Joseph Patton, Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maine, presented his undergraduate research work at the 10th annual Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE 2022) in Winnipeg, Canada on Oct. 14, 2022. The title of his presentation was “CubeSat […]
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Through a competitive application process, Jennifer Maeverde, research associate at the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS), has been selected for the 2022–2023 Health Leadership Development (HLD) course, sponsored by the Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership in Portland, Maine. Maeverde specializes in infant and early childhood mental health. She […]
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University of Maine Associate Professor of Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction Asli Sezen-Barrie has been appointed co-lead of the National Science Foundation’s Discovery Research PreK–12 (DRK–12) program. DRK–12 is one of the largest funders of education research on preK–12 STEM teaching, learning and assessment, including funding for studies on broadening participation in STEM fields. Sezen-Barrie will […]
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More than 20 representatives from eight accounting firms across the state joined the Maine Business School’s 2022 Accounting Firm Night in September. Seven of those representatives are graduates of the Maine Business School: Spencer Hathaway, ’13; Connor Smart, ’16; and Ian Lichtenberg, ’18 from Baker Newman Noyes; Ryan King, ’14 and Katherine Orne, ’20 from […]
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Roberto Lopez-Anido, professor of civil and environmental engineering and Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) research lead at the University of Maine, was featured as a keynote speaker at the 27th Argentine Conference on Structural Engineering (XXVII JAIE), located in Rosario, Argentina on Sept. 28, 2022. Lopez-Anido’s presentation titled “Opportunities and Challenges in Structural Engineering […]
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Andrei Alyokhin, professor at the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine, co-edited the second edition of “Insect Pests of Potato: Global Perspectives on Biology and Management,” published March 17, 2022, by Elsevier Inc. This second edition was published to update the first edition to include new chapters and information, including a […]
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University of Maine Cooperative Extension food systems professionals Kate McCarty, Cumberland County, and Viña Lindley, Waldo County, were recently honored at the National Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences 88th annual session held Sept. 12–15 in Raleigh, North Carolina. McCarty and Lindley received the first place Eastern Region NEAFCS Mary W. Wells Memorial Diversity […]
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Ali Abedi, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Maine, will present a keynote speech on digital twins and parallel intelligence at MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference (URTC) on Oct 1, 2022 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Abedi’s presentation will discuss this new concept combining wireless sensing, artificial intelligence and computational modeling to change […]
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Kathryn Patenaude, a Ph.D. candidate in biomedical sciences from Presque Isle, Maine, won an outstanding poster award at the International Gordon Conference on Streptococcal Biology this August. The poster, titled “Investigating the interaction of Streptococcus agalactiae and Candida albicans in vitro and in vivo,” featured research Patenaude is conducting in the lab of Melody Neely, […]
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Bridie McGreavy, associate professor of environmental communication at the University of Maine Department of Communication and Journalism, received the J. Robert Cox Award in Environmental Communication & Civic Engagement for 2022 from the Environmental Communication Division of the National Communication Association. Read the full story on the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences website.
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