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Distinguished CBE Lecture Series – Prof. Alyssa Hensley

Predicting Bimetallic Catalyst Reconstruction and Performance from Molecular-Surface Interactions Professor Alyssa Hensley (SIT Page: https://www.stevens.edu/profile/ahensley) Stevens Institute of Technology April 14, 2023 at 12pm ET in Soderberg Lecture Hall, Jenness Abstract To sustainably address our energy and chemical needs, new fundamental chemistries and technologies are required that will enable creation of new “oil” and chemical […]

UMaine CBE’s Theophile Nkulikiyinka named Outstanding Graduating International Student

Theophile Nkulikiyinka of Kigali, Rwanda is the Outstanding Graduating International Student in the College of Engineering. Nkulikiyinka, a biomedical engineering student, is a Presidential Scholar and the recipient of the International Presidential Scholarship. He has been an undergraduate researcher in the laboratory of professor Michael Mason, evaluating the potential of cellulose nanofiber as a biomaterial […]

UMaine CBE’s Karissa Tilbury Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure!

Congratulations, Karissa! Link to UMaine Announcement: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2023/03/28/thirty-one-faculty-members-receive-tenure-and-or-promotion/

UMaine CBE welcomes this week’s Distinguished Seminar speaker Prof. Monika Österberg from Aalto University!

Prof. Wujcik gives invited talk at the 94th New England Complex Fluids Meeting

Over spring break, Prof. Evan K. Wujcik and the MEAN Lab graduate members [PhD Candidate Colton Duprey, PhD Researcher Arya Ajeev, and PhD Researcher Behrokh Shams] attended the 94th New England Complex Fluids Meeting, hosted by the University of Rhode Island, where Prof. Wujcik delivered an invited talk and two MEAN Lab members [Colton and […]

New Article Alert in Chemical Engineering Journal

A new MEAN Lab (PI: Wujcik) publication entitled “Synthesis of heterogeneous metal organic Framework-Graphene oxide nanocomposite membranes for water treatment” was published in Chemical Engineering Journal…[Read it here]

New Article Alert in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science

A new article came out of the MEAN Lab (PI: Wujcik) in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science entitled “Point-of-need quantitative detection of trihalomethanes in environmental water samples using a highly sensitive and selective fiber-based preconcentration system” ….check it out here!

NSF awards $6 million for UMaine-led effort to establish new lab to study AI in advanced manufacturing

A new lab to study how the latest artificial intelligence tools and techniques could bolster advanced manufacturing in northern New England will be launched with a $6 million award from the National Science Foundation to the University of Maine. UMaine will collaborate with the University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, Southern Maine Community College, […]

2022 Distinguished Engineer – Kathleen Wetherby ’87 Electrical & Computer Engineering

Kathleen Wetherby completed her undergraduate degree in electrical engineering in 1987. Following graduation, Kathleen joined Sanders Associates as a digital design engineer where she focused on Digital Signal Processing (DSP) for signal intelligence work. As DSP became more software-centric, Kathleen’s career evolved towards software engineering. In 1991, she joined Siemens Medical Systems as a senior […]

2022 Distinguished Engineer – Bill Nunan ‘88 Civil & Environmental Engineering

Bill Nunan completed his undergraduate degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering here at the University of Maine (UMaine) in 1988. At the time of graduation, he was named the outstanding graduate of the CIE program. His academic accomplishments at UMaine also included extensive research as part of the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates […]