The University of Maine Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced winners of this year’s second annual Undergraduate Research & Academic Showcase held last week. Nine awards were made after consideration of more than 50 research projects presented as end-of-the year capstone exhibits or displays. The research represents disciplines from across campus.
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The website Geek.com noted the lobster shell golf ball project that UMaine engineer David Neivandt and student Alex Caddell worked on recently. The golf balls are made discarded lobster shells and are entirely biodegradable. Contact: Kristen Andresen, 207-581-3742
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Several media outlets covered the release Tuesday of “Safer by Design: Businesses Can Replace Toxic Ingredients Through Green Chemistry” at UMaine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation. The report, which was commissioned by the advocacy group Environment Maine, looked at 14 businesses using environmentally friendly green chemistry in their work. Maine Public Radio included comments from […]
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Contact: Jessica Bloch, 207-581-3777 The Kennebec Journal has a story about a firm currently working with UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center which was awarded a $500,000 grant from the Maine Technology Institute. WindFloat Maine, a subsidiary of Seattle-based Principle Power Inc., received the grant to help fund the development of the company’s WindFloat, […]
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Contact: Kristen Andresen, 581-3742 The Huffington Post has on its HuffPost Green website a feature story about the lobster shell golf balls developed by UMaine engineer David Neivandt and his undergraduate student Alex Caddell. The posting said UMaine is the most fitting institute in the world to create the golf balls, which are made of […]
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Contact: Chuck Maguire, (207) 581-2797; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 Gasoline prices have reached or exceeded $4 a gallon in Maine and across the country, leaving many consumers wondering how to cut transportation expenses to cope with rising prices. University of Maine associate professor of mechanical engineering technology, Chuck Maguire, a former engine designer with General […]
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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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