Fall 2010, UMaine will expand the Engineering College by adding another minor: Robotics Engineering. The addition of more than a dozen robotics classes came after the growing popularity of the robotics classes offered within the electrical and mechanical engineering. Not only does this addition satisfy the growing demand for such classes, it offers a comprehensive field of study combining all three of the major engineering distintions: electrical, mechanical and computer. The addition of this course of study reflects the growing prevelance of robotics in the everyday world. From robotics used during surgery, assebly lines, general manurfacturing to machines used in aerospace technology, knowledge in this growing field will be a great asset for UMaines engineering majors. Classes within this minor will cover things such as robotic surgery, robotic motion such as "walking" robots, robotic statistics, control and dynamics.

Ryan Dulac and I have known each other for the better part of a decade; almost seven and a half years have gone by since we came to know each other, and his almost obsessive dedication to his "life plan" still makes me laugh. Whereas I still can't decide how I want to spend my life, or even what I want to do tomorrow, Ryan has got everything planned out down to the last detail. Whatever he sets his mind to, he keeps at until it has been accomplished, and accomplished well. He wanted good grades in high school; to this day he has never gotten below a 4.0 GPA, which landed him the Top Scholar Award for college. He is now a third year psychology major at UMaine, working towards his doctorate. His second semester at UMO, he joined the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity, and decided that he would like to be president of said fraternity, and this semester he made it happen. Armed with a dry, sarcastic sense of humor, he can put you at ease, make you laugh and insult you all at the same time. If you want to keep up with him, you have to be quick on the pick up. Except when it comes to sports. He'll tell you amazingly agile and athletic...but not so much. I tell him that we can't be good at everything, but he just looks at me and whispers "lies!". But it's all in good fun.