WVII (Channel 7) reported on energy testing being conducted at the Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab in the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. RTI Wave Power of York, Maine, has been testing its sixth generation RTI F2 QD, a 1:50-scale wave energy converter at the facility. The lab is one of […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjSH6jYRzIY&feature=youtu.be Transcript The award-winning Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine is a world leader in the design and manufacture of composites and structures. Over the last 20 years, the UMaine Composites Center has engineered structures for NASA, the U.S. Army Corps, the Department of Homeland Security, and hundreds of other organizations […]
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University of Maine mechanical engineering professor Mohsen Shahinpoor has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election to NAI Fellow status is a professional distinction awarded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality […]
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The Harold Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center is one of five U.S. facilities competitively selected to conduct 1:50-scale testing as part of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wave Energy Prize this December. The Wave Energy Prize is a 20-month design-build-test prize competition that seeks […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported Winthrop-based Alba-Technic is one of five companies in the country to receive $250,000 to further develop technologies which could be used to protect against head injuries or other impact trauma. The company has developed a patented, shock-absorbent honeycomb material that is designed to dissipate the […]
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The Fall/Winter 2015 issue of UMaine Today magazine is now available online. Feature articles focus on the state’s potato breeding program, preparing for the next spruce budworm outbreak, salamanders on Maine islands, protecting ecosystems with the restoration of large species and UMaine’s new ocean engineering research facility.
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An aesthetically designed mobility aid created by University of Maine researchers to meet the growing need for adaptive exercise engagement has received nearly $225,000 from the National Institute on Aging. The one-year $224,999 National Institutes of Health Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant will involve precision testing and the initiation of commercialization of […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported Blue Current sake, a rice wine made in Maine, is available for purchase in southern parts of the state. The Blue Current brewery was launched this year in a 2,300-square-foot facility in Kittery by Dan Ford, according to the article. Ford designed most of the equipment and students at the […]
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Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center which is developing offshore wind technology, was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Wind power ‘critical’ to combating climate change, advocacy group says.” Representatives from Environment Maine, a Portland-based environmental advocacy group, unveiled a report Tuesday at Bangor City Hall […]
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With support from several industry leaders in the United States and around the world, the University of Maine’s J. Franklin Witter Teaching and Research Center installed a horse surface in its arena area. The new surface was installed in October 2014 at Witter Farm, a facility used by animal science and equine studies students. The […]
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