From UMaine to a Global Law Practice: Finding Opportunity in a Changing World Jeff Johnson, BS ’93, MS ’95 April 28, 2017 at 12 noon at the Foster Center for Student Innovation Jeff Johnson (BS ’93, MS ’95) is Co-Chair of the Technology Transactions and Licensing practice at WilmerHale, a global law firm with ~1000 attorneys worldwide. […]
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SEEKING DIRECTOR FOR SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCE Position Title: Director of the School of Computing and Information Science (id:40004) Department: School of Computing and Information Sciences Bargaining Unit: Nonrep Faculty # of Months: 9 Purpose: The University of Maine School of Computing and Information Science seeks applicants for a senior faculty position as […]
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Chris Dorr successfully defended his Ph.D thesis last Friday. Congrats Dr. Dorr! In his thesis work he demonstrated that the OPRA theory which his advisor Dr. Reinhard Moratz developed in the last decade is sufficient to successfully attack the notoriously difficult problem of shape similarity.
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One team representing University of Maine, participated in the biggest annual computer programming contest in the world. They finished with the second highest ranking of all teams in the north-eastern part of the U.S., including Maine, New York, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. This UMaine team, named RedZeppelin, consists of Graham Van Goffrier […]
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Mohamed Makhlouf (Electrical Engineering, class of 1975) will be inducted as a Distinguished Member of the Francis Crowe Society at the fall induction on December 9, 4:30pm in the Hill Auditorium. The Francis Crowe Society recognizes new UMaine engineering graduates as well as distinguished alumni. Mohamed is originally from Palestine. His family moved to Egypt […]
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This December, a wireless leak detection system created by University of Maine researchers is scheduled to head to the International Space Station (ISS). The prototype, which was tested by NASA and in the inflatable lunar habitat and Wireless Sensing Laboratory (WiSe-Net Lab) on campus, could lead to increased safety on ISS and in other space […]
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This December, Engineers Without Borders (EWB) UMaine embarks on a second assessment trip to the community of El Descanso, Ecuador! This trip lays the groundwork for the development of a sustainable water supply system. The 120-person community resides about 30 miles from the Ecuadorian coast, and has been lucky enough to miss most of the […]
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Dr. Thiagarajan will receive three awards from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) at the President’s Luncheon on Friday, November 5 in Bellevue, Washington. Dr. Thiagarajan has been elected to the prestigious grade of SNAME Fellow, been named Faculty Advisor of the Year, and been recognized with a Certificate of Appreciation. Fellow […]
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All students and faculty are invited to attend the Center of Academic Excellence in Geospatial Sciences site visit presentations that start at 1:30 pm on Wednesday Oct 26 in Room 336 Boardman Hall. We look forward to seeing you there. NGA/USGS Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) Site Visit Agenda October 26 2016 1:30 Introductions and […]
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Please place the following presentations on your calendar for the remainder of the fall semester. Spatial and More Seminar Series Sponsored by NCGIA October 19: 12:00 336 Boardman Hall Chris Bennet, PhD student in Spatial Information Science and Engineering Evaluating and Alleviating Cognitive Map Decay for Older Adult Navigators through the use of Virtual Reality […]
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