Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, spoke with Engineering News Record about efforts by the UMaine-led DeepCwind Consortium to build a 12-MW offshore wind farm in the Gulf of Maine by 2017. Dagher, leader of the consortium, said VolturnUS 1:8, the floating test turbine the group […]
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Rachel Lasley Rasher, a biologist at the University of Maine’s Marine Darling Center, was interviewed for a Living on Earth segment titled “Copepod Love.” Rasher spoke about how the tiny crustaceans track down suitable mates for the report by Public Radio International’s environmental news magazine.
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The University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development has partnered with the Maine Department of Education to create a statewide system of supports for Mainers who serve children with autism and their families. The Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research (MAIER) will open Jan. 1, 2014 on the UMaine campus. Deborah Rooks-Ellis, […]
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University of Maine marine scientist Rhian Waller shares experiences and photographs from her recent deep-sea coral expedition in Chile in her blogs on the National Geographic website. In September, Waller traveled to Huinay Scientific Field Station near the northern Patagonian fjords to collect final samples from a yearlong deep-sea coral monitoring program studying how climate […]
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Engineering students, alumni mentors know the difference internships and co-ops make in academic and professional careers.
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New fellowships fund the explorations of six engineers of tomorrow.
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UMaine researcher strives for effective innovative STEM initiatives
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Researchers recommend conservation of coral communities
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Matthew Edwards was involved in diverse electrical and computer engineering internships throughout his undergraduate and graduate student years
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Bangor Daily News cited a report released by the Maine Development Foundation and the University of Maine’s School of Economics and Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center analyzing the relatively low per capita personal income in Maine. Ann Acheson, a research associate at the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, found […]
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