Website Notes UMaine Bridge Technology
CompositesWorld.com noted a recent story in the Boston Globe which highlighted UMaine’s bridge-in-a-backpack technology.
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Peterson in BDN Tidal Power Story
Comments from Mick Peterson of the UMaine mechanical engineering faculty are included in a Bangor Daily News story reporting on a tidal power forum held Saturday at Maine Maritime Academy.
Read moreBoston Globe Bridge-in-a-Backpack Story
Monday’s Boston Globe includes a story about “bridge-in-a-backpack” technology created at UMaine. The story features comments from Prof. Habib Dagher, director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, along with Brit Svoboda, chief executive of Advanced Infrastructure Technologies. His company licenced the technology from UMaine to develop it for commercial applications.
Read moreHermansen Weighs in On Land Dispute
Knud Hermansen of the UMaine engineering faculty provided expertise that helped the town of Minot settle a dispute over a building permit. The town’s board of appeals voted on Tuesday night to reverse a previous decision and grant a land developer permission to build on a lot located beyond the end of York Road.
Read moreWebsite Mentions New Magnetometer
The science, physics and technology website Physorg.com has a story about a new piece of equipment that will be up and running at UMaine next fall. UMaine is gaining a superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer, known as a SQUID magnetometer, which will make it possible for faculty members in several science disciplines to perform high-resolution […]
Read moreEngineering Lab Dedication Today at Boardman Hall
Contact: Vicky Blanchette 581-2204 or 944-2695 The College of Engineering at the University of Maine is holding an event today at 3 p.m. to dedicate the Alton ’38 and Adelaide Hamm Student Design Project Laboratory. The dedication will be held in Room 1 of Boardman Hall. The donor, Alton Hamm, will arrive about 2:30 p.m. […]
Read moreUMaine Gaining State-of-the-Art Magnetometer
Contact: Robert Meulenberg, (207) 581-2245 or Robert.meulenberg@umit.maine.edu The University of Maine will by next summer have in place a state-of-the-art magnetometer with which it will be possible for faculty members in several science disciplines to perform high-resolution magnetic and electrical experiments. The superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer, known as a SQUID magnetometer, will reach temperatures […]
Read moreVerso Working With UMaine Researchers
A Bangor Daily News story about a planned $40 million boiler-turbine project at the Verso Paper Co. mill in Bucksport included comments about the company’s work with UMaine researchers to develop new projects in order to remain profitable in the paper market. Verso spokesman Bill Cohen said UMaine is doing research in Orono and tests […]
Read moreUMaine Biomechanical Research Helps Develop Injury-Reduction Products
Contact: Vincent Caccese, (207) 581-2131 ORONO — Engineering researchers at the University of Maine are receiving more than $533,000 in grant funding to create a new biomechanical laboratory to help test and evaluate injury-reduction, repair and rehabilitation equipment under development by several small Maine companies. The lab will employ a family of state-of-the-art crash test […]
Read morePeterson Churchill Downs Work Referenced
A Bloodhorse.com story describes concerns about drought-included conditions at the Churchill Downs race track in Kentucky, site of this weekend’s Breeders’ Cup. The story notes that UMaine engineering professor Mick Peterson, an expert on race track surfaces, has been consulting with track officials as they work to prepare the surface and that he will be […]
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