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Composites World Features UMaine’s new GEM Building

Composites World features the groundbreaking of the University of Maine’s Green Engineering and Materials (GEM) building, a state-of-the-art facility scheduled for completion in 2026. The $82 million project will support interdisciplinary research, innovation, and workforce development in advanced manufacturing, helping students and faculty address economic and societal challenges. A collaboration between UMaine’s Advanced Structures and […]

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UMaine’s 2nd Annual Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering will be hosted in Orono!

The University of Maine Institute of Medicine announced that it is hosting the second annual Maine Research Symposium on Biomedical Science and Engineering from Oct. 25–27. Events will take place at a variety of locations on the university’s flagship campus in Orono. Partner organizations participating in the symposium include The Jackson Laboratory (JAX), MDI Biological […]

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Vincent Weaver ‘demakes’ video games to teach about computer systems

Vincent Weaver, a University of Maine associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has a quirky hobby: “de-making” video games, or reformatting classic games onto even simpler systems than the ones they were launched on as a programming challenge. Weaver has not only amassed an online fan base for his demakes — he has also […]

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WE’RE HIRING! The Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (CBE) at the University of Maine (UMaine), the flagship R1 campus of the University of Maine System, invites applications for the position of Department Chair.

WE’RE HIRING!!! Link to application: https://umaine.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=82455&job=chair-of-chemical-and-biomedical-engineering The Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering (CBE) at the University of Maine (UMaine), the flagship R1 campus of the University of Maine System, invites applications for the position of Department Chair. The CBE department (http://www.umaine.edu/chb/) has 15 faculty, two administrative support staff, and two technical support professionals, with […]

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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 […]

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UMaine CBE Student Named 2023 Salutatorian

Biomedical Engineering major Zoe Vittum of Brewer, Maine is named UMaine 2023 Salutatorian! Vittum, who minors in bioinstrumentation and neuroscience, is a UMaine Presidential Scholar, and a 2022–23 Helen Louise Stinchfield ’18 Memorial Scholar and Tau Beta Pi Scholar. Her numerous academic and research awards include two National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs) […]

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