Engineering

Magazine Calls UMaine Professor a Composites Industry Leader

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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UMaine Professor Researching Way to Make Cancer Detection Easier

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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UMaine Alternative Energy Course Begins Sept. 4

Note to reporters: the list of lecturers and their subjects may provide a useful directory of expertise related to various energy-related issues.  Please let us know if you would like help in contacting any of the experts listed. Contact Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 ORONO — The University of Maine’s Electrical Engineering Technology program and […]

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Council of Canadian Academies Appoints UMaine Professor

Contact: Professor Darrell W. Donahue, (207) 581-2728 The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) has selected University of Maine Chemical & Biological Engineering Professor Darrell W. Donahue to serve as an expert on a panel on Approaches to Animal Health Risk Assessment. As a panelist, he will aid in the preparation of a report for the […]

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UMaine Announces $20M National Science Foundation Grant for Sustainability Initiative

Contact: Vicki Nemeth, Maine EPSCoR Director, 581-3399,maineepscor@umit.maine.eduJoe Carr, 581-3571, joecarr@maine.edu ORONO — Gov. John Baldacci and other state leaders joined University of Maine and University of Southern Maine officials on Wednesday morning to announce a $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant for a wide-ranging new project called the […]

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Federal Grant to Support Statewide Research, Outreach Project

Contact: Joe Carr, (207) 581-3571 ORONO – Gov. John Baldacci and other state government leaders will join University of Maine and University of Southern Maine officials on Wednesday to announce a $20 million National Science Foundation EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant to create the Center for Sustainability Solutions. The announcement event is […]

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Maine Summer Transportation Institute Underway July 13-24

Contact: Sheila Pendse, 944-9263; George Manlove, 581-3756 ORONO — Up to 20 middle school students from the greater Bangor area are getting a close look at careers in engineering and transportation over the next two weeks as participants in the annual Maine Summer Transportation Institute at the University of Maine. Cosponsored by the Maine Department […]

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UMF, UMaine Create Dual Degree in Liberal Arts, Engineering

Contact: Chet Rock, 581-2218; April Mulherin, 778-7081 ORONO — The University of Maine and the University of Maine, Farmington, are collaborating to offer a five-year dual degree program resulting in liberal arts and engineering degrees. Beginning in the fall of 2009, students can spend three years pursuing a bachelor of arts degree at Farmington, then […]

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Henry Metcalf Receives 2009 UMaine Hikel Service Award

Contact: Kelly Hoovler, 581-1581 ORONO — Henry B. Metcalf, associate professor emeritus of general engineering at UMaine, has received the university’s 2009 Barbara Hikel Award, presented annually to a retiree who has continued to serve the institution as a volunteer. The annual award was established in 2006 by the president of the University of Maine […]

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Spaghetti Bridge Breaking Competition at UMaine

Contact: Victoria Blanchette, 581-2204; Eric Landis, 581-2170 ORONO, Maine – Students from Monmouth Academy will put spaghetti noodles — Delverde perciatelli #6, to be precise — to the test during the seventh annual Spaghetti Bridge Breaking Competition at the University of Maine. The event will be held on Tuesday, June 2 in Boardman Hall, room […]

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