Daniel Hayes, associate professor of geospatial analysis and remote sensing at the School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine, was featured by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science discussing the impact of his 2012 Early Career Award. “The award allowed me to collaborate with scientists around the world to work […]
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The School of Forest Resources at the University of Maine will present Patrick “Pat” Strauch, Ken Lausten and Mike Dann with Distinguished Alumni Awards in Nutting Hall on Oct. 14 at 5 p.m. The awards event will be followed by a barbecue and bonfire in the field adjacent to Nutting Hall. The event, which coincides […]
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) featured research from the University of Maine that shows how artificial intelligence could be a cost-effective and energy-efficient tool to monitor and manage Maine’s forests as part of their NSF Science Now video series. Ali Abedi, principal investigator of the recent study and professor of electrical and computer engineering at […]
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The Center for Research on Sustainable Forests (CRSF) is launching the third year of its webinar and field tour series focused on adaptive forest management in Maine under the changing climate. The series’ first event will focus on the Howland Research Forest, with a webinar held Oct. 26 and a field tour Oct. 28. Series […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Penobscot Bay Pilot, Boothbay Register, Science Daily, Scienmag, Bioengineer, Verve Times, Earth.com, Phys.org and other outlets reported on a study by researchers at the University of Maine suggesting that artificial intelligence could be a cost-effective and energy-efficient tool to monitor and manage Maine’s forests. “AI can learn from the environment, predict […]
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Douglas Gardner, researcher at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center and professor of sustainable materials and technology in the School of Forest Resources recently presented at the American Chemical Society’s fall meeting in Chicago. Gardner presided over the session “The wide world of adhesion: Symposium in honor of Kash Mittal at 75” and presented a […]
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1.65 million across a team of researchers at five institutions that includes Shawn Fraver, associate professor of forest ecology at the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, to study methane sinks in Northern Forests. The total award to UMaine is $239,679. Methane is second only to carbon dioxide […]
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As part of their series “Climate Driven: A deep dive into Maine’s response, one county at a time,” Maine Public featured the University of Maine’s Howland Research Forest, where scientists have undertaken groundbreaking studies on acid rain, forest ecology and soil health. At the research forest, carbon and other greenhouse gas measurements are continuously recorded […]
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University of Maine graduate student Emily Filiberti of Fairfax, Vermont has spent her summer in the woods of Wisconsin tracking forest songbirds. With the guidance of her adviser Amber Roth, assistant professor of forest wildlife management at UMaine, Filiberti is studying the survival rate of the birds using the Motus Wildlife Tracking System, an international […]
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Ivan Fernandez, distinguished Maine professor at the School of Forest Resources, Climate Change Institute and School of Food and Agriculture, was a panelist on the Maine Public radio show “Maine On Point” for an episode about how carbon sequestration in Maine can help slow climate change.
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