Contact: Ryan Foley, ryan.t.foley@umit.maine.edu; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine Black Bear Robotics Club will host VEX, a robotics competition for middle and high school students, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 27. Opening ceremonies will begin at 9:30 a.m. at UMaine’s Donald P. Corbett Building in room […]
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Contact: David Dvorak, 581-2338; Paul Villeneuve, 581-2271; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO – Students at the University of Maine will have a chance to participate in a new course in the Fall of 2010 that’s all about renewable energy. Renewable Energy and Electricity Production will introduce the different types of renewable energy technologies and geographical […]
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For the third year in a row, the University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures & Composites Center has been recognized as an industry leader by the American Composites Manufacturers Association (ACMA).
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Contact: Dana Humphrey, 581-2216, Mohsen Shahinpoor, 581-2243, ORONO — The University of Maine’s College of Engineering has increased its number of courses in robotics engineering to more than a dozen and has created a minor in the field, which will be available to students in the fall of 2010. The expended program is a response […]
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Contact: Professor Habib Dagher, (207) 581-2138; Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 ORONO, Maine – The University of Maine has received a $12.4 million grant from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology for construction of its new deepwater offshore wind energy research and testing facility. The 30,000 square foot addition to UMaine’s Advanced […]
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Contact: Professor John Vetelino, (207) 581-2264; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – University of Maine electrical and computer engineering Professor John Vetelino has been conferred as a 2010 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow. Vetelino received the honor for his contributions to acoustic wave properties of piezoelectric crystals and their application in […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — Alston D. “Pete” Correll and Ada Lee Correll of Atlanta, Georgia, have provided a $2 million gift to the University of Maine. The gift will be directed to four key areas at UMaine, where Pete Correll received two master’s degrees in engineering, one in 1966 and one in […]
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Contacts: Paul L. Villeneuve (207) 581-2271; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO – In collaboration with the University of Maine, the Maine Public Utilities Commission’s Efficiency Maine Program is seeking applications for a Wind Turbine Site Survey within the state. UMaine is responsible for tower erection, data collection and review, and tower decommissioning, and students will […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — “Composites Manufacturing” magazine has recognized Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center as one of the industry’s leaders. Dagher is one of 16 people out of a pool of 50 nominees who were selected to receive the B.E.S.T. Award, which […]
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Contacts: Michael Mason (207) 581-2344; Aimee Dolloff, (207) 581-3777 ORONO, Maine – 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. Associate Professor […]
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