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Blog Post: Dr. Hemant Pendse, Phd., Receives Alumni Award, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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Congratulations are in order for Dr. Hemant Pendse, Chair of the Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department, who was honored with the Distinguished Maine Professor award by the Alumni Association.

Blog Post: Industry Professional Questionnaire: Heather Dubois, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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Interview with University of Maine Alumna Heather DuBois about her role as Vice President and General Manager with Nalco Water and as a member of the UMaine Pulp and Paper Foundation Board

Consider Engineering Program, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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Consider Engineering is a challenging and rewarding four-day summer program for high school juniors to get a taste of college life and what it takes to be an engineer.

This program is offered three times in July to groups of 36 students who have completed their junior year of study, excel in math and science, and demonstrate communication and leadership skills. This free-of-charge educational and inspiring program is competitive, with only half the applicants gaining admission. Food and lodging is included.

Blog Post: Alumni Questionnaire: Elaina Gilman, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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The Q&A interview with University of Maine Alumna Elaina Gilman about her career in the pulp and paper industry in Filer City, Michigan.

Blog Post: Discussing All Maine Women With Jenny Desmond, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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At University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation, we value community, connection, and commitment—to our students, campus, and the industry. But we’re certainly not the only campus organization that encompasses these values. The All Maine Women (AMW) honor society is the “highest all-inclusive honor society to which a University of Maine woman can belong,” a prestigious accomplishment.

Each year, All Maine Women selects a small group of exemplary students to be members. For 2021, three UMPPF scholarship recipients were selected! Jordon Gregory, Meagan Dube and Rosamond Hickey join seven other UMaine students to represent the All Maine Women honor society …

Blog Post: Industry Professional Questionnaire: Dale Wibberly, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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Q&A interview with Dale Wibberly, Human Resource Manager at Sappi North America, about the state of the pulp and paper industry.

Blog Posts: Umppf President Carrie Enos, Award Winner, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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There’s a lot of excitement around the UMaine Pulp and Paper Foundation family these days. Our very own President, Carrie Enos, was recently announced by The Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) as a 2021 TAPPI Fellow! TAPPI Fellows are awarded because of their commitment and extraordinary technical or service contributions to not only TAPPI, but the entire pulp and paper industry.

Each year, the Association at TAPPI elects a small percentage of its 14,000 member engineers, scientists, managers, academics and other pulp and paper industry professionals to be TAPPI Fellows. This is a distinguished honor among …

Blog Post: Lucrative Opportunities In The Industry, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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The pulp and paper industry is looking for you! In a previous post about industry myths, we discussed that the industry is (spoiler alert) not dying but rather growing and evolving. Many companies within the industry all around the world are looking for candidates like you to fill open positions right now.

Conceptual Design, Engineering & Pricing Of A Clt Addition To Umaine’S Composites Center To House The Gem Factory Of The Future, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine, Russell Edgar, Benjamin Herzog

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In October 2019, the Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) at the University of Maine (UMaine) was awarded one of ten University Mass Timber Grants, meant to support demonstration projects showcasing mass timber technologies on university campuses. Two of the ten awards were given to Maine colleges and universities, the one described herein focused on a CLT addition to the ASCC to (1) demonstrate to regional stakeholders the viability of CLT as a structural building material, (2) demonstrate cost-effective use of CLT in large, warehouse-style buildings, (3) show Maine’s support for mass timber technologies to further encourage investment in CLT …

The Dandy Scroll, Fall 2020, University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation

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The Fall 2020 issue of The Dandy Scroll newsletter produced by the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation.

Maine Epscor Summer 2020 Newsletter, Maine Epscor

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NSF EPSCoR-Funded Research and Activities across the state have proven themselves to be resilient and impactful amidst challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent restrictions.

Since our last published update, Maine EPSCoR successfully completed the Year 5 No Cost Extension (NCE) report for the previous Track-1 award, the Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET), thus closing out the research grant that has acted as a catalyst for cutting-edge sustainable aquaculture research in the state of Maine. During the NCE, SEANET supported 12 faculty participants, 23 graduate students, and 50 undergraduate students, created 27 publications, and saw $10,699,228 in awarded …

The Dandy Scroll, Winter 2020, University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation

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The Winter 2020 issue of The Dandy Scroll newsletter produced by the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation.

Blog Post: Student Questionnaire: Jordon Gregory, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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Q&A interview with 2022 University of Maine student Jordon Gregory about her academic career at the University of Maine and experience with the Pulp and Paper Foundation.

Blog Post: Industry Professional Questionnaire: Barb Hamilton, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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Q&A interview with paper industry professional Barb Hamilton about the state of the pulp and paper industry.

Maine's Climate Future Report, University Of Maine Climate Change Institute

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Maine’s Climate Future 2020 builds on the Maine’s Climate Future 2009 and Maine’s Climate Future 2015 reports and the Coastal Maine Climate Futures report (below); it is not intended as a comprehensive revision of all aspects of the previous reports. This update demonstrates the progression of accelerating change in the climate in Maine and its effects, reflecting dramatic evidence for accelerating climate change around the globe with the often dire consequences of those changes. This report looks at examples of evidence of effects in Maine drawn from the scientific literature and news media accounts of Maine people and their experiences. …

Alumni Advice: Our Most Valuable Experiences In Umppf, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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The University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation scholarship recipients are the heart of the foundation. Not only during their college years, but well after graduation and into their professional lives as well. Foundation alumni are a testament to how successful, rewarding, and memorable the program can be for aspiring engineering students.

Fact Or Fiction: Pulp And Paper Industry Myths And Truths Exposed, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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Being one of the oldest in the country, the paper industry has seen its fair share of change. There’s a common perception that because some paper mills have had to close down, the industry as a whole is disappearing. This isn’t true! While it seems to be the most common misconception, it’s not the only one out there.

Blog Post: 7 Tips To Snag That Dream Job, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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So, you’re ready to interview. Congratulations! Whether you’ve been to an interview before or if you’re preparing for your first, it’s an exciting moment in your career. An interview is an opportunity to showcase your skills and what assets you can bring to a company. While there are tried and true pieces of advice (don’t arrive late), why not get tips from the inside? So, we asked our pulp and paper industry partners. Here are the top seven interviewing tips from the professionals.

Consider Engineering Still Going Strong, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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For 49 years, the Consider Engineering program has been offered by the UMaine Pulp and Paper Foundation. Despite the unusual circumstances of this year, we were determined to make it available to as many students as possible. Unable to bring students to campus in July, we hosted two separate one-day sessions of Consider Engineering on the UMaine campus this fall. The nearly 70 high school students who participated have just begun their senior year of high school.

Blog Post: Day In The Life: Jordon Gregory, University Of Maine Pulp & Paper Foundation

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Did you catch our first Day in the Life series on our Facebook and Instagram stories? Jordon Gregory, class of 2022, took over our social media stories for one day to show everyone what a typical day as a chemical engineering student looks like for her.

Jordon mentioned some of our favorite things about campus: the beautiful Mall, the center of campus, and that we’re only a short two-hour car ride to one of the most visited national parks in the country—Acadia National Park.

Being a UMaine engineering student and pulp and paper scholarship recipient is challenging, for sure. But …

Cooperative Forestry Research Unit Annual Report 2020, Cooperative Forestry Research Unit

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This past year has been a challenging time for the CFRU as we learned to cope and work during a global pandemic. More isolation became the norm and video conferences replaced the in-person meetings we are accustomed to. Despite these challenges, the CFRU remained active thanks to the dedication of our Interim Program Leader, Aaron Weiskittel, and his support staff, Leslee Canty-Noyes and Meg Fergusson. Their efforts to adapt to changing circumstances ensured that research advanced, meetings successfully carried on, spruce budworm L2 sampling was conducted, MASN sites were established, and the daily administrative functions of the CFRU continued.

Browntail Moth Research At The University Of Maine: A Report Of Activities And Findings 2016-2020, Eleanor Grodon, Karla Boyd, Hye Weon Hwang, Barbra Cole, Angela Mech

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The browntail moth has become a very serious problem for many communities in southern, midcoast and central Maine over the past several years as this insect has reached populations levels that we have not seen in 80 to 100 years. Researchers at the University of Maine have teamed up with entomologists in the Maine State Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry Maine Forest Service (MDACF) to track the spread and investigate the causes of the outbreak and evaluate management strategies for this daunting pest.

The report was prepared by Prepared by: Dr. Eleanor Groden, Professor of Entomology, Emerita, School of …

Maine Epscor Fall 2019 Newsletter, Maine Epscor

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As the Sustainable Ecological Aquaculture Network (SEANET) completes its final year, several other National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded grants and activities throughout the state have continued a legacy of positively impacting the state’s capacity for research, development, and STEM education.

Maine EPSCoR’s newest Track-1 grant, Molecule to Ecosystem: Environmental DNA as a Nexus of Coastal Ecosystem Sustainability for Maine (or Maine-eDNA), is no exception. It has had a strong start, and we aim to continue strengthening collaborations among partner institutions, while conducting highly impactful research, education, and outreach of benefit to Maine.

In this newsletter, you’ll learn more about:
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The Dandy Scroll, Fall 2019, University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation

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The Fall 2019 issue of The Dandy Scroll newsletter produced by the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation.

About Maine Edna, Maine Epscor, University Of Maine

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Maine-eDNA is a 5-year research, education and outreach program that seeks to transform our understanding and sustainability of Maine’s coastal ecosystems via environmental DNA (eDNA) innovations that unlock new scales of inference and new scales of collaboration.

Suddenly, after thousands of years, it’s like we have new nets: With cutting-edge Environmental DNA methods the Maine-eDNA program aims to revolutionize monitoring and ecological understanding of our coastal ecosystems.

Collecting eDNA samples will be as simple as filling a bottle with water — no nets needed.

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The Dandy Scroll, Spring 2019, University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation

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The Spring 2019 issue of The Dandy Scroll newsletter produced by the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation.

The Case For Clt Manufacturing In Maine, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine, Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center

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The Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center (MMTCC) was founded in 2017 in direct response to a 2017 Department of Commerce federal interagency Economic Development Assessment Team (EDAT) report on the Maine forest-based economy, specifically Priority “E” of the EDAT report stating: “Invest in the research, development and commercialization of emerging wood technologies”. In particular, the EDAT report singled out the unique opportunity that exists for development of Mass Timber (e.g. cross laminated timber) production in Maine:

“Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) research at the University of Maine is linked to several potential manufacturing facilities seeking east coast locations. Immediately form a …

The Dandy Scroll, Fall 2018, University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation

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The Fall 2018 issue of The Dandy Scroll newsletter produced by the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation.

The Dandy Scroll, Spring 2018, University Of Maine Pulp And Paper Foundation

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The Spring 2018 issue of The Dandy Scroll newsletter produced by the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation.

Coastal Maine Climate Futures Report, University Of Maine Climate Change Institute

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Climate and weather exert a critical influence on the health of Maine’s people, ecosystems and economy. Across coastal communities, where fishing, forestry, tourism, and agriculture serve as the economic backbone, the changing climate poses near and long-term challenges. This report provides a basis for future planning by developing plausible climate scenarios for the next 20 years – the period 2020–2040. The plausible scenarios follow an examination of historical climate trends, climate–commodity connections, and sources of climate variability that affect Maine. This report was produced with generous support from the Russell Grinnell Memorial Trust.