The website CaaS (Software as a Service) has posted a UMaine news release about an informational application for Android phones and operating systems developed by students in a computer engineering class taught by associate professor Yifeng Zhu. Contact: George Manlove, 581-3756
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The website Smart Grid ran a UMaine news release about a smart phone application developed by students in the classroom of Yifeng Zhu, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. The app, which is available for free through the online Android Market, is an open-source application that allows users to view weekly class schedules, class […]
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The Christian Science Monitor examines tidal power research in Eastport a report on its website. UMaine research into the potential effect of the tidal turbines on marine life was mentioned in the story. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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Prof. David Neivandt of the UMaine Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering will discuss the lobster shell golf ball project on a pair of WVOM radio (103.9 FM) interviews this week. He’ll be the guest on Deb Neuman’s Back to Business segment during the George Hale/Ric Tyler Show from 8-9 a.m. Wednesday. The interview will […]
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ORONO — As use of cell phones is banned in some university classrooms, one course at the University of Maine requires them.
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The Bangor Daily News published a Saturday report about the Windstorm Challenge, held Friday at UMaine’s Field House and Wallace Pool. Teams from high schools around Maine participated in the challenge, which involved creating and demonstrating 1/100th scale models of floating turbine platforms, similar to an extensive R&D project underway in UMaine’s Advanced Structures and […]
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The Vanguard, a Nova Scotia newspaper, is the latest to report on the lobster shell golf ball initiative of UMaine’s Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering and its Lobster Institute. The story includes comments from engineering Prof. David Neivandt, who is working on the project with student Alex Caddell and Lobster Institute Executive Director Prof. […]
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ORONO — Six teams of UMaine mechanical engineering technology (MET) students who squared off for an unusual engineering Senior Design Competition recently found that sometimes simplicity is best.
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Approximately 70 people — including middle school and high school teachers, school administrators, University of Maine faculty members and experts on STEM education, will meet at Point Lookout in Northport Friday May 13 and Saturday May 14.
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The website North American Windpower has a story in advance of Friday’s Wind Blade and Windstorm Challenges for middle and high school students. The challenges are being held on the UMaine campus. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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