The Portland Press Herald and Boston Examiner website both have articles about new UMaine-developed biodegradable golf balls made out of lobster shells. UMaine bioengineer David Neivandt and undergraduate student Alex Caddell provided the research for the golf balls, which are the brainchild of Carin Poeschel Orr, who earned a master’s degree in marine bioresources from […]
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The science page on the website of English newspaper Daily Mail is a carrying reports about a biodegradable golf ball made out of lobster shells that was developed at UMaine by bioengineer David Neivandt and undergraduate Alex Caddell. Wire service UPI also had a story on its website.
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Contact Kris Burton, (207) 581-1488 or kris.burton@maine.edu ORONO, Maine — Golfers on the high seas can breathe a little easier — and so can the marine life around them — thanks to researchers at the University of Maine. In conjunction with The Lobster Institute, UMaine Biological and Chemical Engineering Professor David Neivandt and undergraduate student Alex Caddell of […]
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Bangor television station WLBZ has a story about a new golf ball made of lobster shells which was developed by UMaine bioengineer David Neivandt. UMaine junior Alex Caddell of Winterport, who also worked on the project, was interviewed along with Neivandt for the story.
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Former Maine education commissioner J. Duke Albanese will visit UMaine on Monday April 4, as part of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center Distinguished Maine Policy Fellow Program. Albanese currently serves as senior policy adviser in Maine’s Great Schools Partnership. Albanese will spend the day at UMaine, […]
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Contact: Joe Carr, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu, 207-581-3571 Roberta Laverty, Roberta.laverty@umit.maine.edu, 207-581-2110 ORONO — The Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine has scheduled a Friday April 1 event in recognition of a prestigious national award for innovation. University personnel and their business and industry partners will gather to celebrate the Pankow Award for Innovation, […]
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Carlton Brown, 581-2781 ORONO — The University of Maine’s team of surveying engineering students recently won second place in the National Society of Professional Surveyors’ 10th annual student competition in Las Vegas. As part of the competition, held in conjunction with the California Land Surveyors and Nevada Association of Land Surveyors joint conference, seven student […]
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Comments from Bruce Segee of the UMaine electrical and computer engineering faculty are included in a front-page Mainebiz story about efforts to leverage cyberinfrastructure and supercomputing resources to assist in statewide economic development efforts. The story notes that a University of Maine System-led initiative, Cyberinfrastructure Investment for Development, Economic Growth and Research (CIDER) recently received […]
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Contacts: Thomas Ordelt, (207) 581-2328; George Manlove (207) 581-3756 ORONO — A University of Maine track and field coach has teamed up with exercise science and mechanical engineering researchers to improve the performance of his athletes. A study being conducted on the UMaine campus is employing scientific methods to identify the timing and magnitude of […]
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The blast-resistant technology developed at the UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center could also be used in areas where earthquakes occur, officials at the center told WLBZ television. Center Director Habib Dagher and Larry Parent, assistant director of operations and program management, who were interviewed for the story, said blast-resistant structures have been tested […]
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