Engineering

BDN reports on FBRI, middle school collaboration

The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release showcasing a research collaboration between UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) and local K–12 teachers. The Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program makes research accessible to the community while teaching STEM principles to teachers and elementary and high school students.

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University of Maine announces spring 2021 Dean’s List

The University of Maine recognized 3,670 students for achieving Dean’s List honors in the spring 2021 semester. Of the students who made the Dean’s List, 2,392 are from Maine, 1,195 are from 39 other states and 83 are from 35 countries other than the U.S. Due to the unusual and challenging circumstances faced this semester […]

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Bangor Daily reports on Bradish’s Mitchell Scholarship

The Bangor Daily News shared a University of Maine news release announcing that Grace Bradish, a sophomore honors and civil engineering student from Wells, has received a George J. Mitchell Peace Scholarship. Bradish will use the award to study in Ireland at the University College Cork where she will enroll in required courses, but also […]

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Bangor Daily cites ‘Dirigo Star’ in soliciting time capsule submissions

A Bangor Daily News report soliciting submissions from the public to be included in Maine’s bicentennial time capsule mentioned the Dirigo Star, a 3D printed star donated by the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine. The star will sit atop the granite time capsule which will be sited outside the Maine […]

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Two UMaine master’s students win TAPPI NANO awards

Alexander Collins and Rakibul Hossain, bioproducts engineering master’s students at the University of Maine, won 2021 TAPPI NANO Student Poster Competition awards at the TAPPI annual conference. Both students are advised by Mehdi Tajvidi, associate professor of renewable nanomaterials with the School of Forest Resources.  The annual TAPPI conference is considered the world’s largest cellulose […]

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DeSisto discusses production of alternative disinfectant with BDN

William DeSisto, a University of Maine professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, talked with the Bangor Daily News about his efforts to sustainability produce a cost-efficient alternative disinfectant to alcohol-based hand sanitizer. U.S. News and World Report shared the BDN story in a roundup of pandemic-related news from each state. Clean Link also reported on […]

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UMaine surveying students awarded national scholarships

Five University of Maine students have received scholarships of $2,000 each from the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) Foundation, a national professional organization that supports college education in geospatial sciences.  NSPS awarded 18 scholarships nationwide in 2021, including four to UMaine students in the online Bachelor of Science in Surveying Engineering Technology program and […]

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