The University of Maine (UMaine) continues its impressive streak of securing National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Awards. In 2023, the NSF granted three awards to faculty members Evan Wujcik, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), Seth Campbell, Associate Professor at the School of Earth and Climate […]
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David Almeida, candidate for PhD in Spatial Information Science and Engineering, will be defending his dissertation on Friday October 13 starting at 1 PM in 336 Boardman Hall. All are invited to the public portion. The title of his dissertation is A Map-Algebra-Inspired Approach for Interacting with Wireless Sensor Networks, Cyber-Physical Systems or Internet of Things Dissertation […]
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Dr. Manuel Woersdoerfer’s paper ‘The E.U.’s Artificial Intelligence Act – An Ordoliberal Assessment’ has been published in the Springer journal ‘AI and Ethics.’ Abstract of the paper: In light of the rise of generative AI and recent debates about the socio-political implications of large-language models and chatbots, this article investigates the E.U.’s Artificial Intelligence Act […]
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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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Prof. Evan K. Wujcik has recently published a collaborative article in Advanced Materials entitled “Life Cycle Assessment of Ti3C2Tx MXene Synthesis.” Read the open access article here: https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202300422 Abstract: MXenes, two-dimensional transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, have been investigated for diverse applications since their discovery, however, their life cycle analysis (LCA) has not been studied. […]
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Caitlin Howell, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Maine, was awarded a 2023 Gilbreth Lectureship from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). NAE established the Gilbreth Lectures in 2001 in honor of Lillian Gilbreth, the first woman elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1965. The lectureship recognizes outstanding young American […]
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Composites Communications (Compos. Commun. or COCO) publishes peer-refereed short communications and letters on the latest advances and progresses in composites science and technology. It aims to disseminate new knowledge to the broad composites community in a timely fashion with its rapid review and publication process. See the journal homepage here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/composites-communications
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BME Junior Ainslie Allen was awarded first place for her research poster and 3-minute oral flash presentation at the AVS 68th Annual Symposium and Exhibition in Pittsburgh, PA, on November 8th, 2022. Her work focused on the development of a smartphone-based surface contamination detection system. Ainslie competed against both graduate and other undergraduate students to […]
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For the UMaine News article on Prof. Khalil’s research, see: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/09/21/andre-khalils-research-uses-imaging-techniques-to-transcend-disciplines/
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For the UMaine News article on Prof. Howell’s research, see: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/09/16/howell-catheter-research-receives-funding-from-philanthropic-organization-for-next-steps/
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