Engineering

News Center Maine reports on UMaine research about alternative use for paper mill products

News Center Maine reported that researchers at the University of Maine are studying new applications for paper mill products. Liza White, UMaine biomedical engineering graduate student and Rumford native, and Caitlin Howell, associate professor of biomedical engineering at UMaine, are studying paper products manufactured by Sappi North America, which operates mills in Westbrook and Skowhegan. […]

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MacRae speaks to BDN about PFAS in plumbing tape

Jean MacRae, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, spoke to the Bangor Daily News about the presence of “forever chemicals” in Teflon plumber’s tape, which is used to fill the spaces between interlocking pipe threads to seal the pipes and prevent leaks. The tape is made with a likely […]

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BDN interviews MacRae about PFAS in Penobscot County drinking water

The Bangor Daily News spoke to Jean MacRae, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, about PFAS in Penobscot County drinking water. Though most water districts in Penobscot County are not finding “forever chemicals” in their drinking water supplies, laboratories can’t entirely rule out their presence. MacRae said many things […]

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Dagher speaks to San Diego Union-Tribune about offshore wind in California

The San Diego Union-Tribune interviewed Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Laboratory, about the challenges of developing offshore wind in California. “You’re looking at some places where you’re in 2,000 or 3,000 feet of water. The East Coast leases off New York were less than 150 feet […]

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Liza White: Engineering new applications for paper mill products

Growing up in Rumford, Maine, Liza White learned the extent to which paper manufacturers contribute to the rural economies in which they operate. Residents would regularly say “paper is money” in relation to the mill’s importance; they would celebrate its successes and shudder when it struggled.  Changes in global demand have brought both economic uncertainty […]

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Portland Phoenix notes UMaine offshore wind development

In an article about offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, the Portland Phoenix noted that the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been designing its own floating turbine for over a decade. ASCC Founding Executive Director Habib Dagher told the Portland Phoenix that the goal of a 2024 launch of […]

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Media report on UMaine liquid-coated air filter design

News Center Maine, WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor), the Mirage, Medical Xpress, Public News Time, News Medical and other outlets reported that researchers at the University of Maine and University of Massachusetts Amherst have designed new liquid-coated air filters that allow for improved early detection and analysis of airborne bacteria and viruses, including the […]

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Cal Matters speaks to Dagher about offshore wind

In an article about the first-ever auction of offshore wind leases in California, Cal Matters spoke to Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. “There’s a lot of opportunities, but there’s also some challenges. California has deeper waters than any other areas with these floating turbines so […]

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Media note UMaine award from Governor’s Energy Office for new offshore wind programs

The Bangor Daily News, MaineBiz, Engineering News-Record: New England and WABI-TV (Channel 5) reported that the Governor’s Energy Office’s Clean Energy Partnership program awarded the University of Maine $266,669 for OffshoreWind4Maine, an initiative led by Amrit Verma, assistant professor of mechanical engineering. The program will offer hands-on curricula that will give high school and UMaine […]

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