Growing with innovation

The Innovation Engineering program has made the buzz around campus. People have heard of it, but few know what the courses actually in tale. Innovation Engineering is offered as a minor for UMaine students, a unique opportunity that has just now expanded to the other University of Maine System schools.

As the program grows, so should its awareness. The awareness will come with time however, says Matt Strong third year Mechanical Engineering major with a minor in Innovation Engineering. "It's once kids see alum leave here with the minor, and hearing about what they're doing with it," then will people conseptuailze that innovation increases profit in business.

In the words of Doug Hall, life long innovator, UMaine alum, and founder and CEO of Eureka Ranch!, "if you're not meaningfully unique, you better be cheap."