The Portland Press Herald profiled Kenneth Priest II, the owner of Augusta-based composites manufacturer Kenway Corp., who graduated from UMaine with a degree in civil engineering. Kenway has worked with UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center on construction projects, including the center’s Bridge-in-a-Backpack technology. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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In an op-ed piece in the Bangor Daily News, Eastern Maine Development Corp. President Michael Aube lauded UMaine for embarking on development by using traditional sectors of Maine’s economy, such as forestry, farming and fishing, to advance energy, composites and aquaculture. Aube also recognized UMaine as the state’s premier postgraduate and research institution. Contact: Jessica […]
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The website Composites World has an article about efforts to include programs about composites in the U.S. educational system. The Windstorm and Wind Blade challenges, which were held last month at UMaine with coordination from the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, were mentioned as examples of programs that expose students to working with composite […]
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Wednesday’s Bangor Daily News includes a front-page story looking at a variety of economic issues related to deepwater offshore wind power. UMaine Prof. Habib Dagher, who is leading efforts to develop that technology through the DeepCWind Consortium, is a primary source for the story, which also references comments from Dean Dana Humphrey of the UMaine […]
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A Bangor High School student whose father is on the UMaine engineering faculty has been named the Maine state winner of the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize, according to a Bangor Daily News story. Leila Musavi is the daughter of Mohamad Musavi, the former chair of UMaine’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department who will take […]
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The Bangor Daily News published an opinion piece by Ernie Hilton, who has an engineering degree from UMaine, about the future of the Land Use Regulation Commission. Hilton has an engineering and legal practice in Madison. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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The website Offshore Wind Wire cited a Bangor Daily News story about town officials from Belfast, Searsport and Stockton Springs who are working together to attract the offshore wind industry to their region. The website mentioned that Habib Dagher, the director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, is scheduled speak to the public […]
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The University of Maine College of Engineering has announced that Mohamad Musavi has been selected as associate dean for academics and research. He will replace Chet Rock, who retired May 13, 2011. Prior to this appointment, Musavi served as chair of the college’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
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Friday’s Brunswick Times-Record included an editorial calling for a greater state investment in research and development, expressing support for the three R&D-related bond proposals currently under consideration by the Maine Legislature. The editorial makes reference to UMaine’s leadership in the state’s innovation economy, specifically in forest bioproducts and composite materials.
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Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, is scheduled to give a talk at the Belfast City Boathouse on Tuesday, May 31, according to the Village Soup website. Dagher will be speaking to elected officials from Searsport, Belfast and Stockton Springs, as well as members of the public, about the center’s […]
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