The Bangor Daily News and WVII (Channel 7 in Bangor) reported on the more than $57 million in the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bills from the Senate Appropriations Committee earmarked for the University of Maine and University of Maine System. Included in the bill is $35 million in funding for the Factory of the Future, […]
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The Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations bills were officially released from the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday, October 18. U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $57,537,000 in funding to support research and initiatives at the University of Maine and the University of Maine System. Included in the bill is […]
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A Portland Press Herald editorial about President Joseph R. Biden Jr., offshore wind energy and the Maine lobster industry cited technology developed by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center that supports the development of floating offshore wind facilities. Centralmaine.com shared the editorial.
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Angelina Buzzelli, a University of Maine MBA student and Graduate Assistant at the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, is contributing research at the national level to address the shortage of affordable housing in the U.S. through innovative 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, technology. Buzzelli recently shared her research with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and […]
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A University of Maine-led research team, in collaboration with the University of Alabama, will design a new class of materials capable of improving solar cells, lasers and other optoelectronic devices that convert light into energy with a $525,000 collaborative research award from the National Science Foundation. Liping Yu, an assistant professor of physics at the […]
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Habib Dagher spoke with Newsy about the potential for offshore wind development in the U.S. “You know, in many ways, the development of offshore wind, if we could offshore in the U.S., has been driven mostly by the states,” says Dagher, director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. “We have lacked […]
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Mainebiz and the Associated Press reported that the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has received a $2.6 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to support continued research and development of resilient infrastructure. The center’s director, Habib Dagher, testified before a U.S. Senate subcommittee in […]
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The Bangor Daily News cited the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) at the University of Maine in a story about efforts to build a science museum in Bangor. Niles Parker, executive director of the Maine Discovery Museum and leader of this project, referred to the ASCC as a world-class facility that is driving the […]
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The Associated Press, Maine Public, the Mount Desert Islander, Splash 247.com, Recharge, Windtech International and The Hill reported that Maine Gov. Janet Mills has applied for a lease to build a floating offshore wind demonstration site in federal water approximately 30 miles off the coast of Maine. About 12 floating hulls, which were developed at […]
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News Center Maine reported on a “floating bridge” structure stemming from hardwood composites developed at the University of Maine. Central Maine Power deployed the structure to repair an aging transmission line on an island off the coast of Newcastle in Great Salt Bay.
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