Multiple news organizations, including ABC World News, the Washington Post and USA Today carried an Associated Press article on the deaths of two University of Maine students and a recent alumnus in an airplane crash Nov. 16 at the Knox County Regional Airport in Owls Head. Coverage included interviews UMaine Vice President for Student Affairs […]
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A profile in Mainebiz on the Richmond-based Wyman & Simpson engineering and construction company noted that the composite-concrete technology the company has been using to build lightweight, economical bridges came from the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center research and development. Company president and UMaine alumnus Doug Herman said the company used a […]
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An opinion piece in the Portland Press Herald called for increased participation between the city of Portland and UMaine researchers. The op-ed noted UMaine research in science and engineering, which could provide commercial opportunities for the city. Contact: Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777
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The Lewiston Sun Journal published a Bangor Daily News report that noted the University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved an expansion at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center to create a facility for testing wind and wave effects on wind turbines. Contact: George Manlove, 207.581.3756
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A tuition variation at the University of Maine and at many other universities was cited in an opinion piece in the University of California, San Diego newspaper, The Guardian about a Florida recommendation that a task force should study whether that state should reduce tuition for strategic areas of interest, including STEM (science, technology, engineering, […]
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Three University of Maine Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate students attended and presented at the Northeast Geotechnical Graduate Research Symposium on Oct. 26 at UMass Amherst, with two UMaine students winning awards. UMaine students who participated were Ph.D. student Harold Walton and master of science students Cameron Stuart and Matthew Burns. Walton won […]
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University of Maine professor of mechanical engineering Mick Peterson was interviewed for a Forbes magazine article about horse racing track construction and safety in advance of the Nov. 1–2 Breeders’ Cup races at Santa Anita Park in California. Peterson works with colleagues Christie Mahaffey, who earned a Ph.D. in engineering at UMaine, and C. Wayne […]
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In a report about improving enrollment at the University of Maine, which is on the agenda for next week’s University of Maine System Board of Trustees meeting, Maine Public Broadcasting Network interviewed UMaine student David Holomakoff, a Connecticut resident who applied to UMaine to pursue a degree in biological engineering, which he could not find […]
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On Monday, Oct. 29, University of Maine President Paul Ferguson will hold Community Conversation 2.0, his second annual discussion with the UMaine community. The President’s Community Conversation 2.0 will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. in Wells Conference Center. This year, the President’s Community Conversation is being combined with the annual Employee Breakfast. […]
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WindTECH International has posted on its website a report on a new collaboration with the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and the university’s Physical Oceanography Group and NRG Systems Inc., AWS Truepower LLC, and Leosphere SAS to create and deploy laser-based technological equipment off the Maine coast to monitor wind conditions. UMaine […]
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