Office of Research Development

PI: Heather Leslie, UM Darling Marine Center Collaborators: Damian Brady, UM School of Marine Sciences, and Joshua Girgis & Chris Davis, Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center. In light of the rapidly growing aquaculture industry in Maine, this project will address aquaculturists’ need for better water quality data. The team will develop a sensor package for a […]

PI: James Anderson, UM Advance Structures and Composites Center Collaborators: Douglas Gardner UM School of Forest Resources, Hinckley Yachts, and Back Cove Yachts. A disproportionate amount of the cost of building a boat goes to the dozens of smaller parts, such as doors, hatches, and ducts. Each piece requires one or two molds and a […]

PI: Ek Han Tan, UMaine School of Biology and Ecology Collaborators: Gregory Porter, UM School of Food and Agriculture and Kathy Haynes, US Department of Agriculture Adopting a new, commercially viable variety of potato requires a complicated process that can take as long as two decades. Considering a rapidly changing climate, Dr. Tan feels that […]

PI: Jean MacRae, UMaine Civil and Environmental Engineering Collaborators: Deborah Bouchard UM Aquaculture Research Institute, Hunter Swisher, Phospholutions, LLC, and David Noyes, Nordic Aquafarms. This project aims to establish a collaboration with the Aquaculture Research Institute, Phospholutions, and Nordic Aquafarms to build a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) in Maine. The RAS will improve biosecurity and […]

PI: Yongjiang Zhang, UMaine School of Biology and Ecology Collaborators: Hongzhi Guo, University of Southern Maine, Matthew Wallhead UMaine School of Food and Agriculture; Jasper Wyman & Son, Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine, and Cherryfield Foods Inc. This project proposes the development of a platform that will allow farmers to use their resources more efficiently. […]

PI: Judith Clukey, University of Maine at Augusta Collaborators:  Leigh Belair, University of Maine at Presque Isle; MaineGeneral Medical Center, Nordx Labs, ALI Labs, Pen Bay Medical Center, Waldo General Hospital, Central Maine Medical Center, Southern Maine Medical Center This project proposes using RRF funds for the Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) of Maine program, which […]