Contact: Shaleen Jain, (207) 581-2420 ORONO — Water, sometimes plentiful, other times scarce, is a vital resource to humans and the environment, but finding a balance that keeps the needs of both fulfilled is complicated, especially when combined with climate change concerns. A University of Maine research team studying how shifting climate conditions are affecting […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that it will invest an additional $20 million to develop and test deepwater offshore wind technologies. University of Maine Prof. Habib Dagher credits Sen. Susan Collins’ efforts promote the University of Maine’s pioneering work in this technology development, including […]
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Contact: Michael Mason, 581-2344 ORONO — A recent discovery by a University of Maine engineering professor and his collaborators is expected to make it easier for doctors to find cancerous tumors and start treatment in the early stages of the disease when it can be most effective. Working with a $78,000 grant from the Maine […]
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Contact: Roberta Laverty, (207) 581-2110 or Paul Williamson, Maine Composites Alliance, (207) 242-3521 ORONO – High schools and vocational centers across Maine are set to participate on May 14 in the second Maine Wind Blade Challenge hosted by the University of Maine AEWC Advanced Structures & Composites Center in partnership with the Maine Composites Alliance […]
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ORONO — Four highly accomplished University of Maine professors, each with long and distinguished records of service to the university and its students, were announced this afternoon as the winners of UMaine’s annual top faculty awards. The awards are part of the annual Academic Honors Convocation, traditionally held the day before commencement. Today’s event was […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571, joe.carr@umit.maine.edu ORONO — Owen McCarthy of Patten, Maine, was named the Outstanding Graduating Student in the University of Maine College of Engineering. He will graduate May 8 with a bachelor’s degree in biological engineering. McCarthy, the 2006 valedictorian of Katahdin High School, came to UMaine as a Top Scholar. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Innovative and newly-patented University of Maine composites materials technology is now under commercial development through a licensing agreement with a southern Maine manufacturing company. Modular Ballistic Protection System (MBPS) technology, which was conceptualized, fabricated and tested at UMaine’s AEWC: Advanced Structures and Composites Center, provide protection for […]
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Contact: Roberta Laverty, (207) 581-2121 or Sharon Daigle-Gerrish, gerrishs@mssm.org or (207) 325-3322 ext 1005 ORONO – Students from The Maine School of Science and Mathematics in Limestone will visit the University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures & Composites Center and other research facilities on campus on Friday, April 16. University of Maine Professor Habib Dagher, […]
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Contact: Roberta Laverty, (207) 581-2121; Aimee Dolloff (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – Matthew Simmons, founder of The Ocean Energy Institute in Rockland, Maine, will present “The Dawning of Ocean Energy: Our Last Frontier” at 1 p.m. Friday, April 9, at Wells Conference Center at the University of Maine. Simmons, chair emeritus of the energy investment […]
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Contact: Hemant Pendse, (207) 949-1007; Thomas Schwartz (student), (978) 944-0568; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine is set to host the Regional Student Conference of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) March 26-27. Part of the conference will be the annual Chem-E Car competition, at which UMaine has performed […]
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