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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UMaine’s research into wind power was noted in a Portland Press Herald story about how some municipalities in southern Maine are dealing with regulations on wind turbines in urban locations. The story mentioned that UMaine does monthly analysis on wind speed measurements taken on Peaks Island near Portland. Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777
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In an interview in this week’s edition of Mainebiz, former Maine Gov. Angus King, now a principal in Independence Wind LLC, discusses the future of energy in Maine, the contentiousness of mountaintop wind farm development and, in contrast, the apparent popularity of deepwater offshore wind turbine technology being developed by Habib Dagher, director of the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Portland lawyer Jeffrey A. Thaler has been appointed a UMaine visiting professor of energy law, policy and ethics. He will also serve as a liaison to other UMaine System campuses involved in the new UMaine-based statewide curriculum in renewable energy to be developed by UMaine President Emeritus Robert Kennedy. […]
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Richard Higgins, a 1979 UMaine graduate and retired Boeing executive, has won Tau Beta Pi’s 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award. That engineering honor society will formally recognize Higgins with the award at its October convention in Indianapolis. According to the Tau Beta Pi news release, the award honors Higgins’ “lifetime achievements and commitment to engineering education.” […]
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A unique tube-crimping device created by students and staff at the University of Maine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center for a Rockland marine products company has streamlined the company’s operations to the point where its business emphasis may change. Students and staff at the Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) last spring designed, machined and assembled a compressed air-powered […]
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UMaine’s work on wind power was mentioned in a Bangor Daily News article about a finding that Maine surpasses the national rate in creation of so-called green jobs. The story said UMaine is working in partnership with companies such as Cianbro and Bath Iron Works to build a regional cluster of expertise around the development […]
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Prominent Portland attorney Jeffrey A. Thaler has been appointed University of Maine Visiting Professor of Energy Law, Policy and Ethics for a two-year period beginning Aug. 29, 2011 “Jeff Thaler is an acknowledged expert in this field, and he will be instrumental to our efforts as we further develop renewable energy academic programming, research and […]
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UMaine Dept. of Electrical and Computer engineering doctoral student Abolfazl Razi recently won the best paper award at CANEUS/IEEE International Fly By Wireless Conference in Montreal. His paper, on Interference Reduction in Passive Wireless Sensor Networks, was chosen from a field of 38 entries.
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The Sun-Journal in Lewiston recently carried an article about a successful collaboration between the University of Maine and Falcon Performance Footwear in Auburn, which resulted in a unique protective boot toecap made from a composite resin devised at the university’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The caps will be formed starting this fall from […]
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