Habib Dagher, the director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was interviewed by the Al Jazeera network for a TV report on the prospects of deepwater offshore wind power in the Gulf of Maine. Dagher told Al Jazeera the goal is to replace gasoline and heating oil with clean energy from the gulf.
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Efforts by the Knowledge Transfer Alliance (KTA) and Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) to help a Brewer manufacturer that retrofits shipping containers into housing units were mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story. The KTA is an initiative within UMaine’s School of Economics that helps Maine communities and businesses overcome hardships cause by economic or natural […]
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In a story about federal funding for offshore wind power projects, the website Cleantechnica.com noted the research being done by UMaine and the DeepCwind Consortium at the AEWC Advanced Structures and Technology Center. The story said UMaine was the recipient of a grant from the Department of Energy for wind power research. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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The Lewiston Sun Journal reported today that a Leeds Central School class has been selected to attend the Maine Engineering Expo at the University of Maine in March, after a “Dig into Science” contest organized by the S.W. Cole Engineering firm in Bangor. The fourth- and fifth-grade students prepared a YouTube video in which they […]
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Habib Dagher, the director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was quoted in a Bangor Daily News report on the potential for deepwater offshore wind power in the Gulf of Maine. Dagher said the recent news that a Norwegian company is seeking to put in a wind farm in the gulf galvanizes commercial […]
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In an advance for the upcoming Maine Lego League Championship, the Central Maine Morning Sentinel newspaper noted UMaine’s College of Engineering is one of the sponsors. The annual Lego championship is the largest science and engineering education event in Maine, and this year’s event will feature 66 teams of children ages 9 to 14, who […]
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A Portland Press Herald story about a high school robotics competition noted that UMaine students served as referees, judges and scorekeepers. The event was held Saturday at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The website Environmental Research Web posted information about research done by UMaine engineer Shaleen Jain and a former UMaine graduate student. Jain, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, researched the the impact of past typhoons on the Korean peninsula, providing climate risk analysis to help officials make informed decisions about how and there […]
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UMaine’s deepwater offshore wind power research was mentioned in a Working Waterfront story about the issue. The story noted UMaine’s Offshore Wind Energy Laboratory, which is based at the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center on campus, is collaborating with industry partners on on new tools for offshore wind turbine construction and siting. Elizabeth Viselli, […]
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A new engineering partnership between UMaine and Southern Maine Community College was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News story about new uses for the former Brunswick Naval Air Station. The partnership will be based at the Brunswick facility and will offer seamless educational opportunities, starting with an associate degree and leading to both a baccalaureate […]
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