WABI reports on DOE official visiting Composites Center

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

October 9, 2020 Advanced Materials for Infrastructure and Energy, Research, Signature and Emerging Areas, UMaine in the News

WABI (Channel 5) reported on Paul Dabbar, under secretary for science with the Department of Energy, visiting the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine. Dabber saw recent projects and equipment, including the latest VolturnUS floating concrete hall for a wind turbine to be completed in 2023 and the center’s 3D printer, the largest in the world. “Their next step here is to scale up this test to something bigger next year. Once they do that, next step is for them to have a full-scale large turbine, the largest turbine available in the world down the road,” Dabbar said of the VolturnUS project. “So, I think they’ll be starting testing on this in about a year at this facility.”