/research University of Maine Tue, 08 Jul 2025 18:35:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 /research/wp-content/uploads/sites/281/2016/12/cropped-MAINE_crest_4c-32x32.jpg /research 32 32 /research/2025/07/03/irja-hepler-tackling-thermal-stress-in-3d-printing/ /research/2025/07/03/irja-hepler-tackling-thermal-stress-in-3d-printing/#respond Thu, 03 Jul 2025 15:13:22 +0000 /research/?p=50991 Irja Hepler wants to crack the code on the additive manufacturing cooling process to make 3D printing faster, stronger and more precise.  91¸£Àû Ph.D. student in structural engineering is developing code to improve her model that predicts how thermal stress created during 3D printing could change what is being printed. Once developed, […]]]> /research/2025/07/03/irja-hepler-tackling-thermal-stress-in-3d-printing/feed/ 0 /research/2025/04/18/sara-delaney-sows-farmer-resilience-through-outreach-optimization/ /research/2025/04/18/sara-delaney-sows-farmer-resilience-through-outreach-optimization/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 18:03:01 +0000 /research/?p=50681 Sara Delaney, a Ph.D. candidate in ecology and environmental sciences at the University of Maine, is fine-tuning how scientists help farmers prepare for — and thrive in — the face of uncertainty. Her work builds on more than a decade spent advancing food security around the globe, from Mali to Latin America. Now, she’s using […]]]> /research/2025/04/18/sara-delaney-sows-farmer-resilience-through-outreach-optimization/feed/ 0 /research/2022/07/29/peary-studies-changes-in-physical-activity-strategies-in-schools-during-the-pandemic/ /research/2022/07/29/peary-studies-changes-in-physical-activity-strategies-in-schools-during-the-pandemic/#respond Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:47:59 +0000 /research/?p=47138 Winning a fellowship award from the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) led to the “defining moment of my undergraduate career,” says Alexandra Peary, a senior nursing student at the University of Maine. Peary, a Cumberland, Maine native, is passionate about living a healthy lifestyle. She decided to use her fellowship to research how physical activity […]]]> /research/2022/07/29/peary-studies-changes-in-physical-activity-strategies-in-schools-during-the-pandemic/feed/ 0 /research/2022/07/19/trujillo-explores-intersection-of-art-and-climate-change-through-cugr-fellowship/ /research/2022/07/19/trujillo-explores-intersection-of-art-and-climate-change-through-cugr-fellowship/#respond Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:45:05 +0000 /research/?p=47122 Growing up in a small town in California, Jillian Trujillo watched as it became larger and busier—and with that came more human-made noise. Trujillo noted that eventually there was no time of day that she could find silence.  Trujillo is a senior art history major and Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) fellowship recipient at the […]]]> /research/2022/07/19/trujillo-explores-intersection-of-art-and-climate-change-through-cugr-fellowship/feed/ 0