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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Civil engineer Francis Crowe, a 1905 graduate of the University of Maine who went on to oversee construction of 19 of the largest dams in the Western United States, including the Hoover Dam, was profiled in an Investor’s Business Daily article on the Hoover Dam project . The UMaine College of Engineering’s Francis Crowe Society […]
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Bangor television station WLBZ covered Wednesday’s UMaine Engineering Job Fair, which was held at the student recreation center. There were 65 companies at the fair, according to the report. UMaine civil and environmental engineer Eric Landis said in an interview that in a knowledge-based economy, we need engineers to drive innovation. Senior Jessica Sanborn who […]
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The Green Optimist, a website that focuses on alternative energy, carried a Reuters story about UMaine engineer Clay Wheeler’s two-step process for making biofuel from wood. Wheeler said in the story he anticipates the value of biofuel will continue increase as petroleum sources become more scarce. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Prof. Hemant Pendse will give a presentation, “Forest Bioproducts — why now, why in Maine,” at the next Research Cafe, presented by the UMaine Vice President for Research office. The session is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 10 at 4 p.m. in Fogler Library’s University Club. Pendse is director of UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Institute (FBRI) and […]
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The international Reuters wire service released a story and video about a revolutionary method developed at UMaine to make biofuels from the cellulose in wood fiber. Clay Wheeler, a UMaine chemical engineering professor, developed the unique process along with undergraduates working in his lab. Scientific American ran the report on the front page of its […]
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