Electrical & Computer Engineering

Bruce R. Littlefield passed away on August 12th 2020 at the age of 74.  Bruce, an ECE major, graduated valedictorian of his UMaine class in 1987 and remained at UMaine to receive an MS in ECE.  Bruce served as the Systems Administrator for the department until his retirement.   Below are recollections of Bruce from his Departmental […]

The Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NECCDC – http://neccdl.org/neccdc) will be hosted at UMaine in Orono Maine March 20-22, 2020. Ten student teams from the Northeast will compete to test their ability to operate, secure, manage, and maintain a corporate network. A virtual qualifying round will be held in late January to determine the schools […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A home-based sleep monitoring invention developed by University of Maine researchers that has the potential to help detect early symptoms of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease in elders has received a $1 million Small Business Innovation Research Award from the National Institute of Health’s Institute on Aging. The two-year NIH Phase II award to […]

The Black Bear Robotics club competed in the 2018 NASA Robotic Mining Challenge May 15, 2018 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Team members William Bessette, Alison Bessette, Quinn Campbell, Drew Bennett, Collin Averill and Stewart Doe were accompanied by ECE Professor Rick Eason. (William and Collin are Electrical Engineering majors, and Stewart is a […]

Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, professor of electrical and computer engineering is a co-PI for a $2.5 million grant from the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) through the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy. The project focuses on improving sensor technologies in coal-based power plants. The UMaine project, “Technology Maturation of Wireless Harsh-Environment Sensors for Improved Condition-Based Monitoring,”  […]

Nicholas LaJoie, a Computer Engineering student graduating in May 2018, was a 2018 UMaine Business Challenge winner. The UMaine Business Challenge is the largest business-plan competition for college students in the state. Business Challenge finalists are first selected and paired with mentors and have two weeks to prepare for a live-pitch event to present their […]