The website RECHARGE mentioned UMaine in a report on a novel wind turbine development. The website noted plans by the designers of a novel, ultra-large offshore vertical axis wind blade system to engage UMaine in the proof-of-concept research stage of its development in 2016. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Read more
Two brothers from Orrington, Maine, have won top prize in the first annual UMaine Business Challenge for UMaine student entrepreneurs. UMaine marketing student Luke Thomas and Jake Thomas, an outdoor recreation and business student at the University of Maine at Farmington, won $5,000 cash and start-up business support to promote and market their company, AerialFly, […]
Read more
Western Farm Press, a national agricultural magazine covering agribusiness, has posted on its website a University of Maine video on the university’s advancing research and production of wood-based biofuels. The magazine notes that the research is of interest to the U.S. military for use in jet fuel. In the video, UMaine researchers discuss a major […]
Read more
Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory founder Michael “Mick” Peterson has been contracting with track owners and racing industry leaders to test track surfaces, both natural and synthetic.
Read more
An editorial in the Bangor Daily News about state bonding cited the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center and its research and development of deepwater offshore wind energy turbines as an example of the favorable return on investment that bonding can produce. UMaine’s Offshore Wind Laboratory is addressing the energy needs of the […]
Read more
The OffshoreWIND.biz website in the Netherlands has posted an article from the Portland Press Herald about a winning Madison High School student entry in the recent Windstorm Challenge held at UMaine. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
Read more
Bangor TV station WABI reported on Wednesday’s balloon launch in Farmington, which involved UMaine faculty members and students. The UMaine representatives worked with students from Maine Maritime Academy and USM to help high school students launch giant scientific balloons as part of an experiment to see how different living organisms react to high altitudes. UMaine […]
Read more
An article in the Portland Press Herald about a winning Madison High School student entry in the recent wind technology challenge held at the University of Maine included perspective from Habib Dagher, direct of the UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, which hosted the challenge. According to the article, Dagher likened the potential economic benefits […]
Read more
The Bangor Daily News carried an article about a surprise graduation ceremony held at Eastern Maine Medical Center Wednesday for engineering major Jackie Blanchard of Corinth, who is undergoing treatment for cancer. UMaine President Paul Ferguson, College of Engineering Dean Dana Humphrey, former Gov. John Baldacci, UMaine women’s basketball coach Richard Barron and dozens of […]
Read more
The Classified Employees Advisory Council and the Professional Employees Advisory Council have announced the University of Maine’s outstanding employees of the year.
Read more