Contact: George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 UMaine associate professor of mechanical engineering technology Chuck Maguire was interviewed for a Channel 2 (WABI) report Tuesday on ways consumers can maximize fuel efficiency as gasoline prices reach and exceed $4 a gallon. The former engine designer for General Motors in Detroit says today’s newer vehicles have the most […]
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Contact: Nancy Hall, (207) 581-2404 University of Maine undergraduate students will present more than 50 research projects all day on Wednesday, April 13 at the Wells Conference Center for the second annual Undergraduate Research & Academic Showcase. The research represents disciplines from across campus.
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 In a column on the Bangor Daily News business page, Eastern Maine Development Corporation President Michael Aube points out the bridge-in-a-backpage technology developed at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center as an example of the combination of the innovation, creativity and ingenuity needed to advance the Maine economy. The bridge technology […]
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Contact: George Manlove at 207-581-3756 Channel 2 (WLBZ) and its Channel 6 affiliate in Portland (WCSH) carried a wind energy news report Tuesday featuring UMaine graduate student Heather Martin of the UMaine AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, Maine Maritime Academy students and MMA professor Richard Kimball, who are collectively leading the way in offshore […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch at 207-581-3777 Portland Press Herald columnist Bill Nemitz called attention in his Wednesday piece to several UMaine projects, including the announcement last week that UMaine bioengineer David Neivandt and student Alex Caddell had come up with a golf ball made of crushed lobster shells which is being marketed to the cruise-ship industry, […]
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Golf balls made from lobster shells, created by faculty and students in UMaine’s Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, in partnership with the Lobster Institute at UMaine, are the subject of widespread news coverage. Prof. David Neivandt was interviewed for a Saturday National Public Radio story. Other reports on the golf balls, intended for use […]
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The Bangor Daily News published a Saturday report on a national award given to UMaine for bridge-in-a-backpack technology developed at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The American Society for Civil Engineering recognized the technology with its annual Pankow Award Thursday in Washington, DC. UMaine received the recognition along with the Maine Dept. of Transportation […]
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MSNBC’s Innovation and Technology website featured an Associated Press story about the biodegradable golf balls, made out of lobster shells, developed by UMaine bioengineer David Neivandt and undergraduate Alex Caddell. The Bangor Daily News also reported on the golf balls, as did Bangor television station WABI.
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The Rockland-based weekly newspaper Free Press covered last week one of a series of meetings about UMaine’s efforts to research deepwater offshore wind energy. Presenters at the meeting, which was held in Port Clyde, included Bob Lindyberg of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center which is leading the research effort, and Paul Anderson, the […]
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A Sen. Olympia Snowe news release recognizes UMaine and its collaborators for innovation excellence. Representatives from UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, the Maine Dept. of Transportation, Advanced Infrastructure Technologies and KlienfelderS/ E A Consultants were recognized in Washington, DC with a prestigious award. The award, from the American Council of Engineering Companies, for Bridge-in-a-backpack […]
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