Grad Student uses Smart Energy Monitor for Energy Literacy Education.
Smart grid research by a University of Maine doctoral student is helping grade school educators learn about energy and how to conserve it in their schools and homes.
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Mechanical Engineer’s Robotic Flytrap Aids Artificial Muscle Research
An article by University of Maine mechanical engineering professor Mohsen Shahinpoor in a recent issue of the science journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics describes a robotic replica of the carnivorous Venus flytrap Shahinpoor created with nano-sensors and a thin, pliable metal composite material that he invented as part of his ongoing artificial muscle research. Recent articles […]
Read moreNew director named to lead UMaine’s Brunswick Engineering Program
An aeronautical engineer whose research focuses on engineering education as well as aerodynamics and energy efficiency has been named director of the University of Maine’s new Brunswick Engineering Program.
Read moreWebsite Reports New Energy Study
The website Home Toys carried a news release about a new study launched by PowerWise, UMaine and Efficiency Maine, and noted that UMaine’s Nathan Weise, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, will be involved. The study will monitor the electricity of 50 homes in the Blue Hill area. Homeowners will track their energy use […]
Read moreHunt Explains Gasoline Price Influences
University of Maine School of Economics professor Gary Hunt explained some of the factors affecting rising gasoline prices in Maine, which are higher than the national average, in a Monday interview with Channel 2 (WLBZ). Hunt, also a cooperating faculty member with the university’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, suggests that reducing demand for combustible […]
Read moreBrazilian engineering student part of broader STEM exchange program
Brazilian student Lucas Ramos is studying chemical engineering at the University of Maine courtesy of Science Without Borders, a program funded by the Brazilian government and aimed at advancing that country’s economic standing and technological expertise. The program eventually will place 100,000 promising students at participating colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad, covering […]
Read moreNewspaper Report on Aerospace Engineering Graduate
The Bangor Daily News reported on the news that UMaine’s aerospace engineering concentration has produced its first graduate. Richard McGrath of Westport Island said he took the required three classes after he was laid off from Bath Iron Works. Adjunct professor David Rubenstein, who teaches aeronautics, astronautics, flight dynamics, modeling and control of aircraft and […]
Read moreUMaine Partnership Beefs up 9th-Grade Earth Science in Area Schools
OLD TOWN – There is Planet Earth, which, for the sake of the discussion taking place in Ed Lindsey’s 9th-grade science class at Old Town High School, is a spherical object made of rock, watery on its surface and wrapped in a layer of air. And there is the mysterious Planet Z, identical to Earth […]
Read moreMedia Coverage of Dagher Talk
In a story on the Portland Press Herald website, Habib Dagher, the director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, told an audience in Augusta that the state’s economy could grow by 15,000 jobs in the next 20 years if Mainers embrace offshore wind projects. The Boston Globe website also ran a version of the […]
Read moreScience Friday Radio Show to Include UMaine Wind Research
Habib Dagher, the director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, will be a guest during the 3 p.m. hour Friday on the National Public Radio “Science Friday” show. Dagher will discuss the potential of deepwater floating turbines. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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