From brewing beer to building a business model, Nolan Dries is getting hands-on experience with innovative entrepreneurship. A junior from Windham, Maine, Dries landed an internship with Orange Bike Brewing Co. through the Innovate for Maine Fellows program. He’s not just learning about the booming non-alcoholic beer industry; he’s helping shape it. “I’m piloting a […]
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Much of the scallop farming techniques used in the U.S. derive from practices in Japan, where scallops have long been a part of the country’s seafood industry. Researchers from the University of Maine are working to test and adapt those practices to help grow the industry in the Gulf of Maine, where oyster farming is […]
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Engineers at the University of Maine have developed a method to more accurately predict the strength of lightweight 3D-printed objects. This research, conducted at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), will enable designers to create more robust and reliable printed components that can apply to a wide range of sectors, including aerospace, automotive and […]
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Mainebiz highlighted the relationship of the University of Maine and its Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) to Maine’s industry potential in mass timber. The Maine Mass Timber Advisory Council advises UMaine’s Mass Timber Commercialization Center and serves as a research and development partner with the ASCC to innovate timber lamination and procurement processes, with […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz and News Center Maine covered a ribbon cutting, joined by Gov. Janet Mills, leaders from the University of Maine and the Maine Potato Board, for a renovation to the Maine Agricultural and Forest Experiment Station’s 425-acre Aroostook Farm, the heart of UMaine’s agricultural research on potatoes. A $3 million renovation […]
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The research farm recently underwent a $3 million renovation funded by the Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan so that the land-grant university could accelerate its development of new potato varieties, like the successful Caribou Russet, and the growth of Maine’s agricultural economy and workforce Gov. Janet Mills and leaders of the University of Maine and […]
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WGME (Channel 13 in Portland) featured a technology business co-founded by two University of Maine alumni, Justin Hafner (‘18) and David Holomakoff (‘14, ‘17G). KinoTek has developed a digital movement analysis platform that delivers insights into a person’s whole body movements. It was incubated at the Foster Center for Innovation and developed with support from […]
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WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) and a Portland Press Herald op-ed highlighted the second annual Maine AI Conference hosted at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts on Friday, June 13.
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The Bangor Daily News reported on $8 million secured by U.S. Sen. Susan Collins from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Infrastructure for University of Maine research. The federal funding will allow UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center to explore the use of AI and composites in developing bridges in less time and […]
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Editor’s note: This story was updated May 8. The University of Maine’s 2025 commencement ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students will be May 10-11 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The Graduate School ceremony begins at 6 p.m. on May 10, featuring an address by Concordia University President and Vice Chancellor Graham Carr (‘83G). […]
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