The website PhysOrg posted a UMaine news release about a robot version of a Venus Flytrap constructed by UMaine’s Mohsen Shahinpoor, a mechanical engineering professor. Shahinpoor made the robot out of a nanomaterial he invented several years ago that can be used to mimic muscle function. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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A biofuel discovery made by UMaine chemical engineering Associate Professor Clay Wheeler and students in his lab was the subject of an article in the Bangor Daily News. The BDN included a UMaine video about the process to make the biofuel. Wheeler told the newspaper the process is unique in its simplicity. Contact: Jessica Bloch, […]
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UMaine engineer Clay Wheeler’s work on a revolutionary pathway to biofuel is the lead story Thursday on the Science360 News Service website. Portland TV station WMTW (Channel 8) also noted the finding with an Associated Press story on its website. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Bangor TV station WLBZ (Channel 2) covered Wednesday’s E2Tech forum on the future of wind power in Maine, which was held at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. Gary Hunt, a UMaine economist, was among the speakers. James Labrecque, a local inventor who is a consultant to UMaine’s mechanical engineering department, was interviewed for the story and […]
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UMaine engineer Clay Wheeler and the revolutionary process he developed for making biofuel from wood were featured on R&D Magazine’s website. The simple process converts cellulose into acids, and those acids are converted into a fuel that is suitable as a drop-in fuel. An Associated Press story on the topic also ran on the website […]
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UMaine chemical and biological engineer Clay Wheeler and the revolutionary process he discovered for turning wood into biofuel was the subject of a story on the Pakistan Today website. The story was based on a recent Reuters report, which noted the simplicity of the process and the high-quality product Wheeler got in his lab. Contact: […]
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Researchers have long been interested in waste products as sources of biofuel. In Maine, those waste items could include treetops and limbs deemed by the forest products industry as unusable and often left behind in the woods.
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ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-UMaine) has received a $5,000 grant from the Woodard & Curran Foundation. The funding will be used for EWB-UMaine’s sanitation project in the village of Dulce Vivir in Honduras.
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Discovery News carried an article Oct. 20 about a novel robotic Venus flytrap created at UMaine by mechanical engineering professor Mohsen Shahinpoor that uses soft artificial muscle nanomaterials to replicate the sensory responses of the small carnivorous plant, the Venus flytrap. Shahinpoor hopes the model and associated research will lead to improved artificial muscles in […]
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A tidal power project in Washington County in which UMaine researchers participated was the subject of a Bangor Daily News story. The story said Ocean Renewable Power Co., which worked with UMaine engineers and marine scientists to research areas such as turbine design, assessing the energy sources, and the impacts on both marine life and […]
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