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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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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