From UMaine Today – Fall/Winter 2018 Advanced combustion Improving wireless sensor technologies in coal-based power plants is the focus of a $2.5 million grant from the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) through the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy to the University of Maine. The UMaine project, led by Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, professor of electrical […]
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The University of Maine was recently issued a patent, US 10,244,977, for a device that detects brain injury by measuring sleep movement patterns. This technology will be licensed by Activas Diagnostics, a UMaine spin-off company. The invention is a fitted mattress sheet equipped with more than a dozen sensors that will allow it to gather […]
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In collaboration with SJH, Vetelino and a team of researchers from UMaine, University of Maine at Machias (UMM), University of Maine at Farmington (UMF), and Dartmouth College are designing sensor systems that can improve healthcare. The systems can be applied in the monitoring and detection of medical conditions and diseases. “We wanted to know how […]
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An unexpected discovery by a student launched the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute pilot plant – to turn wood components in clean crude oil. OLD TOWN, Maine — Relinquished and run-down mill towns could soon breathe new life, following an unexpected discovery by a student at the University of Maine. Since 2012, […]
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The College of Engineering was honored to present Chuck Peddle, the father of personal computing, with the Edward T. Bryand Engineering award today. Dean Dana Humphrey presented Chuck with these awards as part of a symposium on Disruptive Innovation. Chuck spoke to the standing room only crowd about the importance of not being afraid to […]
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Position Title: Assistant Professor in Computer Science (id:52780) Campus: Orono Department: School of Computing and Information Sciences – SCIS Bargaining Unit: AFUM Location: Orono, ME Statement of the Job: The University of Maine School of Computing and Information Science seeks applicants for a tenure-track, academic-year Assistant Professor position, with an anticipated start date of September […]
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LECTURER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE University of Maine The University of Maine School of Computing and Information Science (SCIS) seeks applicants for a teaching faculty position at the rank of lecturer, with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2019. Please consult the full announcement.
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Name: Michael Maier Hometown: Sanbornton, New Hampshire Major: Bioengineering Year: Alumni – Graduated 2018 Why did you choose: -UMaine? I chose UMaine because it was a perfect fit for me. The location was great, but not completely alien to me as a New Englander. The school had a great reputation in engineering, and I was […]
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New Media alumna Margaretha Haughwout invited Still Water co-directors Joline Blais and Jon Ippolito to explore the connections between different types of code and how they can be open-sourced, digitally and biologically, in a series of talks and workshops at Colgate University in November 2018.
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Preston Spicer, Graduate Student in Civil & Environmental Engineering, holding an instrument called a Castaway CTD, which directly measures electrical conductivity, temperature, and depth. Conductivity is then used to calculate salinity. The CTD is tossed it in the water with a rope attached, once it hits the bottom, it gets pulled back up to take […]
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