In a question-and-answer session about leadership on the Washington Post blog On Leadership, Small Business Administration head Karen Mills mentioned UMaine’s work with the boat-building industry to create new technologies. Mills is a Maine native.
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Contact: Sheila Pendse, 581-2225 ORONO — More than 90 girl scouts and 38 adult troop leaders will visit the University of Maine Saturday, Nov. 6, for a day of learning about engineering careers through activities, discussions and experimentation with UMaine students, faculty and staff. Activities planned for “Transforming Leadership: Engineering Their Future” include exploring hands-on […]
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Several UMaine faculty and researchers were highlighted in a Bangor Daily News story about an offshore wind power test site at Monhegan island. Peter Jumars, the director of UMaine’s School of Marine Scientists, was interviewed about environmental testing being performed at the site, and Bob Lindyberg of the AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center discussed […]
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Contact: Kate Beard, (207) 581-2147 or beard@spatial.maine.edu Researchers in the UMaine department of spatial information science and engineering have received a four-year, $700,937 grant from the National Science Foundation to participate in an international project they hope will eventually result in a device that could help blind and visually impaired people lead more independent lives. […]
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Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 Note: a photo of the scholarship recipients is available upon request ORONO — The University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation recently distributed more than $262,000 in scholarship funds to engineering and forestry students interested in pulp and paper industry-related careers. The fall 2010 semester scholarship recipients were announced […]
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The website masshightech.com had a story about R&D programs that recently received funding from the Maine Technology Institute’s Maine Technology Asset Fund, including five UMaine projects that were allotted a combined $3.5 million in awards.
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WABI television broadcast a Wednesday news story about Wednesday’s engineering career fair, organized by the UMaine Career Center. The story includes an interview with Career Center director Patty Counihan.
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Contact: Michael Bilodeau, 949-4177; Andrew Plant, 764-3361 A $1.65 million award from the Maine Technology Asset Fund will enable the University of Maine Biomass Engineered Fuel Project to prototype the Northeast’s first grass pellet production facility in Aroostook County. “The grant will allow the University of Maine to better support the emerging solid biofuels industry […]
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Several news organizations covered Tuesday’s deepwater offshore wind energy conference in Northport. UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures and Composites Center organized the conference as part of the DeepCWind Consortium. UMaine Prof. Habib Dagher, the UMaine center’s director and the driving force behind offshore wind technology development, was interviewed in the news stories developed by WLBZ/WCSH, WABI, […]
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The Bangor Daily News on Monday featured a story about the tidal energy testing site at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, where UMaine scientists are conducting environmental studies as part of an assessment of tidal energy locations in Maine.
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