March 20, 2018 The Associated Press, Bangor Daily News, Portland Press Herald, Maine Public, Mainebiz, WABI(Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported the University of Maine has received a $10 million gift from an anonymous donor to help build its engineering education and design center. The gift is the largest single estate donation in the university’s history, the BDN reported. UMaine is […]
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Avangrid Foundation 2018/2019 Call for Scholarships Applications can be submitted until 8 AM (EST) on April 2nd, 2018. Interested students can read more about the scholarship and apply by going to the press release on our website. Should you have any questions about any aspect of this application, please […]
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The Maine ACM-W Chapter (Association of Computing Machinery — Women) organizes a public panel that will cover the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference, its opportunities and logistics. The Grace Hopper Conference is the largest conference for women in computing and brings together several thousand female undergraduate and graduate students for networking opportunities. The […]
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Dr. Nick Giudice, the Director of the VEMI Lab, has recently been promoted to Full Professor. Congratulations, Nick! This is an old picture (tenure) but it will be repeated soon!
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Dr. Ramasinghe has starts this Spring 2018 semester as tenure-track Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Science, in the Spatial Informatics faculty group and SIE program. Nimesha has a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National University of Singapore, Singapore. Before coming to UMaine, he worked as Research Fellow at […]
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In Fall 2017, Sofian Audry has started as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Science as part of the New Media and Design faculty group and program. Sofian has a BS and MS in Computer Science, and an MA in Communications and PhD in Humanities from Concordia University. His main […]
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Since Fall 2017, the UMaine New Media undergraduate degree program is now offered via the School of Computing and Information Science. The Department of New Media and Design has been dissolved. We are pleased to welcome the NMD students and faculty to SCIS! For more information about the NDM program, please contact: Undergraduate program tour […]
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The University of Maine, School of Computing and Information Science is seeking students interested in pursuing advanced degrees in spatial informatics and/or computer science. The school offers MS degrees in Spatial Information Science and Engineering, Spatial Informatics, Information Systems and Computer Science as well as PhDs in Computer Science and Spatial Information Science and Engineering. […]
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The College of Engineering has been able to hire 17 new faculty in the last two years, with 59% of the new hires being women! Aaron Gallant, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering civil.umaine.edu/aaron-gallant Amber Killip Assistant Professor Construction Engineering Technology amber.killip@maine.edu Babak Hejrati Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering umaine.edu/mecheng/hejrati Masoud Rais-Rohani Chair & Richard […]
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The College of Engineering hosted the annual Francis Crowe Induction Ceremony on December 11th to recognize recent December grads and also a distinguished engineer, faculty and honorary engineers into the Francis Crowe Society. The December 11, 2017 Francis Crowe program can be seen here, as a download. Francis Crowe Society Membership Distinguished Members Individuals who have made major […]
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