OpenFieldUMaine · Orono, Maine, United States
The University of Maine (UMaine), established in 1865 on Marsh Island in Orono, Maine, is the state's flagship public land-grant and sea-grant Carnegie R1 research university. UMaine is globally renowned for the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC)—home to the world's largest prototype 3D printer and offshore floating wind turbine technology—the Climate Change Institute, forest bioproducts, and marine ecology.
UMaine consists of five colleges, including the College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences, the Maine College of Engineering and Computing, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Graduate School. It operates the Darling Marine Center on the mid-coast and over 14,000 acres of research forests across Maine.
Undergraduate admissions are evaluated through the Common Application (rolling admissions; test-optional; average GPA 3.4+). Graduate and doctoral applicants require an accredited bachelor's or master's degree with a minimum 3.0 GPA, letters of recommendation, and clear research interests matching faculty labs.
Cutting-edge doctoral research utilizing the world's largest composite 3D printer (BioHome3D), floating offshore wind turbine wave basins, and structural bio-resins.
World-leading glaciological research program investigating Antarctic and Greenland ice cores, abrupt paleoclimate transitions, and high-altitude alpine meteorology.
Doctoral research program based at the marine laboratory on the Damariscotta River estuary, investigating American lobster population genetics, shellfish aquaculture, and kelp ecology.
Applied master's focusing on nanocellulose extraction, mass timber building systems, forest carbon modeling, and sustainable northern hardwood silviculture.
Hands-on field wildlife degree certified by The Wildlife Society, examining moose parasite ecology, Atlantic salmon river restoration, and seabird island conservation.
Interdisciplinary computational master's covering spatial ontology modeling, GIS database engineering, satellite remote sensing algorithms, and location privacy.
Executive Director & Professor of Civil and Structural Engineering
Advanced Structures and Composites Center
Dr. Dagher directs the ASCC, holding over 50 patents in offshore wind floating foundations, large-scale 3D printed polymer bio-homes, and bridge composite girde...
View researcher profile ↗Director & Distinguished Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences
Climate Change Institute
Dr. Mayewski has led over 60 scientific expeditions to Antarctica, the Arctic, and the Himalayas, pioneering high-resolution ice core chemistry to document abru...
View researcher profile ↗Professor of Marine Conservation
Darling Marine Center
Dr. Leslie explores coastal marine ecology, small-scale fisheries resilience in Maine and Mexico, and the integration of social and ecological metrics in coasta...
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