Maine PE News Flash, the newsletter of the State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers, thanked Dana Humphrey, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Maine, for his years of leadership and service. It noted: “When Dean Dana Humphrey, Ph.D., P.E. retires later this summer, after serving for 16 years as the […]
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News Center Maine reported that Ali Abedi, University of Maine professor of electrical and computer engineering, provided testimony in support of the bill LD 1923, An Act to Establish the Maine Space Corporation. “While it may sound far off, the space and aerospace economy presents a tremendous opportunity for Maine’s citizens, companies, and communities,” Abedi […]
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Two nationally recognized University of Maine alumnae, the scientific director of The Jackson Laboratory and a land protection project manager for Maine Coast Heritage Trust will be the UMaine and University of Maine at Machias commencement speakers for ceremonies for 2022 graduates and 2020–21 alumni, May 6–8. Jacob van de Sande, a land protection project […]
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This year’s University of Maine Presidential Awards recognize outstanding achievement in teaching in Earth and climate sciences, research in the biophysics of flow-related biological and physiological functions in humans and animals, and impactful community engagement in nursing, particularly during the past two years of the pandemic. Karl Kreutz, director and professor of the School of […]
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Esther Adekeye, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering doctoral student in the lab of Dorothy Klimis-Zacas, professor of clinical nutrition, has been selected by the BioME Student Showcase judges to compete in the 2022 BioME Student Showcase Fast Pitch competition on April 27 in Portland.
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Ali Abedi, associate vice president for research and professor of electrical and computer engineering, attended IEEE International Wireless Communication and Networking Conference in Austin, Texas, where academic and industry leaders discussed new technologies to move us forward to the next generation, 6G wireless era. The mayor of Austin declared this week as IEEE week. Participants […]
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In an article about federal officials setting a date for the second meeting of a key intergovernmental task force planning offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine, Spectrum News cited the fact that University of Maine has been pioneering this technology in the U.S., with active plans for research projects, including in federal territory. […]
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Twelve undergraduates have been named 2022 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Among them is Dominique DiSpirito, the Outstanding Graduating Student in the Honors College, and the 2022 valedictorian. Her profile story is online. Short biographies of the other UMaine Outstanding Graduating Students follow: Tiana Bucknor Tiana Bucknor of Milton, Ontario, Canada is the […]
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Hua Lin of Portland, Maine is the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Engineering. He has earned dual degrees in mathematics and in engineering physics, with a concentration in mechanical engineering. In 2019, Lin received a Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) Fellowship and a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Fellowship […]
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Chisom Orakwue of Lagos, Nigeria is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Engineering. Orakwue, a biomedical engineering major, received the International Presidential Scholarship and the Richard E. Durst Scholarship. This academic year, she has been involved in research in professor Karissa Tilbury’s laboratory, focused on the use of spatial frequency domain imaging […]
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