Signature and Emerging Areas

92 Moose notes Composite Center’s Guinness World Records

92 Moose (WMME) included Guinness World Records earned by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center in its list of world records achieved in Maine. The center earned three records for the world’s largest prototype polymer 3D printer, largest solid 3D-printed object, and largest 3D-printed boat in 2019.

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BDN highlights UMaine alumni’s lobster skin cream company

The Bangor Daily News reported on Marin Skincare, owned by University of Maine alumni Patrick Breeding and Amber Boutiette, and how it is operating in the New England Ocean Cluster waterfront business incubator in South Portland. The company, which earned a funding award from Maine Sea Grant through its Buoy Maine competition, makes skin hydration […]

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Connor’s Mainebiz op-ed cites UMaine floating offshore wind research

Mainebiz published an op-ed from Maine State Chamber of Commerce President Dana Connors, in which he deems floating offshore wind an emerging industry in Maine, that cites research from the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The op-ed, “Floating offshore wind is a new industry by Maine, for Maine,” noted the VolturnUS project […]

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Bustle interviews Hall for dealing with isolation

Bustle interviewed Brenda Hall, a University of Maine professor of glacial geology in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences and the Climate Change Institute, about tips for maintaining mental resilience when facing isolation. Hall described her first trip to Antarctica in 1990, when she was 21 years old. “We learned to focus on the […]

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Isenhour offers tips for having sustainable Valentine’s Day to BDN

Cynthia Isenhour, associate professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine, offered tips for having a sustainable Valentine’s Day to the Bangor Daily News. “Anytime we’re talking about physical gifts, from chocolates and flowers to jewelry, they all come with an environmental footprint,” she said.

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Media preview MacRae, Isenhour talk about circular food system

Morning Ag Clips, the Bangor Daily News, the Sun Journal and the Portland Press Herald promoted a talk by University of Maine faculty Jean MacRae and Cynthia Isenhour at 3 p.m. Feb. 22. MacRae, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Isenhour, an associate professor of anthropology, will discuss a recent study focused on building a safe, circular […]

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