NSFA News: Mehdi Tajvidi receives an outstanding research award The Outstanding Research Award honors faculty who make significant contributions to their profession and have demonstrated excellence in scholarship.  Photo taken in adherence with health and safety guidelines. Cellulose nanofibrils are miniscule. You would need 100,000 to cross the width of a single human hair. In […]

The University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) will upgrade its Technology Research Center (TRC) in Old Town and Process Development Center (PDC) in Jenness Hall to bolster ongoing efforts to create new bioproducts, increase production and find uses for woody biomass materials typically considered waste. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) awarded FBRI $4.8 million for […]

Poland Spring, University of Maine to explore bio-based materials September 29, 2020 The University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) is collaborating with Poland Spring Brand 100% Natural Spring Water and its parent company, Nestlé Waters North America, to evaluate and develop bio-based solutions that could serve as alternative packaging for Poland Spring products. […]

The process developed by UMaine researchers eliminates the use of formaldehyde as a binding agent, replacing it with a CNF slurry. The resulting product tests higher for fracture toughness and sequesters carbon and oxygen into the building product for its life span — typically decades.The UMaine inventor is professor of chemical and biomedical engineering Doug Bousfield. Co-inventor […]

FBRI had an event planned to celebrate 10 years of its success on March 13, 2020. Because of the early distancing messages due to the pandemic, the VIPs who were going to speak at the event cancelled. FBRI faculty and staff were there at TRC and started their staying distant afterwards.  

Ezatollah Nima Amini for his successful Ph.D. defense and earning a Ph.D. in Forest Resources with a concentration in Bioproducts Engineering Dr. Mehdi congratulated his student Ezatollah Nima Amini for his successful Ph.D. defense and earning a Ph.D. in Forest Resources with a concentration in Bioproducts Engineering! His work was focused on binder applications of […]