The Maine Mass Timber Event, a daylong conference focused on established and emerging cost-effective mass timber construction technologies that are growing in popularity nationwide and around the globe, will be held Oct. 11 at the University of Maine, offered by UMaine’s Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center in partnership with WoodWorks – Wood Products Council. The […]
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The Honors College at the University of Maine will present the TIAA 2018–19 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture with Isaac Record ’03 on Sept. 25. Record, an assistant professor of practice at Michigan State University’s Lyman Briggs College, will discuss “Life, the University and Everything: My Romp Across Disciplines in Pursuit of Answers,” at 3:30 p.m. […]
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The Boston Globe published a complete list of New England universities and colleges that were named on the recently released U.S. News & World Report rankings. The University of Maine is again among the best colleges and universities for 2019 in multiple categories. UMaine is listed in the U.S. News best national universities and top […]
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Sales of furfural derivatives could make renewable fuel production considerably more financially attractive, according to a new University of Maine study. The study, “Economics of biofuels: Market potential of furfural and its derivatives,” was led by Kaveh Dalvand, a researcher in the School of Economics, and was published in the journal Biomass & Bioenergy. A […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited research by Douglas Bousfield, a professor and the graduate coordinator of chemical and biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, in a report on the rising cost of recycling in Maine, resulting from actions taken by China. Beginning Jan. 1, China banned imports of 24 waste items from the United […]
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Plans for the highly competitive $14.2 million, five-year grant recently awarded to the University of Maine to establish a University Transportation Center were the focus of a media event Aug. 8, led by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Bernhardt and Advanced Structures and Composites Center Executive […]
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The Bangor Daily News, News Center Maine, WABI (Channel 5), WVII (Channel 7), Mainebiz, Construction Dive and For Construction Pros reported on the Aug. 8 testing of a bridge and celebration of a $14.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve transportation in Maine at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. UMaine […]
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The Princeton Review has lauded the University of Maine in its newest guide, “The Best 384 Colleges: 2019 Edition,” focusing on UMaine’s unique combination of “extensive academic opportunities expected from a major research university, with the close-knit feel of a small college.” In the 27th annual guide, UMaine scored highest in four key measures in […]
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Yingchao Yang, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is a co-lead author of the paper, “Toughening Graphene by Integrating Carbon Nanotubes,” according to a release from Rice University. Yang worked with a team of researchers from Rice University, Brown University and others to test fracture-resistant rebar graphene, which was developed at Rice in 2014. Graphene […]
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Pathways, the newsletter of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, reports Robert Bowie, a professor of practice in biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, is working with students to create drones with better search and rescue capacities to find injured people more quickly. Bowie is the Emergency Medical Services director at Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital […]
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