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IMRC Center News and Announcements

Announcements:

9.2.25 | FabLab Hours Update
To strengthen safety policy alignment with other university woodshop and fabrication resources, the IMRC Center 115 Fablab/Woodshop and IMRC 116 CNC Lab will be open during staffed operating hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, with additional access available until 6:00 PM, contingent upon staffing availability.

Please feel free to contact us at imrc@maine.edu with any questions or concerns.

3.3.25 | IMRC Center service rates have been updated, effective 3.1.2025.
Please click the service link in the website header menu and navigate to the “rates and policies” tab on the services page to see the updated service rates.

Latest News:

Student Bryce Butterfield looks down at an engraved wooden box project in his hands. The box shows an image of a boat, with the words "Balmy Days II" visible above it.

Student Spotlight: Laser Engraving

November 25, 2024December 10, 2024

Four people stand next to a beige wall between two office doors. Staggered between them can be seen three black and white framed prints of microscopic views of different material.

The Writing (and Pictures) on the Wall

November 15, 2024November 15, 2024

Blue "We Are UMaine" banner attached to a light post on the campus mall.

Fall 2024 Hunter Fund Recipients Announced

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024

Immersed

Eight stacks of laser-cut wooden medallions on a wooden work surface. The medallions have a variety of logos.

IMRC Center Fall 2024 Newsletter

January 11, 2024January 17, 2025

Spring 23 UMaine IMRC Center Newsletter "Immersed" Vol. 2 Issue 2

IMRC Center Spring 2023 Newsletter

June 28, 2023July 19, 2023

Student Spotlights

Student Bryce Butterfield looks down at an engraved wooden box project in his hands. The box shows an image of a boat, with the words "Balmy Days II" visible above it.

Student Spotlight: Laser Engraving

November 25, 2024December 10, 2024

Phoenix is seated at the center of the image holding a guitar. At the left, a student holds a banjo, while another student behind Phoenix looks directly at the camera smiling. The students are seated in an audiovisual lab with a mixing program on a computer behind them.

Student Spotlight: “On a Mediterranean Tugboat”

June 28, 2023November 15, 2024

IMRC Center Student Blog

Photo of the interior of the Video Editing Studio, IMRC Center Audiovisual Labs

IMRC YouTube, Take Two

October 8, 2024October 21, 2024

IMRC Center Electronic Music Production Lab

IMRC YouTube, Take One

March 22, 2024October 18, 2024

Me and the IMRC

Me and the IMRC

March 14, 2024August 13, 2024

My Ideation Journey at IMRC Center | Part 2

July 26, 2022July 26, 2022

Whiteboard with pictures and text formed into an ideation web

My Ideation Journey at IMRC Center | Part 1

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022

Purple and blue theater lights shine on 3D printed objects in the IMRC Center's Adaptive Presentation and Performance Environment. An astronaut floats on the projection screen.

Creating Unique Event Environments at IMRC Center

July 11, 2022

IMRC Center intern, Ariana hard at work in the Electronic Music Production Lab at IMRC Center

My first recording at IMRC Center!

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022

Close up image of a wooden frog cutout

My first week at IMRC Center!

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022

Image of the Object Subject Project Exhibition

Object Subject with Ian Beckett

May 24, 2022June 30, 2023

A Collection of Photos by James Winters

Metaverse Thinking with James Winters

March 17, 2022June 30, 2023

Student Wiring up Acoustic Piano

IMRC Center Launches Student BLOG

February 18, 2022June 30, 2023

Guides

Image of the Roland VersaStudio BN-20 Vinyl Printer in the IMRC Center's Prototyping Lab

GUIDE: Printing Vinyl Stickers with the Roland VersaStudio BN-20

May 24, 2022July 12, 2024

GUIDE: Choosing the Right Laser for Your Project

May 24, 2022July 12, 2024

IMRC Center Universal Laser with AutoCad

GUIDE: Creating Fillings and Gradients in AutoCad for Laser Cutting at IMRC Center

March 2, 2022July 12, 2024

IMRC Electronics Lab

GUIDE: Setting Colors in AutoCad for Laser Cutting at IMRC Center

March 2, 2022July 12, 2024

IMRC Center News Archive

Student Bryce Butterfield looks down at an engraved wooden box project in his hands. The box shows an image of a boat, with the words "Balmy Days II" visible above it.

Student Spotlight: Laser Engraving

A greyscale photo of Stewart Dining Commons as it appeared after its rededication. A large, close-cut grass lawn spreads out in front of the building. A lower roof covers the front entrance doors, while two large two-story window sections can be seen to either side. A second floor over the main entrance can be seen, with a brick facade and eight smaller windows.

Dean Stewart Returns to Namesake Commons

Guests at the IMRC Center are seated in the APPE Space, viewing an early film on the projection screen. The room is darkened, and a small lamp illuminates the right side of the image.

Fall 2023 Influential Art-Based Film Series

Colby Ting stands at a podium on the right side of the image. The audience is seated facing him, along the bottom of the frame. A large projection screen displays Colby's presentation slide, which reads "Boot-to-Ground Sensor" in a yellow box in the upper left. The slide also includes a chart, a photograph of a boot prototype, and diagrams of a censor and its connections.

Building a Better Spacewalk

School of Biology and Ecology student Sadia Crosby stands to the right of a large print. The print is a highly-magnified image of browntail moth hairs.

Micro-Image Your Research

Insect photogrammetry device assembled by UMaine PhD Devin Rowe 2023

A Bug’s Eye View

A close up shot of white acrylic jigs, several feet long by about an inch wide, are lined up next to each other on a workbench

Thomas Rod Company: A Community Tradition

The finished Ice Vice next to some components and prototypes

(Don’t) Break The Ice

Phoenix is seated at the center of the image holding a guitar. At the left, a student holds a banjo, while another student behind Phoenix looks directly at the camera smiling. The students are seated in an audiovisual lab with a mixing program on a computer behind them.

Student Spotlight: “On a Mediterranean Tugboat”

IMRC Center Influential Art Based Film Series Flyer

IMRC Center Influential Art Based Film Series

Mechanical Engineering graduate student recording custom 3D printer in the IMRC Center Recording and Production Lab

Recording 3D printer sounds at IMRC Center

Art by Luke McKinney on Cognitive Geology

Maine Impact Week – IMRC Center Spring Showcase

Jeffrey Hecker ’86, ’44H, Professor of Psychology, University of Maine Speaks at the McGillicuddy Center's 10th Anniversary Celebration at the IMRC Center

McGillicuddy Humanities Center Celebrates 10th Anniversary at IMRC Center

Student Wiring up Acoustic Piano

IMRC Center Launches Student BLOG

IMRC Center Staff and Students Showcasing the Cube Satellite

IMRC Center Prototyping, Staff featured in BDN Satellite Article

Arts and Humanities in Medicine at IMRC Center

Arts & Humanities in Medicine Conference at IMRC Center

Tim Seabrook Etching

Etchings Made at IMRC Center Featured in New Documentary “Close Apart”

New Writing Series with Open Book and Speaker

New Writing Series at IMRC Center

Professor of Intermedia Owen Smith passes away

IMRC Center to Host Immersive Workshop Series

Sigma Phi Epsilon Banner and Table

IMRC Center to Host Concert Raising Awareness of Sexual Assault on College Campuses | 7-9:30PM Friday 8/27

IMRC Center Adaptive Presentation and Performance Environment

IMRC Center to Host “Break in the Action” Event | 4-8 PM Sunday 8/29

EET 115 Spring Class 2021 Exhibition

Electrical Engineering Technology Students Install Creative Design Projects on Campus

Nyeema Morgan Art at IMRC

Nyeema Morgan | IMFA Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Sean Taylor Workshop

Spring 2019 IMRC Center Workshop Series

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