Maine Calling will host a discussion about wind power in Maine Jan. 25 featuring Habib Dagher, a University of Maine professor of civil engineering and director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center.
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Habib Dagher, founding director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and Melissa Maginnis, an associate professor of microbiology, will lead two online forums during the 2021 Maine Science Festival. The festival will offer six one-hour sessions via Zoom, one in January, one in February and one in March. Each session will […]
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Mainebiz picked up a University of Maine news release highlighting an award of $4.8 million from the Defense Logistics Agency Energy Readiness Program to UMaine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI). According to Hemant Pendse, FBRI director, the grant will support significant facility upgrades and continuing research into the development of novel products, including alternative fuels, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on completion of the Grist Mill bridge in Hampden, which was recently rebuilt using composite beams produced by Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT) of Brewer, a spinoff company affiliated with the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine.
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Public previewed the online 2021 Maine Science Festival, noting presentations by University of Maine faculty Habib Dagher and Melissa Maginnis. Dagher, who is the director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center, will speak at 1 p.m. on Feb. 16 in a session titled “Offshore Wind: From the UK to Maine.” Maginnis, an associate professor […]
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Spire: the Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability invites submissions for the fifth issue of the online journal planned for spring 2021. Issue 4, released in April 2020, is online. Editor Clinton Spaulding, a University of Maine communication and media ecology doctoral student, says the editorial staff seeks to include voices from a diverse range […]
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The Boston Globe united research conducted at the University of Maine in a commentary piece titled “Maine can finally get out of Massachusetts’ shadow.” UMaine investments toward developing bioplastics and advanced building composites from wood were mentioned while describing the state’s ability to address a rising demand for sustainable products.
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When reporting about a new offshore wind and renewable energy partnership between Maine and the United Kingdom, Maine Public noted the University of Maine and New England Aqua Ventus assisting Gov. Janet Mills in her effort to build the first floating offshore wind research array in the U.S. OffshoreWIND.biz also noted the state initiative involving […]
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The Defense Logistics Agency cited Hemant Pendse, director of the University of Maine’s Forest Bioproducts Research Institute (FBRI), in a news release announcing an award of $4.8 million to FBRI to continue developing jet fuel from woody biomass. “UMaine’s wood-to-liquid fuels project takes a holistic view of harnessing Maine’s readily available woody biomass resources to […]
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The Center Square and The Washington Examiner published a story about Governor Janet Mills’ efforts to advance the University of Maine and New England Aqua Ventus’ experimental floating offshore wind project.
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