Contact: Nick Houtman, Dept. of Public Affairs, 207-581-3777ORONO, Maine — The home of the future may stand up better to earthquakes, hurricanes and other stresses as a result of a newly patented invention at the University of Maine. Engineers in the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center (AEWC) have developed a reinforced building panel that substantially read more UMaine Receives Patent for Stronger Building Panel