The University of Maine’s Student Branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers will host IEEE Day on campus Oct. 4. IEEE Day is a global event put on by the organization to promote collaboration and interaction between its student members and professionals. This will be the first year the UMaine group will take […]
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The Sun Journal covered the Maine Engineering Workforce Summit on Sept. 29 in Lewiston. The event focused on addressing the shortage of engineers necessary to meet the needs of the state. It was organized by the University of Maine and a coalition of 13 business, economic development and education groups. Maine’s leading experts on the […]
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The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about cross-laminated timber (CLT), a building material that is engineered to be stronger than traditional timber and more resistant to the elements. CLT also has about half the carbon footprint of concrete, according to the article. According to […]
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The Associated Press reported U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King and U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin announced the University Center Economic Development Program at the University of Maine and University of Southern Maine will receive $116,667 in grant funding from the U.S. Economic Development Administration to support technical assistance for Maine’s forest products sector. In […]
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The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) approved seven new grant applications in August, two of them to companies with ties to the University of Maine. According to an MTI news release, Sea & Reef Aquaculture based at UMaine’s Center Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) in Franklin, was awarded a $9,140 Business Accelerator Grant; and Alba-Technic, based in […]
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Mainebiz and Maine Public reported on a new Maine forest products industry study conducted by Mindy Crandall, an assistant professor of forest landscape management and economics at the University of Maine. The report, which was presented at the Maine Forest Products Council’s annual meeting, shows the industry’s overall economic impact dropped by about $1 billion […]
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Boothbay Register published a feature article on Katherine Thompson, a Ph.D. student in marine biology at the University of Maine. In February, the Department of Marine Resources hired Thompson to lead its lobster sampling program. Thompson, a New Harbor native, operates from the DMR lab in West Boothbay, according to the article. She is responsible […]
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Read transcript The University of Maine’s potato breeding program, conducted in collaboration with the Maine Potato Board, is committed to cultivating new varieties of spuds — a process that takes more than a decade and involves the expertise of growers, entomologists, food scientists, agronomists and geneticists. Follow professor Gregory Porter to the University of Maine […]
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This summer, Olivia Conrad, a fourth-year student from Yarmouth, Maine, majoring in food science and human nutrition, landed a sweet internship at one of Maine’s premier gelato companies. Conrad was the food safety intern at the Gelato Fiasco Flavor Foundry in Brunswick, Maine, where pints are produced, packed and shipped nationwide. She assisted the company […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed trade pact between the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim nations that would create the world’s largest free-trade zone, would have a small but mostly beneficial impact on Maine. According to a draft analysis from the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine, […]
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