The Penobscot Bay Pilot reported that a 2019 National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition, which included six University of Maine researchers, set three Guinness World Records. The team from UMaine included expedition leader Paul Mayewski, the director of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute; Geology team co-leader Aaron Putnam, an assistant professor; member of the […]
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Elizabeth Allan, a University of Maine professor of higher education leadership, talked to News Center Maine for a story about hazing in sports and other school clubs. According to Allan, bullying excludes students, while hazing is conducted to include students in a group. MSN shared the News Center story.
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Three University of Maine civil and environmental engineering researchers will collaborate with Vermont engineers to create the next generation of sensor networks for infrastructure monitoring. Researchers from the University of Vermont, UMaine and Vermont Technical College were awarded a $4 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and test new technologies that could […]
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A University of Maine-led research team, in collaboration with the University of Alabama, will design a new class of materials capable of improving solar cells, lasers and other optoelectronic devices that convert light into energy with a $525,000 collaborative research award from the National Science Foundation. Liping Yu, an assistant professor of physics at the […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Spectrum News reported on a new testing lab at the University of Maine that will help state landowners monitor their trees for the presence of the destructive eastern spruce budworm. Angela Mech, UMaine assistant professor of forest entomology who heads the lab, told Spectrum News “now that the outbreak is […]
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Mainebiz highlighted a new initiative from the University of Maine called the Forest Economy, Sustainability and Technology (FOREST). The multidisciplinary effort to bring together university, industry, government, and community collaborators for the advancement of forest-based economy in Maine.
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Vermont Business Magazine and WCAX (Channel 3 in Burlington, Vermont) shared a news release about the National Science Foundation awarding a $4 million grant for researchers at the University of Vermont, University of Maine and Vermont Technical College to develop and test new sensor technology that could make monitoring the safety and performance of infrastructure […]
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Numerous medical professionals, biologists and other experts have been combating COVID-19 and the havoc it has wrought since the pandemic began. Physicists have also joined the fray, including one from the University of Maine. By inventing a new microscope, Sam Hess, a professor of physics at UMaine, can obtain new insight into the structure of […]
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A new testing lab at the University of Maine will help state landowners monitor their trees for the presence of the destructive eastern spruce budworm, a key step in tracking and mitigating a developing outbreak that could have severe impacts on Maine’s forest land and economy. Angela Mech, UMaine assistant professor of forest entomology, heads […]
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Mainebiz and the Associated Press reported that the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has received a $2.6 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support continued research and development of resilient infrastructure. The center’s director, Habib Dagher, testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee in […]
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