The University of Maine’s Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology (LASST) has received a $1.2 million grant from the Department of Energy to develop new high temperature sensor technology for reducing emissions and increasing the efficiency of fossil fuel energy plant operations.
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Several media outlets covered the news that UMaine has received a $1.2 million grant to improve sensors that could help cut carbon dioxide emissions and energy costs. The Bangor Daily News interviewed Robert Lad, a UMaine professor of physics who works on the sensors with fellow engineering professor Mauricio Pereira da Cunha. The Central Maine […]
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The website Maine Insights carried a release from UMaine about work done at UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center on an electronic tuning fork. AMC students and staff worked with a local podiatrist to develop the tuning fork, which is commonly used by physicians to diagnose early signs of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, or damaged or deteriorating nerves […]
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In a story about the growth of cleantech initiatives in Maine, the website Mass High Tech noted that UMaine is on the cutting edge of offshore wind power thanks to the efforts of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, which is testing composite blades for offshore wind turbines. The story mentioned the testing UMaine […]
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The Medical Xpress website and the science website PhyOrg.com have posted a University of Maine news release about a new medical device, an electronic tuning fork, created through a collaboration between local podiatrist Dr. Todd O’Brien and students and staff at UMaine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756
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The Village Soup website has a preview of an Aug. 11 documentary presentation and panel discussion at the Strand Theatre in Rockland about the potential for offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Maine. Habib Dagher, the Bath Iron Works Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Maine, and the founding director of the […]
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An Orono podiatrist is on the cusp of a technological breakthrough with a new medical instrument — an electronic tuning fork — that he’s developing with assistance from students and staff at the University of Maine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center.
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The Journal Tribune of Biddeford has an editorial noting UMaine’s contributions to wind power research. The editorial, which advocates for more wind farms in Maine, says UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center is working on the technology and engineering to train a new generation how to work in the emerging wind power industry. Contact: Jessica […]
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A University of Maine engineering professor is working on a research and education grant focused on watershed sustainability, a project which includes helping middle school-aged children understand the effects of climate change on watershed sustainability in their own municipalities.
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The website Reinforced Plastics has a story about a bridge in Boothbay, Maine, which was rebuilt using hybrid-composite beam technology tested at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The Knickerbocker Bridge, developed at Harbor Technologies in Brunswick, is said to be the longest composite vehicular bridge in the world. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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