The Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center is one of five U.S. facilities competitively selected to conduct 1:50-scale testing as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wave Energy Prize this December. The Wave Energy Prize is a 20-month design-build-test prize competition that seeks […]
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A 2014 paper written by Renee Kelly, director of economic development initiatives at the University of Maine, was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Before Maine can help entrepreneurs, it needs to understand them.” In her paper, Kelly wrote the state is focused more on the seven technology sectors — biotechnology, composites and advanced […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported Winthrop-based Alba-Technic is one of five companies in the country to receive $250,000 to further develop technologies which could be used to protect against head injuries or other impact trauma. The company has developed a patented, shock-absorbent honeycomb material that is designed to dissipate the […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNsU6LhJmG8&feature=youtu.be Transcript For 18 years, Jeff Walls of Stockton Springs has been on a mission to find a viable way to farm in Maine year-round. His solution? To farm using a method called organiponics. Organiponics combines gardening with hydroponics, a method of growing plants in water without soil. In Walls’ system, waste from rainbow trout […]
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Mainebiz reported the University of Maine is seeking college students for an innovation and entrepreneurship fellowship program that includes paid internships with companies. The Innovate for Maine Fellows program from the university’s Foster Center for Student Innovation connects Maine college students or residents attending college elsewhere with growing companies, according to the article. The program […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and WABI (Channel 5) reported on Scratchpad Accelerator’s Demo Day where entrepreneurs gave investment-style pitches to an audience of supporters, strategic partners, the general public and potential investors. The four companies participated in the 12-week pilot program of the University of Maine in collaboration with the Maine Technology Institute. “It’s pretty exciting. […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported entrepreneurs participating in Scratchpad Accelerator, a pilot program of the University of Maine in collaboration with the Maine Technology Institute, will participate in a Demo Day from 4–7 p.m. Dec. 11 at Seasons Restaurant in Bangor. The four companies — CourseStorm of Orono; Double Blue Analytics of Orono and Brunswick; Tip […]
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An aesthetically designed mobility aid created by University of Maine researchers to meet the growing need for adaptive exercise engagement has received nearly $225,000 from the National Institute on Aging. The one-year $224,999 National Institutes of Health Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant will involve precision testing and the initiation of commercialization of […]
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The University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation is seeking motivated, innovative Maine college students and companies that want to make a difference in the state through the Innovate for Maine Fellows program. The program connects the best and brightest Maine college students with the state’s most exciting, growing companies as a way to […]
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University of Maine professors Harold “Dusty” Dowse and Jim McConnon were mentioned in a Morning Sentinel article on baking workshops offered at Somerset Grist Mill in Skowhegan. The workshops, sponsored by the Maine Grain Alliance, focused on sourcing ingredients, finding out what customers want, marketing, promoting, location and sales. Dowse, a professor of biological sciences, […]
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