UMaine Engineering Successes

The College of Engineering is a UMaine Signature Area of Excellence

• Bridge-In-A-Backpack™ spinoff company signs agreement with international firm

• UMaine opens Alfond W² Ocean Engineering Lab

• Maine Technology Institute funds development of high- temperature sensor

• UMaine wireless leak detection system deployed on International Space Station

• Cellulose nanofibrils production technology is now globally deployed with one domestic and two international sites

99% placement rate for UMaine engineering graduates

15% growth in engineering employment in Maine since 2005

87% engineering degrees granted in Maine are from UMaine

1,450 job postings for engineers in Maine 6/1/15 through 5/31/16

$86,114 average salary of an engineer working in Maine

1,750 projected number of replacement engineers needed in Maine in the next decade