Karen Horton, professor and coordinator of mechanical engineering technology at the University of Maine, has been awarded a Fellow Grade award from the Society of Women Engineers (SWE). Horton is a SWE senior life member and has been a part of the organization since 1981. SWE is a nonprofit educational and service organization that empowers […]
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In an article about Maine women working in construction, Mainebiz interviewed Kayla Stickney, project resident engineer at the Maine Department of Transportation who graduated with a degree in construction management technology from the University of Maine. “I am still one of the only women in the room, if not the only one. I have met […]
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The University of Maine has once again been featured in the annual Fiske Guide to Colleges. The publication, authored by former New York Times education editor Edward Fiske and updated annually for nearly 40 years, highlights more than 300 of the “best and most interesting” schools in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, according […]
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The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service reported that young scholars from the Maine Summer Transportation Institute at the University of Maine visited airmen from the 101st Air Refueling Wing at the Maine Air National Guard base. “It’s great because it’s an awareness opportunity for the students who may not know about the Maine Air National […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the Maine Department of Transportation will use the University of Maine’s bridge composite technology to replace the Llewellyn Estes Memorial Bridge after rejecting all the bids it received for being too expensive. A bridge that carried Route 1A over Souadabscook Stream in Hampden that opened in late 2020 was […]
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In an article about the Carrabassett Valley Select Board reviewing the town work plan, the Original Irregular highlighted that the University of Maine College of Engineering has agreed to include the skating rink roof work and refrigeration as an option for a capstone project that engineering students need to complete to graduate. If a group […]
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The Portland Press Herald and Maine Public reported on the effort at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center to 3D print small homes made with wood fiber. Home to the world’s largest polymer 3D printer, ASCC is developing robotic and artificial intelligence technology to automate construction, which they predict will be faster […]
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The Office of International Programs hosted Maine Central Institute, an independent high school based in Pittsfield, and their partner institutions from Taiwan for a full day of tours on the University of Maine campus. The group was made up of over 70 students and nearly 30 adults, including principals, teachers and the director general of […]
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Andrew Schanck from Pittsfield, Maine received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and his Ph.D in civil engineering from the University of Maine. He says he chose UMaine because of its renowned engineering program and stayed to pursue research as a graduate student in bridge engineering and advanced numerical modeling. He started working at UMaine’s world-class […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Caitlin Howell, associate professor of biomedical engineering, will deliver a talk during the National Academy of Engineering’s The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2022 U.S.-based symposium Sept. 21–23 in Seattle. For her talk, “Materials-based Approaches to Prevent Biofilm-associated Infections,” Howell will discuss the growing problem of antibiotic resistance and […]
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