The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded Navatek LLC and the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) a $5 million contract to research materials and novel manufacturing tools and methods to improve the design and construction of Navy and Marine Corps vessels; maximizing the speed, range, payload and survivability for Naval […]
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The University of Maine has been issued a patent for a process to create construction materials that are bound with cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) and offer increased durability and environmental friendliness. While the technology can be used to create a variety of commonly used building materials, the primary application for this patent focuses on a replacement […]
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Two University of Maine researchers will use artificial intelligence-aided design to develop new materials for improved batteries and supercapacitors. The research initiative led by Liping Yu, assistant professor of physics, and Yingchao Yang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, “Artificial-Intelligence Aided Design and Synthesis of Novel Layered 2D Multi-Principal Element Materials for Energy Storage,” is one […]
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The Mount Desert Islander reported on an online talk from Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, about large-scale 3D-printing, particularly for boatbuilding, and offshore wind technology. The Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, and A Climate to Thrive, Mount Desert, hosted the talk. Dagher said […]
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The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded more than $3.2 million from the U.S. Army Natick Soldiers Systems Center to support development of technologies that protect troops in the field. The research builds on decades of R&D that led to the development of products like modular ballistic protection systems to […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed three University of Maine experts from the School of Marine Sciences and School of Earth and Climate Sciences about the possible environmental effects of what is expected to be one of the world’s largest indoor salmon farms proposed for construction near the Little River in Belfast. Damian Brady, an associate […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the U.S. Army Natick Soldiers Systems Center awarding more than $3.2 million to the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine. The funding from a new five-year contract will allow the center to continue developing products for the army, such as Modular Ballistic Protection Systems used for […]
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A new Seed Grant Program will facilitate research collaborations between the University of Maine and Northeastern University as part of a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions. The program will fund up to $50,000 for a year of research for each initiative led by at least one researcher from each university in any field […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on a collaboration between the University of Maine’s Advanced Manufacturing Center and industry partners to produce masks during the coronavirus pandemic. After several weeks in early March during which Ntension and Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center worked with AMC and the Manufacturers Association of Maine to run extensive filtration […]
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The Associated Press reported on the federal government allocating $5 million toward the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) housed at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The TIDC, which includes six university members from across New England, strives to develop solutions for improving the durability, cost-effectiveness and the lifespan of existing and […]
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