UMaine Francis Crowe Society Inducts Four
The University of Maine College of Engineering’s Francis Crowe Society recently inducted four new members.
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Forbes Column Lauds Dagher Wind Energy Foresight
A column in Forbes magazine cited a recent talk by Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center AEWC, who discussed the groundbreaking research and development of deepwater wind-energy turbines off the coast of Maine being led by UMaine with 35 collaborating companies. Writer Anthony Wing Kosner compares the promise […]
Read moreFaculty MEIF Research Awards Announced
The University of Maine Office of the Vice President for Research has announced recipients of faculty research awards by the Maine Economic Improvement Fund to support the use of high-end instrumentation.
Read moreUMaine Developing Database for ‘Cradle to Grave’ Sustainability
University of Maine industrial ecologist and certified Life Cycle Assessment professional Anthony Halog has received a $150,000 federal grant to create a comprehensive new online database to allow researchers, scientists and industrialists to assess ecological, social and economic implications of new and emerging products, starting with wood-based biofuels.
Read moreAl Jazeera TV Features Dagher, UMaine Wind Power Research
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.
Read moreUMaine Programs Mentioned in Container Housing Story
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 […]
Read moreOffshore Wind Research Noted on Clean Energy Website
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, […]
Read moreLeeds Students Selected for Engineering Expo at UMaine
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 […]
Read moreDagher Comments in Newspaper Report on Offshore Wind
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 […]
Read moreCollege of Engineering Noted in Lego Event Advance
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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