MCEC has been awarded two Hamm Campus Activity Awards through the Alton ’38 and Adelaide Hamm Campus Activity Fund. These awards will support projects designed to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) education across Maine, fostering inclusive, hands-on learning opportunities for learners of all ages.
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UMaine’s Student Chapter of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) claimed 3rd place at the 2024 NSPS National Student Competition out of a total of 18 teams in the baccalaureate division. This 2-day long competition designed to test student’s abilities to complete complex field surveying tasks in a team environment and demonstrate knowledge of […]
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Maine College of Engineering and Computing (MCEC) joined other University of Maine System collaborators at the inaugural Rural Issues Symposium in Orono, Maine. This conference focused on advancing rural resilience and revitalization through community-engaged research. MCEC faculty and students contributed their expertise and projects, highlighting solutions to some of Maine’s most pressing environmental, economic, and […]
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The University of Maine has been granted a significant award from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program. This $1.2 million grant signifies a crucial step in the university’s efforts to advance STEM education, particularly in the field of semiconductor science and technology. Led by Principal Investigator (PI) […]
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The 2023 Francis Crowe Induction ceremony occured on Saturday May 6th and featured some of the college’s most distinguished alumni. Francis Trenholm Crowe (October 12, 1882 – February 26, 1946) was the chief engineer of the Hoover Dam. During that time, he was the superintendent of ‘Six Companies’, the construction company that oversaw the construction […]
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The University of Maine will collaborate with New England Aqua Ventus, LLC (NEAV), a joint venture between Diamond Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation, and RWE Renewables, the second largest company in offshore wind globally, to develop UMaine’s floating offshore wind technology demonstration project off the coast of Maine. As the developer, NEAV […]
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The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded Navatek LLC and the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) a $5 million contract to research materials and novel manufacturing tools and methods to improve the design and construction of Navy and Marine Corps vessels; maximizing the speed, range, payload and survivability for Naval […]
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Girls Engineer Maine (GEM), a program in the University of Maine College of Engineering, has been awarded a three-year, more than $93,000 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to continue to help build the pipeline for engineering workforce development in Maine. Proposed project activities include a three-and-a-half-day summer residency at UMaine […]
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The University of Maine has been issued a patent for a process to create construction materials that are bound with cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) and offer increased durability and environmental friendliness. While the technology can be used to create a variety of commonly used building materials, the primary application for this patent focuses on a replacement […]
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The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded more than $3.2 million from the U.S. Army Natick Soldiers Systems Center to support development of technologies that protect troops in the field. The research builds on decades of R&D that led to the development of products like modular ballistic protection systems to […]
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