive strategy to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics initiatives through an effort funded by UMaine’s Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. Laura Millay, a student in the master of science in teaching program through […]
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The St. John Valley Times reported U.S. Sen. Angus King and U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud recently sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency about regulations affecting Maine’s paper industry. In the letter, the men stated the concerns were brought to their attention during the University of Maine’s Paper Days event in April.
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CBS News, The New York Times, Renewable Energy Magazine, Shanghai Daily, Composites World, MPBN and the Bangor Daily News were among several local and national news organizations to cover Friday’s launch of the first grid-connected offshore floating wind turbine by members of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and Cianbro construction company. […]
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