Jonathan Farley of the UMaine Computing and Information Science faculty was quoted in PE Magazine story,“Screen Play: Can engineering score by landing a bigger role in movies and on TV?” PE Magazine is produced by the National Society of Professional Engineers. The story looks at ways “an expanded pop culture presence for engineering can be […]
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UMaine engineer Clay Wheeler’s biofuel research was mentioned in the comments section of a Huffington Post’s Green blog post about the BP oil spill. Wheeler has been transforming forest residues and other waste materials into hydrocarbon fuel oil. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Habib Dagher, the director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was interviewed by Sustainable Business Weekly, which claims to be the world’s largest sustainable business podcast. Dagher discussed the DeepCwind initiative which seeks to harness wind power in the deep waters of the Gulf of Maine. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Bangor’s WVII television station had a report on a pilot plant that is in the works at UMaine to make cellulose nanofibrils, a pulp-based super-strong material that could be a replacement for petroleum-based plastic materials. Hemant Pendse, the director of UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, said in an interview the pilot plant will allow UMaine […]
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Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, stars of the hit TV show “MythBusters,” were the subjects of a story on the Broadway World website, which noted both men are honorary members of the UMaine’s Francis Crowe Society, which recognizes UMaine engineering graduates and others have made considerable engineering contributions and honored the profession. Hyneman has an […]
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ORONO, Maine – The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that Habib Dagher, the founding director of the University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, has been named the winner of the chamber’s Catherine Lebowitz Award for Public Service.
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UMaine computing engineering students recently placed first and second in the Northeastern United States in an international programming competition, and in the top 100 of 1,500 teams from around the world.
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Two websites ran stories about the findings of UMaine engineer Clay Wheeler, who has discovered a relatively simple pathway to take wood and convert it into biofuel. BioRefining Magazine noted that the process removes most of the oxygen from the oil, a key step that distinguishes Wheeler’s process from other methods. The website Oil Price […]
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A letter to the editor in New Hampshire’s Hampton Union newspaper about the topic of nuclear power plants mentioned UMaine’s research into the potential for deepwater offshore wind energy. The letter argued that wind turbines in the Gulf of Maine might make unnecessary the restart of a nuclear reactor in New Hampshire. UMaine’s AEWC Advanced […]
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The website Teru Talk highlighted the news that UMaine engineer Clay Wheeler has developed a new pathway to biofuel from wood and wood-based products. Teru Talk focuses on the clean conversion of waste and biomass to energy, fuels and other commodities. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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