A new lab to study how the latest artificial intelligence tools and techniques could bolster advanced manufacturing in northern New England will be launched with a $6 million award from the National Science Foundation to the University of Maine. UMaine will collaborate with the University of New Hampshire, University of Vermont, Southern Maine Community College, […]
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After 7 months of intense preparation and passing the qualifier round in January, UMaine students have taken home the third place trophy for the Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition 2022 regional event. This year’s competition focused on the analytical and investigative skills required by a cybersecurity professional. UMaine’s team was started in 2009 by a […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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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 […]
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