Engineering

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Annual college guides place UMaine, UMaine Machias among top performers nationwide

Multiple college guides have once again placed the University of Maine and its regional campus, the University of Maine at Machias, among the best higher education institutions nationwide in their latest editions.  The U.S. News & World Report 2023 Best Colleges rankings featured UMaine in its list for top National Universities — those producing groundbreaking […]

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Maine Monitor interviews MacRae to answer common PFAS questions

The Maine Monitor interviewed Jean MacRae, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, to answer questions about PFAS. Maine has some of the highest levels of PFAS water contamination she has seen in her work with communities around the country, possibly because this state is at the forefront of testing. […]

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Media highlight Friess’ NSF grant to support low-income engineering students

The Bangor Daily News, Piscataquis Observer and Penobscot Bay Pilot reported that Wilhelm Friess, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, was awarded $749,999 from the National Science Foundation for a project that supports talented, low-income engineering students called Building Bridges for Engineering Students (BBEST). “This program presents a unique opportunity to […]

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Brady Barker stands holding two UMaine Early College completion certificates

Holden student to enter UMaine with 64 Early College credits

“It’s not going to be easy, but it’s going to be worth it.” This is the best advice 17-year-old Brady Barker of Holden has ever received and he stands by it, especially as it applies to his experience in the University of Maine’s Early College program.  Barker started taking Early College classes as a first-year […]

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Media report on SipBit

The Bangor Daily News, WFVX (Fox 22/ABC 7), Trendeepro, News Update, Tech and Science Post, Tech Xplore and other outlets reported that the University of Maine’s Nimesha Ranasinghe, assistant professor of spatial computing, and Chamath Amarasinghe, Ph.D. student of spatial information science and engineering, have invented a device that could launch new technology to facilitate […]

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News Center Maine features Intermedia students making art with nanocellulose

News Center Maine interviewed Alex Rose and Augusta Sparks Farnum, graduate students in the University of Maine’s Intermedia program, about their work using nanocellulose as a material for their art projects. Rose said that one of the things that she likes most about using the material is that it’s environmentally friendly and non-toxic, while Farnum […]

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Apul speaks to BDN about company working to remove PFAS

Onur Apul, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for an article about ECT2 (Emerging Compounds Treatment Technologies), a Portland-based company conducting pioneering work in the removal of toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as forever chemicals. “As a Maine-based researcher […]

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