Engineering

Advance on Maine Chinese Conference

Eliot Cutler, a Maine businessman and former gubernatorial candidate, will be the keynote speaker at the 2011 Maine Chinese Conference on Oct. 28-29, according to a report in the Bangor Daily News. UMaine’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is one of the host organizations of the event, and Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC […]

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Advance on E2Tech Conference

The Free Press, a weekly newspaper that covers midcoast Maine, noted the upcoming free public forum about Maine’s evolving wind energy resource, sponsored by the Environmental and Energy Technology Council of Maine (E2Tech). The forum will be held Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at UMaine’s Wells Conference Center. UMaine Professor of […]

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International Group’s Visit Covered on USDA Blog

The blog for the U.S. Department of Agriculture had an entry about the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development’s recent visit to UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The visit was organized by USDA Rural Development in order for the Paris-based OECD to review how renewable energy projects are supporting rural economic development in […]

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BDN Report on European Delegation Visit to Composites Center

The Bangor Daily covered Tuesday’s visit to the UMaine AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center by the international Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation, which is based in France. The OEDC was visiting to learn more about UMaine’s research into deepwater offshore wind power. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777

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Report on International Economic Group’s Visit to UMaine

Bangor television station WABI reported on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s visit Tuesday to UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center to learn about the center’s work in the area of deepwater offshore wind energy. Center Director Habib Dagher said in an interview that UMaine and the Paris-based OECD share the same interest […]

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Advance on International Group’s Visit to AEWC

The New England Cable News website is carrying an Associate Press report on Tuesday’s visit to the UMaine AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center by the international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which promotes economic policies that have a positive social impact. The group will get a tour and briefing on the DeepCwind Consortium, […]

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UMaine Engineer Participates in Canadian Study of Animal Health

Contact: Darrell Donahue, ddonahue@umche.maine.edu; Jessica Bloch, (207) 581-3777 or jessica.bloch@umit.maine.edu University of Maine chemical engineer Darrell Donahue participated recently in a Canada-based expert panel charged with reviewing animal health risk assessment practices in order to protect the health of animals and people, and the environment and economy.

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UMaine Grad Interviewed Following Appalachian Trail Hike

The Bangor Daily News interviewed recent UMaine civil engineering graduate Christi Holmes of Machias about her recent experiences as a through hiker on the Appalachian Trail, a 2,175-mile sojourn from March to August that she says helped reinforce her appreciation for life’s simpler things. Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756

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