The University of Maine is hosting its annual Maine Summer Transportation Institute, a hands-on, interactive program to teach youngsters about some of the exciting careers in engineering and transportation. About 20 area middle-school students are participating in the institute, which runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday until July 20. Students are […]
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An article in the Morning Sentinel about the launch this week in Bath of a new military rescue and special operations watercraft that resembles a jet ski noted the vehicle designed for rough seas and breaking surf was built by Hodgdon Defense Composites in Bath, with composite research technology from the University of Maine. The […]
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Recently the University of Maine recognized 2,026 students for achieving Deans List honors in the Spring 2012 semester. Of the students who made the Deans List, 1,728 are from Maine, 242 are from out of state, and 56 are from foreign countries. Listed below are students who received Deans List honors for the 2012 Spring […]
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University of Maine College of Engineering Dean Dana Humphrey was interviewed Wednesday for a Maine Public Broadcasting report about UMaine’s new Brunswick Engineering program at the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. Humphrey said the hands-on program is designed to increase the number of engineering students in Maine. Humphrey observed that Maine is currently 49th in […]
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New project will connect private industry with UMaine researchers in order to validate, demonstrate and help commercialize developing fuel, chemical and advanced material technologies from forest bioproducts.
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Channel 2 (WLBZ) aired a report about plans by Statoil of Norway for a series of public meetings starting this week to answer questions from residents about proposed offshore floating wind turbines. Statoil and the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center have been collaborating on offshore wind research and experimentation. Statoil wants to […]
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Multiple news organizations, including the Bangor Daily News, Channel 6 (WCSH), Channel 5 (WABI), Channel 7 (WVII) and Mainebiz reported on the opening Monday of the 40,000-square-foot Technology Research Center in Old Town to be used by the University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute. The facility will allow UMaine researchers to work with private […]
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The Portland Press Herald carried an article about a new line of industrial and firefighter work boots being manufactured by Falcon Performance Footwear of Auburn with research and development assistance from University of Maine researchers. The boots have a protective toe insert made from a fiberglass and resin composite developed and tested at UMaine’s AMC […]
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Habib Dagher, professor of civil and structural engineering and director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, joined John Ferland, vice president of project development of Ocean Renewable Power Company, and Keith Shortall, host of Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio program to discuss benefits and challenges of developing offshore, deep […]
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Two University of Maine faculty members and a UMaine graduate student recently won awards for wood-related research at the 66th International Convention of the Forest Products Society. William Davids, the John C. Bridge Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Stephen Shaler, a professor of wood science, were named winners of the L.J. Markwardt Wood […]
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