The Penobscot Times published a University of Maine news release announcing the 2019 Maine Solar Sprint race, which will be held June 8 at the University of Maine. The 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m. event, now in its 25th year, is free and open to the public. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension 4-H program challenges students […]
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News Center Maine reported University of Maine researchers were among hundreds who attended an International Trade Day event in Portland. The future of Maine’s bioeconomy was front and center at the 39th annual trade show, according to the report. One group of UMaine researchers is seeking a patent for human bone replicas created from wood […]
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The Maine Solar Sprint race is celebrating its 25th year on June 8 at the University of Maine. The event, which runs 10:30 a.m.–3 p.m., is free and open to the public. Solar Sprint, a UMaine Cooperative Extension 4-H program, challenges students statewide to create solar-powered model cars as an interactive way to learn principles […]
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Mount Desert Islander and The Ellsworth American previewed a talk by Lauren Ross, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Maine, at 4:10 p.m. June 4 at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor. Ross will discuss the dynamics of Trenton’s Jordan River Estuary, according to the article. The free […]
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News Center Maine spoke with Hemant Pendse, director of the University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute and a professor of chemical and biomedical engineering, about a process that converts sawdust, wood pulp or any other wood biomass into crude oil. The FBRI, located in Old Town, operates a fee-for-service pilot plant where new startups […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Kleinschmidt Windstorm Challenge held at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. About 400 middle and high school students from around the state showed off their engineering skills by bringing scale-model offshore wind turbine platforms they built to the competition, WABI reported. All the platforms were equipped […]
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The Sun Journal and Mainebiz reported on the Manufacturers Association of Maine’s annual summit held in Auburn. Hundreds of attendees from 132 companies turned out at the Maine Manufacturing Summit to talk challenges and innovation, answer state trivia and watch high school robotics demonstrations, according to the Sun Journal. “Innovator of the Year” was awarded […]
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The University of Maine Office of Research Compliance will hold a Responsible Conduct of Research training 1–4:30 p.m. June 12 in Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall. The session is for undergraduate students participating in research sponsored by NSF, NIH and/or USDA-NIFA. More information and a registration link are online. Registration is required by June 5.
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The Bangor Daily News, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) covered the University of Maine’s 217th Commencement ceremonies on May 11. The event was Joan Ferrini-Mundy’s first commencement as UMaine president, the BDN reported. Bridget Ziegelaar, operations manager for NASA’s International Space Station Research Integration Office, Old Town native and UMaine alumna, gave the commencement […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported a group of University of Maine engineering students helped plan a business park in Orrington for their senior capstone project. According to the article, Orrington has been waiting more than 10 years to develop an industrial park along the Penobscot River, where companies produced paper-making chemicals for decades. The Riverfront […]
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