The School of Computing and Information Science has received a grant from the National Science Foundation under their Major Research Instrumentation Program in the amount of $350,000, with another $150,000 in cost-sharing contributed by UMaine. The grant, entitled “MRI: Acquisition of a high-performance computing instrument to support deep learning, modeling/simulation, and visualization for STEM”, will […]
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Dr. Silvia Nittel, Associate Professor of Spatial Informatics in the School of Computing and Information Science was recently invited to join the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Geo-Information. This journal is an international peer-reviewed open access journal on geo-information and is an official journal of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing […]
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July 25, 2019 A center at the University of Maine is offering additive metal manufacturing services and training to facilitate the adoption of 3D metal printing in businesses around the state. The Center for Additive Manufacturing of Metals (CAMM), based at the Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) on the Orono campus, focuses on the process of […]
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June 17, 2019 A $1.5 million gift has been received from the Gustavus and Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation to help construct the University of Maine Engineering Education and Design Center (EEDC), according to University of Maine Foundation President/CEO Jeffery Mills. The gift brings the total amount raised in support of the new facility to $66 […]
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Journal Tribune reported on a high-altitude balloon launch by students at Scarborough Middle School. The project, which gave students the chance to learn about space and the atmosphere, was carried out in collaboration with the University of Maine’s High Altitude Ballooning (HAB) program. With funding from the Maine Space Grant Consortium, the program has worked with […]
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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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