Mount Desert Islander reports on Dagher’s talk about 3D-printing, boatbuilding and offshore wind
The Mount Desert Islander reported on an online talk from Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, about large-scale 3D-printing, particularly for boatbuilding, and offshore wind technology. The Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, and A Climate to Thrive, Mount Desert, hosted the talk. Dagher said the UMaine Composites Center has been researching 3D-printing molds for boat parts that Hodgdon Yachts in East Boothbay can implement in boats with roofs for limo tenders. “Over the next year we’re looking at printing a mold for a whole boat,” he said.