Mechanical engineering major Lara Chern of Bow, New Hampshire is the 2023 University of Maine valedictorian. UMaine’s two 2023 salutatorians are Mikayla Reynolds of Winslow, Maine, a double major in business management and marketing, and biomedical engineering major Zoe Vittum of Brewer, Maine. The three will graduate May 6 at UMaine’s 221st commencement ceremonies. “We […]
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Mechanical engineering major Lara Chern of Bow, New Hampshire is the 2023 University of Maine valedictorian. Chern is an Honors College student with minors in engineering leadership and management, and mathematics. She graduated from high school two years ahead of her class and enrolled at UMaine when she was 16. As a UMaine junior, she […]
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Zoe Vittum of Brewer, Maine is a University of Maine 2023 salutatorian. Vittum, who minors in bioinstrumentation and neuroscience, is a UMaine Presidential Scholar, and a 2022–23 Helen Louise Stinchfield ’18 Memorial Scholar and Tau Beta Pi Scholar. Her numerous academic and research awards include two National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) — […]
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Artificial intelligence, or “AI,” is a hot topic in 2023. AI and machine learning make headlines every day, with stories ranging from the technology’s helpful capabilities, like self-driving cars, to its scariest potential — think “deep fake” videos fooling the public, or human workers being made obsolete by tools like ChatGPT. At the University of […]
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Alumnus and president of Dielectric, Keith Pelletier, is among the recipients of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing’s Edward Bryand annual awards honoring alumni, faculty, staff and students. Pelletier was named the Edward T. Bryand Distinguished Engineer. Civil engineering professor and chair of the department, Shaleen Jain, received the Ashley Campbell Award. Amrit Verma […]
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More than 1,000 student researchers, co-authors, faculty, staff, event sponsors and community members attended the 2023 UMaine Student Symposium at the Collins Center For the Arts on April 14. Read the full story on the UMaine Student Symposium webpage.
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The UMaine Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), UMaine Space, UMaine AI and Institute of Medicine announce the recipients of the CUGR, Institute of Medicine, and Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) Summer Research Fellowships. The fellowships were developed to enhance and increase undergraduate student involvement in faculty-supervised research. Winners of the fellowships will receive $3,000 to […]
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University of Maine research in partnership with Sappi North America has received a $550,000 award from the National Science Foundation to explore how existing mass produced technologies can be used to study and scale up microfluidic technology. Microfluidics studies the behavior of certain fluids through microscopic channels. The movement can be used to learn more […]
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Business Insider featured a tour of the Advanced Structures and Composite Center’s (ASCC) recyclable 3D-printed house. Yahoo News and The New York Ledger shared the Business Insider report.
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News Center Maine featured “Co-Translation: Making the Invisible Visible Nanotechnology & Art vs. PFAS and Microplastics,” a collaborative exhibit between Environmental Engineering students and Intermedia students at the University of Maine.
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