University of Maine agriculture professor Susan Erich, biology professor Emeritus George Jacobson, paleoecologist Jacquelyn Gill and Climate Change Institute data all were sources for a Bangor Daily News article on how climate change could impact Aroostook County. Hardiness zones, calculated by using the average lowest winter temperatures, have been moving north in recent decades. In […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that Revolution Research, founded by University of Maine forest resources doctoral candidate Nadir Yildrim, is competing for $100,000 in a pitch contest at the Maine Startup and Create Week conference. Yildirim and vice president Alexander Chasse, a UMaine civil engineering graduate, developed the foam-like material from wood fiber. Other material […]
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Kimberley Rain Miner, Ph.D. candidate in Earth and climate sciences at the University of Maine, was recently selected as a Switzer Environmental Fellow by the Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation. This year, the Switzer Foundation awarded 20 fellowships of $15,000 each for emerging environmental leaders who are pursuing graduate degrees and are dedicated to positive […]
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The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center recently tested three wave energy devices in its Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Wave Energy Prize. Bloomberg featured one of these devices — the Triton™ Wave Energy Converter built by Oscilla Power of Seattle, Washington. Developed over six years and […]
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Nineteen graduate students in the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Maine are helping ensure that European fisheries sustainably utilize ocean resources. The students participated in 20 stock assessment student reviews for European fisheries in early June through the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). ICES is the oldest intergovernmental […]
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Habib Dagher, founding director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and professor of civil and environmental engineering, was featured in Maine magazine’s special issue highlighting dreamers and doers “charting the state’s future.” Last year, Dagher was recognized at the White House as a Transportation Champion of Change for his work on […]
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Revolution Research, Inc. was awarded funding last week from the Maine Technology Institute and the National Science Foundation to develop eco-friendly fire-retardant and water-resistant thermal insulation foam board. Nadir Yildirim, president of the company, is a University of Maine Innovation Engineering program graduate and doctoral candidate in forest resources. His spinoff company from the UMaine […]
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About 85 high school students and nearly 20 teachers from around Maine, as well as other parts of the country, will gather at the University of Maine for a multiday program that focuses on creating innovative solutions to environmental problems related to stormwater management. Students from 16 high schools in Maine and one in both […]
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About 250 researchers and industry leaders from around the world are expected to attend the second International Conference of Fish & Shellfish Immunology June 26–30 in Portland, Maine. The University of Maine Aquaculture Research Institute is hosting this year’s international conference at the Holiday Inn By the Bay on behalf of the International Society of […]
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Three University of Maine graduate students have received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, which recognizes outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines. The three fellows awarded in 2016 — incoming students Anna McGinn and William Kochtitzky in the Climate Change Institute and School of Earth and Climate Sciences, respectively, […]
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