GROUND BREAKING ON Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Ground-breaking Ground breaking Program 5/3/11 Bangor Daily News Story FBRI Groundbreaking story
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March FbRI Friday on March 25th in Jenness Hall Lobby from 3-5pm
Come join us for our February FBRI Friday celebration in Jenness Hall Lobby 3:00 to 5:00 pm this Friday in Jenness Hall Lobby. Free Forum – food, fun and friendship. Everything you wanted know about ‘drop-in’ fuels from woody biomass. FBRI – “Serving societal needs by bringing sound science to commercial viability”
Read moreDr. Danielle Julie Carrier, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas will give a seminar on 2.10 p.m. Friday March 25th, Soderberg Lecture Hall, Jenness Hall
Distinguished lecture series seminar by Dr. Danielle Julie Carrier on March 25th
Read moreThe First Distinguished Lecture Series Seminar of the Spring Semester, January 21, 2011 Rescheduled for Friday, February 4th because of the snow day on January 21.
The First Distinguished Lecture Series Seminar of the Spring Semester, January 21, 2011 Rescheduled for Friday, February 4th because of the snow day on January 21.
Read moreDistinguished Lecture Series Seminar on Friday January 28th by Dr. Adriaan van Heiningen
Distinguished Lecture Series Seminar on Friday January 28th by Dr. Adriaan van Heiningen The First Distinguished Lecture Series Seminar of the Spring Semester, January 21, 2011 Rescheduled for February 4, 2011 because of the snow day on January 21
Read moreDistinguished Lecture Series, Friday, Dec. 3
The Distinguished Lecture Series seminar this Friday, December 3rd will be delivered by Dr. Hemant Pendse, Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Founding Director of the Forest Bioproduct Research Institute at UMaine. Dr. Pendse’s seminar will be entitled ‘FBRI – Now the Story of the Making of FBRI Can Be Told’. An […]
Read moreTwo New Bioplastics Projects Put FBRI In A Lead
This opportunity to utilize biomass wood for polymers in leading consumer products is an important new strategic direction for our efforts at the University of Maine.” The Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI) is now active in two Sustainable Bioplastics projects in collaboration with consortia of private companies and academic collaborators to conduct joint research and […]
Read moreFBRI Wood Extracts Attract National Attention
“This unique $250,000 pilot scale wood extraction facility was made possible by the NSF EPSCoR grant that helped us scale-up our technologies so business folks can get design data at industrially relevant scale of operations.” says Hemant Pendse, chair of UMaine’s Chemical and Biological Engineering Department and managing director of the university’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute. […]
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