Editor’s note: This story was updated on Nov. 2. BioHome3D, the first ever 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials, has been honored with the Combined Strength Award at the 2023 CAMX Conference in Atlanta. This award recognizes a product that embodies the spirit of collaboration and innovation through the use of composite materials. CAMX, […]
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The Bangor Daily News interviewed Matt Nixon, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine and owner of Muddy River Farm Aquaponics, about his plans to farm oysters. In collaboration with researchers at UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, he is designing the world’s first 3D-printed, closed-loop oyster-farming tank made from sustainable materials. The prototype […]
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News Center Maine reported on Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, teaching a workshop in which high school students built and tested simple bridges with sticks, spaghetti, marshmallows and gumdrops. The workshop was part of the ACE (Architecture, Construction and Engineering) Mentor Program. “We are constantly […]
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Maine Public reported on BioHome3D, the first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials, withstanding its first winter. The house was developed by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC). “Then we had 45-below wind chill factors. You remember that? And we were concerned about how this house [might] expand and contract,” […]
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Reuters spoke to Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, about scaling up offshore wind energy production in the Gulf of Maine. “We often call it the 1, 10, 100 plan. It includes putting a single turbine in the water first, then 10 turbines, then […]
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In a feature about Global, an Old Town-based startup that manufactures high-tech shipping containers, Mainebiz noted that the company is a spin-off from the University of Maine and continues to collaborate with UMaine researchers.
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In an article about a Japanese company that 3D-printed a 530-square-foot concrete tiny home, Business Insider noted that the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has 3D-printed a fully recyclable tiny home using wood waste.
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The Global Seafood Alliance featured Matt Nixon, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maine and owner Muddy River Farm Aquaponics, and his work in designing the world’s first 3D-printed, closed-loop oyster-farming tank made from sustainable materials, the prototype of which was printed at UMaine.
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The Portland Press Herald, News Center Maine, Spectrum News, Republican Journal, WABI-TV (CBS 5 in Bangor) and WFVX-TV (Fox 22/ABC 7 in Bangor) reported that the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) was one of more than a dozen Maine organizations awarded a combined $11 million in federal funding from the Northern […]
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WindTech International noted that researchers at the University of Maine are working with a team of University of Rhode Island to develop a remote sensing and computational system to control the motion of floating wind turbines in irregular ocean conditions through a $750,000 grant provided through the Department of Energy’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive […]
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