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(L to R) Mohamad Musavi, John Volin, Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, Heather Pierce, Sarah Glatter, Salimeh Yasaei Sekeh, Bruce Van Note, Christopher Dufour, Justin Lapp, Liza White, Giovanna Guidoboni

Maine College of Engineering and Computing holds 2023 Bryand Annual Awards Banquet

Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner, Bruce Van Note, is among the recipients of the Maine College of Engineering and Computing’s Edward Bryand annual awards honoring alumni, faculty, staff and students.


Van Note was named the Edward T. Bryand Distinguished Engineer. Electrical and Computer Engineering professor, Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, received the Ashley Campbell Award. Christopher Dufour of Computer Science and Justin Lapp of Mechanical Engineering both received the Early Career Teaching Award.


Liza White received the Graduate Student Research Awards for her work in the paper industry and her local community. Promising Sarah Glatter received the Graduate Student Teaching Aw

ard for fostering a vibrant and intellectually stimulating learning environment for her students.


Salimeh Yasaei Sekeh, Assistant Professor in Computer Science received the Early Career Research Award for her work on neural networks. Heather Pierce received the Leila Lowell Award for her outstanding service to the Electrical and Computing Engineering department.


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UMaine leading development of new state-of-the-art tool for tracking PFAS nationwide


The emergence of toxic per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in water supplies, farms and the environment is a growing problem nationwide. Despite many researchers and government agencies investigating these “forever chemicals,” there is no tool for combining all of their findings and providing a more comprehensive view of the problem.

University of Maine computer scientist Torsten Hahmann is spearheading the development of an interactive digital tool that will allow users to explore and analyze data on sites and sources of PFAS contamination throughout the U.S. This software will help investigators and the general public track existing PFAS hotspots, which in turn can help them identify where to test for new ones and better understand how they travel through the natural and manmade environment.  


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Vincent Weaver ‘demakes’ video games to teach about computer systems

Vincent Weaver, a University of Maine associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has a quirky hobby: “de-making” video games, or reformatting classic games onto even simpler systems than the ones they were launched on as a programming challenge. Weaver has not only amassed an online fan base for his demakes — he has also found ways to incorporate them into his curriculum for UMaine students.

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Construction Engineering Technology students at the Maine Forest and Logging Museum

At the Maine Forest and Logging Museum, MCEC Construction Engineering Technology students and faculty completed installing high bay windows in Machinery Hall, greatly brightening up this space.  Another team completed a beautiful new cedar shake roof. Another project underway was to build a new road for the Lombard Log Hauler. Emeritus professor, Herb Crosby, shares his videos of the projects with us.

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