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Get A Real Job Highlight: Product Development Engineer
In our first blog in the Get A Real Job series, we discussed how to become a chemical engineer, common personality traits, and necessary experience to enter the field. We then dug deep into three lucrative career opportunities available to chemical engineers after...
What the Foundation Built
Building a Strong Foundation The University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation (UMPPF) is widely recognized for its long-running scholarship program. For decades, it has supported undergraduate students in engineering and technical programs. Those scholarship dollars...
Nature’s Super Polymer: Nanocellulose
Nanocellulose, or cellulose nanomaterials, is a term used to describe the various forms of nature’s super polymer – cellulose – at the nanometer level. That’s 10-9 meters, or 1/100,000 the diameter of a human hair! This renewable and natural material offers virtually...
Get A Real Job: Chemical Engineering
Want to go into chemical engineering but not sure where it’ll take you? First, let’s talk about what chemical engineers do. Chemical engineers apply the principles of math and science to solve problems with products or processes, usually in an industrial setting. They...
Graphic Packaging International Leadership Supports UMPPF
Mike Doss, President and CEO of Graphic Packaging International (GPI), recently made a generous donation to the UMPPF, followed by a visit to campus with his leadership team to meet with UMPPF students, faculty, and to learn about the research in pulp and paper being...
It’s Not Your Parent’s Paper Industry
Today’s pulp and paper industry is transitioning to respond to global demands for more sustainable manufacturing and environmentally friendly products. Many of the prospective students visiting the University of Maine this summer as part of the Consider Engineering...
Fall Scholarship Banquet: A summary + thank you
The University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation (UMPPF) welcomed the Class of 2025 and brought industry representatives, UMaine faculty, and scholarship recipients together to present Fall Scholarship checks on September 14th. The UMPPF’s total number of scholarship...
5 Things to Know Before Studying Engineering
Going to college is a rite of passage. It’s an indicator for newfound independence, discovering who you are, and going after your goals. It can also be an overwhelming period, too. But what if you had answers to some of the unknowns? Here are five things to know...
Consider Engineering 2021: A Summary + Thank You
The University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation’s Consider Engineering program is a summer camp experience for rising high school juniors interested in the field of engineering. These students demonstrate high aptitude in math and science, possess strong leadership...
Alumni Questionnaire: Elaina Gilman
Q: How long you've been with your current position/company? A: I was a 2019 UMPPF ChemE graduate and just hit my two year anniversary with PCA in Filer City, MI. It’s great to have a little piece of Maine out here in Michigan; there are seven of us working here full...
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