Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine System vice chancellor for research and innovation and president of the University of Maine and the University of Maine Machias, joined The Maine Take with Dana Connors to discuss the production and presentation of the Dirigo Star to the chair of Maine’s Bicentennial Commission, Sen. Bill Diamond. The star, which […]
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The Bangor Daily News and the Penobscot Bay Pilot picked up a University of Maine news release announcing that Sheila Edalatpour, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at UMaine, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award of more than $526,000 to study heat emission and exchange in quantum materials.
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WABI (Channel 5) talked with Habib Dagher, Bath Iron Works professor of Structural Engineering and executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) at the University of Maine, following the unveiling of a 3-D printed star which will be the centerpiece of Maine’s bicentennial time capsule. The Dirigo Star was printed at ASCC, […]
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The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center today presented a 3D-printed Dirigo Star to the Maine Bicentennial Commission to be the core component of the Maine Bicentennial Time Capsule. During a ceremony at the UMaine Composites Center, UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy presented the Dirigo star to Sen. Bill Diamond, chairman of the Maine […]
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IEEE Spectrum interviewed Herbert Aumann, an adjunct professor of electrical and chemical engineering at the University of Maine, about his new sensor system for monitoring bees inside and outside of the hive. According to the article, Aumann created a “low-cost monitoring system that uses sound waves to track bee activity outside the hive, while using […]
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Components the size of a few atoms, known as quantum materials, can enhance how technology functions and manages its heat. However, little is known about how heat is emitted and exchanged in quantum materials in contrast with their more common counterparts, three-dimensional bulk materials. Sheila Edalatpour, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University […]
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Marin Skincare is a Maine story. It started in 2013 when co-founders Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding met on the first day of their first year as biomedical engineering undergraduate students at the University of Maine. Nearly eight years later, the pair has relocated to Portland, launched a specialty skincare product made with lobster glycoprotein, […]
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While the coronavirus pandemic has captured international attention for more than a year, it is clear that the global impacts of COVID-19 have not been fully documented. For undergraduate student Malak Helal, the pandemic has clarified her professional goals and revealed her need to engage with others. “I am hoping my skills as a biomedical […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot shared a University of Maine news release highlighting a National Science Foundation grant of more than $513,000 to Thomas Schwartz, an assistant professor of chemical engineering. Schwartz received the award to research a chemical process used in making a component of synthetic rubber called butadiene, which will support development of biobased, […]
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Delving deeper into the chemical processes used to make various goods from biomass can help manufacturers use them with greater efficiency, and therefore, increase production. Thomas Schwartz aims to unravel the inner workings of a common method for crafting a compound for rubber known as butadiene, an effort backed by the National Science Foundation. The […]
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