Events Archives - Maine College of Engineering and Computing

2025 Francis Crowe Induction Honors graduates and distinguished engineers

UMaine Offers Immersive Engineering and Computing Programs for K-12

The future is engineered, coded, and designed – and UMaine is your launchpad! We’re thrilled to announce our 2025 lineup of K-12 summer programs, specifically crafted to ignite a passion for engineering and computing in young minds. Get ready for hands-on experiences that go beyond the classroom, fostering creativity, problem-solving skills, and a deep understanding […]

Maine College of Engineering & Computing presents its top annual awards

Edward T. Bryand Distinguished Engineering AwardAnthony “Tony” Paine, Co-Founder and CEO of HighByte Inc., as the 2025 recipient of the prestigious Edward T. Bryand Distinguished Engineering Award. Renowned for his visionary leadership in industrial software, Paine has played a pivotal role in transforming modern manufacturing through innovative data integration solutions that power Industry 4.0. With […]

Distinguished Lecture Series: Hector Gomez

Date: Tuesday, April 29 from 12-1:30Location: Bangor Room, Memorial Union and Virtual Computational mechanics at the interface of engineering and medicine Description: Experience the forefront of scientific innovation! Join us for a Distinguished Lecture by Hector Gomez, in which he will explore ‘Computational Mechanics at the Interface of Engineering and Medicine.’ Delve into the cutting-edge […]

Distinguished Lecture Series

Auxeticity, Hierarchy, and Imperfections in the Mechanics of Living Matter Presented by: M. Fraldi (University of Napoli Federico II, Italy & École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France)L. Deseri (University of Trento, Italy) The mechanics of continua and structures plays a pivotal role in understanding the interplay between growth, remodeling, and morphogenesis in living matter. By analyzing […]

Sensor Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Sensor Science Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Ignite Your Future in Sensor Science: Summer Research Opportunities at UMaine! Presenting the National Science Foundation 2025 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships in Sensor Science and Engineering. Presented by the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and the Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies (FIRST) at the University of […]

MCEC to Host 2025 Maine Scholastic Individual Chess Championships

ORONO, Maine — The Maine College of Engineering and Computing (MCEC) will host the 2025 Maine Scholastic Individual Chess Championships on March 22, 2025, at the E. James and Eileen P. Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center. The event is expected to bring up to 160 students from grades K-12 across Maine, with approximately 70-80 games played simultaneously throughout the day.

MCEC Dean to Deliver Plenary Talk at International Health Workshop

Dean Giovanna Guidoboni of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing will deliver a plenary talk at the Mathematics for Our Health (M4H) Workshop, scheduled for Nov. 7-8 at Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy. Her presentation, “From the Blackboard to the Clinic: Combining Mechanism-Driven and Data-Driven Models for Personalized Medicine,” will explore how integrated modeling techniques […]

Abedi wins Presidential Research Award

Abedi, an associate vice president for research and director of Center for Undergraduate Research, has a nearly 30-year career in research and teaching. He joined the UMaine community in 2005 and founded the WiSe-Net Lab, dedicated to research on wireless communications and sensor networks for structural monitoring, space exploration and biomedical applications. Student researchers in […]

L to R: Saman Zare Joyce Taylor, Meredith Kirmann, Lauren Ross, Bill Desisto

42nd Annual Edward Bryand Awards Ceremony

Cutline College of Engineering annual award winners, left to right, Saman Zare, Joyce Taylor, Meredith Kirkmann, Lauren Ross and Bill Desisto. UMaine College of Engineering presents its top annual awards The chief engineer of the Maine Department of Transportation is among the recipients of the University of Maine College of Engineering’s top annual […]