In an article about the potential for offshore floating wind energy farms off the East Coast of the U.S., Reuters noted that New England Aqua Ventus, which aims to have a long-term power purchase agreement in place with the Maine Public Utilities Commission to start construction of 12 wind turbines by 2024, uses a concrete-based […]
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The Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) at the University of Maine will host the 2023 Transportation Infrastructure Durability Conference August 8-10 at the Wells Conference Center. The conference brings together university researchers, industry professionals and state and municipal government leaders to discuss a broad range of topics, including the successful research and deployment of advanced […]
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The Maine Monitor spoke with Jean MacRae, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, for an opinion piece about reimagining the creation and reuse of material goods in order to phase out PFAS, or “forever chemicals.” Maine has put itself at the forefront of researching how to break down these […]
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Four University of Maine Ph.D. students won the top awards in the college division of the 2023 Bioscience Association of Maine (BioME) Student Showcase on May 3. The annual competition tasks college and high school students, who participate in separate divisions, with presenting life-science focused research projects to win cash and academic prizes. According to […]
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In a story titled “N.H. lags in luring offshore wind’s economic benefits” the Concord Monitor highlighted offshore wind energy workforce training at the University of Maine. Since last year, UMaine has been working on new courses, micro-credentials and an undergraduate concentration in offshore wind energy, as well as opportunities to study it at the largest […]
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In an article about Regional School Unit 74 in North Anson, Maine launching a high altitude balloon for a school-wide STEAM project, the Daily Bulldog noted that the University of Maine High Altitude Ballooning program assisted in the effort. The program supports teachers by launching payloads for experiments aboard a high altitude balloon up to […]
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In an op-ed about the potential for offshore wind energy generation in Maine, the South Portland Sentry noted that new offshore wind technology is still in development at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center.
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The Bangor Daily News published an op-ed by Michael Haedicke, associate professor of sociology at the University of Maine and a faculty fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, and Jean MacRae, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and a Mitchell Center faculty fellow, titled “Producers and regulators must […]
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The Maine Monitor featured research at the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute to develop alternatives to fossil fuels by using wood that might otherwise go to waste. Ian Toal, mechanical process engineer, spoke to the online publication about the project. “I’ve got a 5-year-old at home that I still can’t imagine what kind […]
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WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) featured the 20th annual Maine Learning Technology Initiative student conference, which involved more than a thousand students and included over 40 sessions centered around engaging them in essential computer science skills and knowledge.
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