Engineering

LASST project receives $2.5 million from DOE to improve technology in power plants

A University of Maine research project focused on improving sensor technologies in coal-based power plants has received a $2.5 million grant from the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) through the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy. The UMaine project, “Technology Maturation of Wireless Harsh-Environment Sensors for Improved Condition-Based Monitoring,” led by Mauricio Pereira da […]

Meet UMaine’s 2018 Outstanding Graduating Students

Ten undergraduates have been named 2018 Outstanding Graduating Students at the University of Maine. Among them is Brianna DeGone, the Outstanding Graduating Student in the College of Engineering, and the 2018 salutatorian. The Outstanding Graduating Students will receive their degrees at UMaine’s 216th Commencement in Harold Alfond Sports Arena May 12. The other Outstanding Graduating […]

MET students’ capstone project helps local church, WABI reports

WABI (Channel 5) reported on a senior capstone project being completed by a group of mechanical engineering technology students at the University of Maine. The students are repairing the Unitarian Universalist Society of Bangor’s tubular-pneumatic pipe organ that was built in the early 1900s. Informed by professional organ repair companies that the organ should be […]

Undergraduate, graduate students receive awards at 2018 Student Symposium

More than 1,300 undergraduate and graduate students presented their work during the third annual University of Maine Student Symposium held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on April 17. The free public event, which was organized by UMaine Graduate Student Government and the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) as part of Maine Impact Week, […]

Media cover 2018 UMaine Student Symposium

WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the third annual UMaine Student Symposium at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The free event, which is part of Maine Impact Week, offered an opportunity for community members to meet more than 1,300 student researchers and scholars, see their posters and exhibits, hear their presentations, […]

WVII, WABI report on biomedical engineering capstone projects

WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on senior capstone projects created by biomedical engineering students at the University of Maine. The students showed off their projects ahead of the 2018 UMaine Student Symposium. One group worked with mechanical engineering technology students to develop a soft, wearable robotic system to assist older adults or […]

Inaugural grant program awards $245,000 to interdisciplinary undergraduate research

The Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Collaborative has announced nine winners of its inaugural grant program funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School and the UMS Research Reinvestment Fund (RRF). Funded projects involve teams of two or more faculty members from different disciplines with primarily undergraduate researchers working […]

2018 CUGR Summer Fellowship winners announced

The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has announced the 2018 CUGR Summer Fellowship winners. The center’s advisory committee selected 17 proposals from 45 student submissions to be awarded $3,000 each during the summer semester. Each proposal was reviewed by three judges and discussed at a panel for clarity of the proposed project, […]

Brianna DeGone: Bioengineering major named 2018 salutatorian

Brianna DeGone, a bioengineering major from Turner, Maine, has been named the 2018 salutatorian at the University of Maine. At Commencement, DeGone will earn a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering with a minor in business administration. While at UMaine, DeGone was named a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholar and was […]

Graham Van Goffrier: Physics major named 2018 valedictorian

Graham Van Goffrier, a physics major from Norwell, Massachusetts, has been named the 2018 valedictorian at the University of Maine. “Being selected as valedictorian for my graduating class is the highest honor that I can imagine during my time here,” Van Goffrier says. “I am most appreciative of the constant support of my professors, family […]

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