Dagher one of four inventors featured in BDN article
Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was featured in the Bangor Daily News article, “How four people survive as inventors in Bangor.” The article is part of an ongoing series seeking to understand how the Bangor region could grow its economy. During his 27 years at UMaine, Dagher has secured dozens of patents, according to the article. A world-renowned inventor, his “Bridge in a Backpack” — where inflatable arch structures are filled with concrete on site to support the creation of a bridge — has been honored by the White House as well as the American Society for Civil Engineers, the article states. “We all have our ups and downs, of course, in everything that we do. But at the same time, that shouldn’t drive you away from your mission,” Dagher said. “One of my favorite sayings to tell people is, ‘Success is what you do in between failures.’ If you’re afraid to fail, you’re never going to succeed because you never try.”