Several University of Maine initiatives aimed at boosting the state’s forest economy were featured in a New Hampshire Public Radio piece looking at what’s next for New Hampshire timber. The article mentioned several UMaine School of Forest Resources projects that aim to develop new products using wood and wood scraps. The products include new kinds […]
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The Portland Press Herald mentioned a University of Maine-led initiative in the editorial, “Ocean wind power back on track in Maine.” Maine Aqua Ventus, a one-of-a kind floating wind energy platform, has the funding to build a full-size, one-turbine demonstration project, two miles south of Monhegan Island using technology developed at UMaine, the editorial states. […]
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News Center Maine reported on a 24-hour game marathon hosted by University of Maine students who partnered with Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center to raise money for children receiving care at the hospital. “It’s really a way of taking something we enjoy doing and leveraging that in order to help children,” said event organizer […]
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The University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) interviewed engineering faculty members Masoud Rais-Rohani and Olivier Putzeys and students Will Salisbury and Cameron Oxley for its article “University Makes it Easy for STEM Students to Study Abroad.” The University of Maine Department of Mechanical Engineering is making it part of the curriculum to take a semester of […]
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University of Maine community members are invited to learn about the largest upcoming construction project in recent history at UMaine at an information session 10–11 a.m. Nov. 19 in Hill Auditorium, in the Engineering and Science Research Building. Construction on the $77 million Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center is set to being in late […]
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Islam Hafez will develop a nanocellulose-based point-of-use purification system that removes arsenic from drinking water. The United States Department of Agriculture awarded the postdoctoral researcher in the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine $132,403 for the two-year project. The university is contributing $67,216 toward the project. “I like my work to be […]
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The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) and the Maine Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) have announced the MSGC Undergraduate Fellowship Award recipients for the 2019–2020 academic year. The purpose of the MSGC fellowship and scholarship programs at UMaine is to provide research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students in aerospace technology, space science, […]
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Mainebiz interviewed Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, about the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center, a collaboration of New England universities led by UMaine. The center seeks to identify new materials and technologies that maximize transportation infrastructure investment, according to Mainebiz. “There are hundreds of thousands of bridges […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Associated Press reported on a 3D-printed prosthetic leg for Faith, a Mallard duck who lost her leg in a fox attack. The prosthetic is being created by Paul Bussiere, 3D printing lab manager at the University of Maine Advanced Structure and Composites Center. “I have eight 3D printers at my […]
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The Portland Press Herald, Mainebiz and the Associated Press reported the University of Maine has received a $1 million gift for a new engineering center that will include space for mechanical engineering technology and manufacturing skills. The gift from aerospace company Pratt & Whitney will help fund construction of a machine tool suite in the […]
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