UMaine News

Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center, commented in a Thursday WABI television story about the installation of a new bridge in Hermon.  The structure uses “bridge in a backpack” technology developed under Dagher’s direction at the UMaine center.  UMaine spinoff company Advanced Infrastructure Technologies is working with a local construction […]

Several UMaine initiatives, such as research into tidal power and the use of composites in bridge-building, were on display last week for attendees of the two-day Atlantica conference held in the Bangor area, according to a Mainebiz story. The conference, which drew more than 100 people from the U.S. and Canada, aims to promote increased […]

An extensive online report in the Chautauquan Daily, the official newspaper of the Chautauqua Institution, describes a Tuesday presentation by Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center.  Dagher, speaking as part of the institution’s “Powering the Future” lecture series, described the potential for deep offshore wind power and talked about the […]

University of Maine engineering student Ashley Bailey is interviewed about Maine’s farming tradition in a story about the Union Fair.

UMaine mechanical engineering professor Mick Peterson is quoted in a Los Angeles Times report and several other stories about a Thursday California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) ruling.  The group decided against the Oak Tree Racing Association’s proposal to use the Santa Anita race track in Arcadia, Cal. for fall facing.  CHRB engaged Peterson to assess […]

Contact: Ali Abedi, 581-2231 orabedi@ieee.org ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine will host this month representatives from the government, academic community and aerospace industry companies to discuss future uses of wireless technology in the aerospace industry, and how the technology can be applied to commercial aviation, during the CANEUS Fly-By-Wireless Workshop. The conference will […]

Racing surface expert Mick Peterson began a study on the safety of Santa Anita’s Pro-Ride synthetic surface on Tuesday, and said Wednesday that he will present a preliminary report on his findings at the California Horse Racing Board’s monthly meeting in Del Mar on Aug. 19. Click here for the full story.