Engineering
Business Growth Article Cites UMaine AMC
The UMaine Advanced Manufacturing Center’s work helping Falcon Performance Footwear in Auburn create molds and a composite material for new protective caps in the toes of boots to replace steel caps was noted in a Mainebiz article about innovators in Maine finding success with uniquely Maine products. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Read moreAbedi Paper Wins International Award
The Institution of Engineering and Technology in the U.K. has bestowed its prestigious IET Wireless Sensor Systems Premium Award to Ali Abedi of the University of Maine electrical and computer engineering faculty for a paper, “Signal detection in passive wireless sensor networks based on back-propagation neural networks,” which he co-authored and published in March 2011 […]
Read moreThousands on UMaine Campus Monday for Summer Tour
The University of Maine campus was packed Monday, Aug. 27 with thousands of visitors from around the country for the third Summer Tour, a UMaine admissions event that gave prospective students and their guests the opportunity to ask questions about UMaine, tour the campus, get a glimpse of student life and even skate on the […]
Read moreMaine Hello Parking and Traffic Alert
The following information from the Division of Student Affairs relates to parking and traffic on campus leading up to Friday, Aug. 31 and the Maine Hello. As the University of Maine prepares for the arrival of the Class of 2016 on Friday, Aug. 31 it is important to be aware of parking lot closures and […]
Read morePodiatrist Who Collaborated With UMaine Wins National Award
Local podiatrist Todd O’Brien has won the top prize at the 2012 American Podiatric Medical Association’s annual scientific meeting for his oral abstract on an electronic tuning fork he invented and developed with assistance from the University of Maine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center, the UMaine Foster Center for Student Innovation and the Maine Technology Institute. Tuning […]
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Advanced Structures and Composites Center Contributes to Brooklyn Bridge Park Project
The Advanced Structures and Composites Center tests black locust samples bound for a park near the famed Brooklyn Bridge.
Read moreWood Science Faculty, Students to be Honored
University of Maine professor of forest resources Doug Gardner will officially become a fellow of the Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST) and other UMaine faculty members and students will be honored for their work this week at the SWST meeting in Beijing, China. SWST recognizes fellows for their significant contributions to the wood […]
Read moreDagher in Radio Interview on UMaine Engineering Projects
Habib Dagher, director of the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and an authority on wind power and offshore power generation, was a recent call-in guest on the Falmouth-based TideSmart Talk with Stevoe program, which airs Saturdays at 11 a.m. on WLOB (1310 AM) in Portland. Dagher discussed the diversity of work and innovation at […]
Read moreUMaine Students Heading for Engineering Ambassadors Workshop
Two University of Maine undergraduate engineering students are heading this week to a national engineering ambassadorship-training workshop for students interested in creating engineering ambassador outreach programs at their institutions. The workshop will be held Aug. 16-19 at Penn State University. Sheila Pendse, program development associate in the UMaine College of Engineering, will accompany Devin Rose […]
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