Manufacturing â making products and adding value to raw materials â plays a crucial role in Maineâs economic well-being, but the industry is changing.
Pulp and paper production has declined over the years as several mills have shuttered. Emerging firms are smaller than they once were, and many now use high-tech, precision manufacturing. Despite its alterations, however, the manufacturing economy in Maine continues to expand and evolve.
Companies eager to fuel or participate in industry growth face challenges in their efforts to create new products, implement cutting-edge technology and teach their existing workforce new skills. Fortunately, the Advanced Manufacturing Center at the University of Maine is eager to help them. The center has assisted many manufacturers in Maine and beyond over the years with efforts to innovate and explore new areas in the industry. It also often acts as a research and development lab for companies that are unable to experiment on
Last weekâs episode of âThe Maine Questionâ explored the value of undergraduate research at UMaine, but graduate students also support the university and the economy through their work.
With the 2021 UMaine Student Symposium set for April 16, Episode 7 of Season 4 of the podcast shines a spotlight on the role and value of graduate education and research.
The university welcomed a record 2,400 graduate students for the 2020â21 academic year. Research and enterprise from masterâs and Ph.D. candidates show no signs of slowing down. They continue to grow and evolve.
Podcast host Ron Lisnet delves into some of the studies and projects occurring at UMaine, much of which will be on display at this yearâs symposium. Three graduate students discuss their work, and Scott Delcourt, associate vice president of graduate studies and senior associate dean of the Graduate School, describes how graduate research and creative work add to Maine’s economy and poo
Despite sounding like a futuristic tool exclusive to science fiction, artificial intelligence is used everyday in contemporary life. People capitalize on this emerging technology when they apply for jobs, order groceries, access bank accounts, take out a loan application or scroll through social media.
University of Maine computer scientists and engineers are developing new forms of AI and novel applications for it. The University of Maine Artificial Intelligence Initiative (UMaine AI) was launched to unite various stakeholders aiming to make the state a hub for AI research, education and use.
In Episode 3 of Season 4 of âThe Maine Question,â host Ron Lisnet speaks with Penny Rheingans, director of UMaine’s School of Computing and Information Science, and Roy Turner, an associate professor of computer science at UMaine, to help unravel the complicated story of AI, examine how it can both improve lives and cause problems, and explore the various research developments f
âThe Maine Questionâ asks whatâs Mainers relationship with the forest
Maine is the most forested state in the country, and its residents interact with forests regularly in many different ways. They provide supplies for various products, which fuels industry and job creation, and space for outdoor recreation.
These interactions, which help define Maineâs identity, are the subject of Jessica Leahyâs research. As a professor in the University of Maine School of Forest Resources, she studies the human dimensions of forestry and other natural resources.
In Episode Two of Season Four of âThe Maine Question,â host Ron Lisnet speaks with Leahy about her work, the ways forests impact our lives and how our actions affect them.
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