Mainebiz published an op-ed from Maine State Chamber of Commerce President Dana Connors, in which he deems floating offshore wind an emerging industry in Maine, that cites research from the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The op-ed, “Floating offshore wind is a new industry by Maine, for Maine,” noted the VolturnUS project […]
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Renews, Manufacturing Global, The Maine Edge, 3-D Printing Network and CompositesWorld highlighted the Department of Energy awarding $2.8 million to the Advance Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine to develop a rapid, low-cost additive manufacturing — 3D printing — solution for fabricating large, segmented wind blade molds. In addition, the UMaine Composites […]
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The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded $2.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to develop a rapid, low-cost additive manufacturing — 3D printing — solution for fabricating large, segmented wind blade molds. In addition, the UMaine Composites Center will collaborate on […]
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The Engineering News-Record spoke with Habib Dagher, director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), and Bill Davids, professor and department chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, about the use of composite girders in a local bridge rebuild. The girders, which were initially developed at the ASCC, are produced by Advanced […]
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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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