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UNH and Australian company SPEE3D, a global innovator in metal 3D printing technology, inaugurated the company¡¯s first U.S.-based manufacturing and applications site at the university¡¯s John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday, June 17. SPEE3D develops printers that can efficiently produce metal parts in locations where traditional supply chains are impacted, from battlefields to submarines. "Establishing our first U.S.-based location at the Olson Center brings together a world-class manufacturing center at UNH with SPEE3D's leading cold spray additive manufacturing technology to a region known for its innovation and advancements," says Byron Kennedy, CEO at SPEE3D. "Although we are an Australian company, we have partners worldwide and a strong...

Two professors from the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS) at UNH have been awarded the esteemed National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Develo p.m.ent (CAREER) award. Chemistry¡¯s Nate Oldenhuis and mechanical engineering¡¯s Nathan Laxague were selected for the progr a.m. that supports ¡°early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organizations.¡± The two grants, totaling $1.4 million over five?years, are expected to improve par a.m.eterizations of the interaction between atmosphere and ocean, and to develop new chemistries to make into materials. Nate Oldenhuis Oldenhuis ($707,830 grant) plans to further research in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) based...

For the second year in a row, Alexis Pi?ero-Benson, director of community standards at UNH, has been nominated for and accepted a role as a faculty member at the Gehring Academy, the nation¡¯s leading training institute for conduct professionals, which will be held July 14-18 in Detroit, Michigan. This year, Pi?ero-Benson will serve as faculty for the senior conduct officer track, which will include new senior conduct professionals and upper-level executives who have oversight of their institution¡¯s student conduct office ¨C including at least one university president ¨C from higher ed institutions throughout the U.S. and Canada. ¡°For me, it¡¯s a point of pride to be able to represent UNH at this national level,¡± Pi?ero-Benson says. ¡°To be an a.m.bassador for the university in this way is...

Working as a research assistant during the spring semester in the lab of Michael Ch a.m.bers, research associate professor in UNH¡¯s Center for Sustainable Seafood Systems, Elisabeth Petit ¡¯26 was able to tap directly into interests she hopes will carry her well beyond UNH. She relished every minute there ¨C she just wished there were a lot more of them. Her busy schedule, crowded with a heavy courseload and c a.m.pus life commitments, conspired to limit her availability. ¡°I enjoyed being able to participate in aquaculture research for a couple of hours each week, but I want to be able to do more,¡± Petit, who is known to most as Ellie, says. Wish, granted. Petit was recently announced as a recipient of the NOAA?Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship, an award for sophomore students that...