The Bangor Daily News carried a report on a patent several University of Maine researchers received for a manufacturing process for composite deck and fence material. The patent was issued to Doug Gardner, UMaine professor of forest resources; Chris West, a research associate at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center; Yousoo Han, a UMaine assistant research professor; and Stephen Michalik, a researcher at NOVA Chemicals’ Beaver Valley Technology Center in Monaca, Pa.
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