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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UMaine’s research into biofuels and bioplastics was noted in a Mainebiz story about Maine’s clean economy and the high grades the state received recently in a Brookings Institution report. The story mentioned the company Old Town Fuel & Fiber and its work with the UMaine Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering to refine a process […]
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Paul Ferguson, the University of Maine’s president since July 1, will attend the annual summer reunion of UMaine’s Class of 1944 on Wednesday July 27 in Memorial Union.
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UMaine Libra Foundation Professor of Engineering Michael “Mick” Peterson was mentioned in a report on the Daily Racing Form website about the reopening of the Santa Anita horse racing track in California. The track’s surface underwent a renovation and Peterson administered the testings of soil samples from the track in an on-site lab. Contact: Jessica […]
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An op-ed piece in the Bangor Daily News about the need for research and development bonds noted the support for research institutions such as UMaine that bonds can provide. The authors noted UMaine research into deepwater offshore wind power and the new building set to open soon that will enable the testing of large-scale wind […]
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The Portland Press Herald had a brief about an award given to WBRC Architects Engineers for the firm’s design for the offshore wind research facility at UMaine. The Maine chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute gave WBRC the Award for Design Excellence. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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