The Vermont publication Seven Days featured the University of Maine’s surveying degree program in an article about the decrease in surveying professionals in the state. According to the article, the Vermont Society of Land Surveyors had 157 members 20 years ago. Now, it has just 74. Many are retiring, and few people are moving in […]
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The Maine State Science Olympiad will be held at the University of Maine on Saturday, April 9. Science Olympiad is a nationwide STEM competition where teams of high school students compete in science-related events, with the top teams advancing up to national levels. Maine has held a state-level tournament every year since the first national […]
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Political science major Dominique DiSpirito of Woonsocket, Rhode Island is the 2022 University of Maine valedictorian and Maxwell Burtis of Brunswick, Maine, a mechanical engineering major, is this year’s salutatorian. Both are students in the UMaine Honors College. “Dominique and Maxwell are truly outstanding members of our community and their UMaine student experiences are what […]
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Maxwell Burtis of Brunswick, Maine is the 2022 University of Maine Salutatorian. Burtis is a mechanical engineering major with a neuroscience minor, and an Honors College student. His numerous academic honors include the Thomas P. Hosmer Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering and the J&M Gorman Mechanical Engineering Scholarship. Since 2018, Burtis has been the co-founder and […]
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Maine Impact Week celebrating University of Maine faculty, students, community and their contributions to the social and economic advancement of the state and beyond is April 10–15. The public is invited to attend the more than 20 virtual and in-person events highlighting the impact of research and creative work produced by Maine’s research university. A […]
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In an article about China’s monopoly over ocean container production and the potential threat it poses to the U.S. economy, American Shipper highlighted the company Global Secure Shipping, which plans to commercialize a new smart container manufactured using composite shipping materials with technology developed through research by the University of Maine and Georgia Institute of […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions is hosting a Sustainability Networking Poster Session on Friday, April 22 from 11 a.m.–2 p.m. in the Memorial Union Bear’s Den Upper Level. Lauren Ross, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Sean Smith, associate professor at the School of Earth and Climate Sciences, are […]
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At the University of Maine, 38 faculty members have received tenure and/or promotion this spring. The annual announcement recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship and research, and community engagement. Tenure for 28 of the faculty members was approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees on March 28. “It’s rewarding to recognize these […]
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Jean MacRae, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about PFAS in Maine’s waterways. MacRae said that wastewater treatment plants make the water safe enough to pump back into a waterway, but they don’t treat it for PFAS, and they’re not […]
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Composites World reported on the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center’s production of two 3D-printed prototype logistics vessels for the U.S. Department of Defense, a groundbreaking milestone in composite manufacturing.
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