In an article about the Marine Mammal Commission’s new study showing there is no risk of entanglement for right whales by offshore wind turbines, WGME-TV (Fox 23 in Portland) noted that University of Maine researchers had previously stated that there was no entanglement risk to the right whale because the line for these floating turbines […]
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In reporting on Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ new Maine Offshore Wind Roadmap, the Union of Concerned Scientists, WMTW-TV (Channel 8 in Portland) and and Offshore Wind noted the University of Maine’s role in designing floating platforms for offshore wind turbines. In launching the plan, Mills spoke from the Maine State House with a model of the […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “USGS Water Science Centers: Serving our Communities with Science,” on Monday, March 6 at 3 p.m. Speaker John Bumgarner is the director of the U.S. Geological Survey’s New England Water Science Center (WSC). He joined the New […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk, “Penobscot Sense of Place: An exploration of Indigenous landscapes in the Dawnland” on Monday, Feb. 27 at 3 p.m. Speaker James Eric Francis Sr. is the Penobscot Nation’s director of cultural and historic preservation, Tribal historian and […]
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In an article about the rise of biobased materials, Yale Environment 360 noted that the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) manufactured 3D-printed house made from a mix of forest byproducts from the state’s numerous sawmills: sawdust, wood flour and a bio-resin whose ingredients have not yet been disclosed. “This material is […]
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In an article about offshore and onshore wind projects moving forward in Maine, Engineering News Record interviewed Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, about the U.S. Interior Department approving a 9,700-acre floating turbine research site in a deepwater federal tract in the Gulf of Maine last month. Dagher said […]
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Habib Dagher, founding director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, spoke to the Weather Channel about the potential to use sawdust and wood waste as a more sustainable alternative to traditional building materials. “This house becomes like a carbon storage facility because the wood fiber or waste is essentially locked into the house,” says […]
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Researchers from the University of Maine Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions have found that community-university collaborations focused on local concerns can help communities make decisions and take actions to resolve them, even when complete agreement isn’t possible. In their recent essay for the journal Issues in Science and Technology, Mitchell Center Director […]
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Onur Apul, a University of Maine assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been inducted into the 2022 Class of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists’ (AEESS) 40 Under 40 Recognition Program. According to AEESS, the program recognizes researchers who have helped advance the fields of environmental science or environmental engineering in […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk entitled “A Career in Conservation: Frequent retooling required!” at 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 13. The work of conservation has changed dramatically in Maine over the past 50 years in response to shifting challenges and opportunities. Effective […]
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