The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) announced that associate professors Lauren Ross and Sean Smith received the 2023 Donald W. Pritchard Outstanding Physical Oceanography Paper Award for “Coastal Hydrodynamics and Timescales in Meso-Macrotidal Estuaries in the Gulf of Maine: a Model Study.” Ross and Smith co-authored the paper with Sohaib Alahmed, former UMaine student […]
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Composites World reported that the U.K.-based company Optima 3D is delivering weaving technology to the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) for the processing of carbon fiber yarns. ASCC engineer James Stahl said that the “new Optima 3D weaving system will be a cornerstone of a new textile lab we are developing […]
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Maine Public, Spectrum News, Mainebiz and WVII (Channel 7 in Bangor) reported that a University of Maine climate change research project called STORM: Data-Driven Approaches for Secure Electric Grids in Communities Disproportionately Impacted by Climate Change was recently awarded a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation. “With climate change, everything we expect to […]
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A new collaborative research project led by the University of Maine called STORM: Data-Driven Approaches for Secure Electric Grids in Communities Disproportionately Impacted by Climate Change, has been awarded $6 million from the National Science Foundation. Over the next five years, the project team will conduct studies and create new tools that will grow research […]
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The Associated Press reported that Maine will procure at least 3,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines by 2040 under a bill signed Thursday by Gov. Janet Mills, enough to power about half of the state’s electricity load. State officials hope companies will utilize technology from the University of Maine, which has been pioneering […]
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Maine Public interviewed Jean MacRae, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, about new testing that has found “forever chemicals” at every wastewater treatment facility in Maine. MacRae told Maine Public that the numbers are consistent with what’s being found in other parts of the country. “There’s a lot of […]
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History-Computer featured that the largest 3D printer in the world is housed at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine.
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Lauren Ross’s research on the physics of estuaries has brought her all over the world, from France to Frenchman Bay along Mount Desert Island. With her recently-awarded Fulbright, Ross will lead a team of scientists to Chile to look at these transition points between freshwater rivers and the salty sea in a place where so […]
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Susan MacKay, senior R&D program manager at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and Hemant Pendse, professor of chemical engineering and founder of the UMaine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, were featured as panelists on a segment of Maine Public’s show “Maine Calling” focusing on the emerging uses of forest products in Maine.
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The Fiske Guide To Colleges 2024 named the University of Maine one of the “best and most interesting” four-year higher education institutions in America. The publication, authored by former New York Times education editor Edward Fiske and updated annually for 40 years, spotlights more than 300 of its top schools in the U.S., Canada, Great […]
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