WLBZ (Channel 2) reported offshore wind power supporters hope the University of Maine and Statoil can work together on a proposed pilot project despite political controversy.
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Coverage by the Bangor Daily News and WLBZ (Channel 2) on a Bangor City Council workshop to address the noise complaints made during Waterfront Concerts included a reference to a study completed earlier this year by Todd Gabe, University of Maine economics professor. Gabe’s study found the Waterfront Concerts have generated more than $30 million in […]
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Four of the founding members of the Ocean Energy Institute contributed an op-ed to the Bangor Daily News focused on the innovation and job-creating potential of UMaine’s offshore wind research. In 2007, Ocean Energy Institute initiated the drive to determine the technical and economic practicality of offshore wind for Maine.
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Advanced Structures and Composites Center research to retrofit aging concrete flat-slab bridges was the focus of a July 19 story in the Bangor Daily News. Civil Engineering graduate student Hannah Loring and professor William Davids lead the research.
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Changing ocean conditions threaten North American Atlantic salmon.
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Mohsen Shahinpoor, Richard C. Hill professor and Mechanical Engineering Department Chairman at the University of Maine, was mentioned in an article announcing a preview issue of Soft Robotics (SoRo), a new peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the science and engineering of soft materials in mobile machines. Shahinpoor contributed the article “A review of ionic polymeric soft […]
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A Bangor Daily News article on noise complaints made during concerts held on the Bangor Waterfront included a reference to a study completed earlier this year by Todd Gabe, University of Maine economics professor. Gabe’s study found the Waterfront Concerts have generated more than $30 million in local spending in the first three years.
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The University of Maine-led offshore wind project was mentioned in a Huffington Post blog by Lewis Milford, president of Clean Energy Group, titled “A Cautionary Tale: Maine, Statoil and the importance of state policies to advance offshore wind.”
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Watch List News included a press release on University of Maine research that found wild lowbush blueberries are good for digestion. Vivian Chi-Hua Wu, associate professor of microbiology and food safety, led a group of researchers who studied the digestive effects of blueberries in rats.
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WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine has extended its test deployment of a floating wind turbine in Castine Harbor as it prepares its bid for a long-term contract for an offshore wind pilot project.
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