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Grand Opening of Technology Research Center in Old Town on June 18th

The 40,000-square-foot facility, located on the grounds of 880 Maine Street, Old Town, Maine, will feature state-of-the-art process control and process information systems. The University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute’s new Technology Research Center (TRC)  will validate, demonstrate and help commercialize developing fuel, chemical and advanced material technologies from forest bioproducts at an industrially […]

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Director Pendse received 2012 Presidential Research and Creative Achievement Award

In three decades at the University of Maine, Hemant Pendse has consistently applied creativity and innovation in numerous research initiatives that have led to significant economic development opportunities for Maine and for industry. His energetic and effective leadership has been instrumental in these interdisciplinary research accomplishments. Pendse is the founding director of the Forest Bioproducts […]

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FBRI Director Pendse Received Pulp And Paper Foundation’s Genco Award For Industry Support

  Dr. Pendse received the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation’s Genco Award, 2012.   This annual award  recognizes a UMaine employee who supports the pulp and paper industry through research, innovative student recruitment, or teaching that inspires current engineering students. The award bears the name of its first recipient—long-time UMaine chemical engineering professor Joseph […]

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FBRI’S Technology Research Center features state-of-the-art process control and process information systems.

         Technology Research Center (TRC) The University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute’s new Technology Research Center (TRC) validates, demonstrates, and helps commercialize developing fuel, chemical and advanced material technologies from forest bioproducts at an industrially relevant scale. It  provides wood suppliers and wood users the opportunity to collaborate with each other and with University […]

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UMaine to Build Nation’s Only Cellulose Nanofibrils Pilot Plant

The University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute is building a pilot-scale plant for manufacturing cellulose nanofibrils (CNF), a wood-based reinforcing material that is increasingly of interest to researchers worldwide looking for super-strong materials that could replicate synthetic plastics. The pilot plant, which is being funded by a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Forest […]

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