The Associated Press reported the University of Maine revealed the world’s largest polymer 3D printer at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center on Oct. 10. The printer is so big it can produce objects up to 100 feet long. Thursday’s event featured a 25-foot, 5,000-pound patrol boat that was printed at the ASCC, according to […]
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Mainebiz reported Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was recognized as the 2019 Transportation Champion by the Maine Better Transportation Association (MBTA) at an Oct. 4 ceremony in Freeport. Dagher received the award for his founding of the composites center, a National Science Foundation-funded program housed in […]
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A project led by the University of Maine School of Computing and Information Science to develop a high-performance computing instrument has received a $350,000 National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation grant. Roy Turner, associate professor of computer science at UMaine, will lead the project. Deep learning (a subfield of artificial intelligence), modeling and simulation, and […]
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The University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) was mentioned in the Energy News Network article, “Northeast heating oil industry looks to biodiesel to reduce carbon emissions.” The Northeast heating oil industry plans to begin pressing New England states to mandate certain standardized levels of biodiesel content in home heating oil, according to the […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on the Afari mobility device, which was invented by University of Maine professors Stephen Gilson and Elizabeth DePoy. Gilson and DePoy not only teach disability studies — but are both persons with disabilities. When Gilson convinced DePoy in 2008 that she should complete a triathlon, she ran into a major […]
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The University of Maine was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article on Gov. Janet Mills’ pledge to world leaders at the United Nations Climate Action Summit that Maine will be carbon neutral by 2045. The article states that Maine has massive renewable power potential, especially in regard to offshore wind, a sector UMaine is […]
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Social media posts during a natural disaster can provide a data stream to inform mapping of the event in real time, according to a new University of Maine study from the School of Computing and Information Science. People located close to events such as flooding, wildfires and mudslides can provide a stream of current data […]
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The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (UMaine Composites Center) has been awarded nearly $1.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, and will collaborate on a more than $1.5 million award to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, both focused on research related to transformational floating offshore […]
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Morning Sentinel and News Center Maine adapted a University of Maine news release reporting Skowhegan natives E. James “Jim” Ferland and Eileen P. Ferland have been revealed as the anonymous donors who gave $10 million to help build the new Engineering Education and Design Center at UMaine. The new facility, to be named in honor […]
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Editor’s note: Story updated Sept. 18 The University of Maine Career Center will host several events in September and October. CareerFest, offering three days of career-focused events to hone career readiness skills, will take place Sept. 17–19. “Careers in a Helping Profession” will be held 1–3 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Career Center. A festival […]
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