WABI (Channel 5) reported a new center at the University of Maine is focusing on 3D printing of metal objects. The Center for Additive Manufacturing of Metals (CAMM) is based in the Advanced Manufacturing Center. UMaine hopes CAMM will help the state stay up to speed with the rest of the Northeast in additive metal […]
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A center at the University of Maine is offering additive metal manufacturing services and training to facilitate the adoption of 3D metal printing in businesses around the state. The Center for Additive Manufacturing of Metals (CAMM), based at the Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) on the Orono campus, focuses on the process of fusing small metal […]
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A biennial economic impact study conducted by University of Maine assistant economics professor Andrew Crawley, in conjunction with the Maine Brewers’ Guild, was cited in Craft Brewing Business. The study found the 140-plus active, licensed craft breweries in the state contributed more than $260 million to Maine’s economy in 2017.
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Mainebiz reported the University of Maine will establish a yearlong nurse practitioner residency training program in partnership with Penobscot Community Health Care, Harrington Family Health Center and Hometown Health Center in Newport. The program will be supported by a $1.7 million federal grant and is part of a plan by the University of Maine System […]
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Market News Reporter published an article about a collaborative research project being led by Virginia Tech that will look at the potential of forest residues becoming an economically viable resource. “Residues” in the forest industry refer to secondary materials such as the branches and tops of trees that cannot be cut into boards or made […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is partnering with the University of Maine School of Nursing, Harrington Family Health Care and Hometown Health Care in Newport to help fill the shortage of nurse practitioners in Maine. The reestablished nurse practitioner residency program, made possible by a $1.7 million U.S. Health Resources & […]
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News Center Maine reported on a consumer taste test of bread made with Maine seaweed that will take place 11 a.m.–4 p.m. July 14 at the Westin Portland Harborview hotel in downtown Portland. University of Maine School of Food and Agriculture graduate student Laurel Simone and professor Mary Ellen Camire are leading the test as […]
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Gov. Janet Mills recently signed legislation directing the Public Utilities Commission to approve the contract for Maine Aqua Ventus, a first-of-its-kind wind project in the United States, the Portland Press Herald reported. “With the innovative work being done at the University of Maine, our state has the potential to lead the world in floating offshore […]
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Mainebiz and The Penobscot Times reported the federal government will award $1.25 million in grants to support forest-industry development projects at the University of Maine and in East Millinocket. UMaine will receive $1 million to build a demonstration-scale nanocellulose plant, and East Millinocket will get $250,000 to support the acquisition of a former paper mill site, […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited the 2017 Maine Aquaculture Economic Impact Report published by the University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute in an article about proposed fish farms. Ohad Maiman of Kingfish Zeeland in the Netherlands told the BDN he would like to build a land-based yellowtail fish farm somewhere in Maine, but the relentless […]
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