Mainebiz reports on Dagher being named a Top 25 Newsmaker

February 15, 2017 UMaine in the News

Mainebiz reported Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, has been named one of 2016’s Top 25 Newsmakers by Engineering-News Record (ENR). The award will be formally presented in April in New York City. At that time, ENR also will announce which one of the Top 25 Newsmakers will receive the highest honor, the Award of Excellence. Dagher was selected based on achievements related to the New England Aqua Ventus I, offshore wind energy pilot innovations, the Bridge-in-a-Backpack^TM technology and his work developing the UMaine Composites Center. “This award truly belongs to the entire UMaine Composites Center students, faculty and staff, and is a tremendous global recognition for the research and development accomplishments we’ve achieved at UMaine,” Dagher said.