Advanced Materials for Infrastructure and Energy

PPH, Maine Public report on 3D printing affordable housing at UMaine ASCC

The Portland Press Herald and Maine Public reported on the effort at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center to 3D print small homes made with wood fiber. Home to the world’s largest polymer 3D printer, ASCC is developing robotic and artificial intelligence technology to automate construction, which they predict will be faster […]

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Andrew Schanck: Alumnus continues his UMaine work in cutting-edge bridge technology 

Andrew Schanck from Pittsfield, Maine received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and his Ph.D in civil engineering from the University of Maine. He says he chose UMaine because of its renowned engineering program and stayed to pursue research as a graduate student in bridge engineering and advanced numerical modeling. He started working at UMaine’s world-class […]

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Recharge News references UMaine-affiliated floating offshore wind project

In an article about the role floating wind turbine technology can play in growing the U.S. offshore wind sector, Recharge News referenced the floating offshore wind technology demonstration project being developed by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and New England Aqua Ventus, a joint venture of Diamond Offshore Wind, a subsidiary […]

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Civil + Structural Engineer features UMaine ASCC’s timber revolution

Civil + Structural Engineer magazine reported that the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) is positioning itself to lead a mass timber revolution. ASCC qualified two new grades of cross-laminated timber using Maine-sourced lumber, so Maine lumber can now be used in CLT building construction for buildings as high as 10 stories […]

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Maritime Professional, MarineLink highlight Dagher serving as keynote speaker for Worldwide Ferry Safety Association presentation

Maritime Professional and MarineLink highlighted an upcoming virtual presentation on May 18 at the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association event, where the keynote speaker will be Habib Dagher. Dagher, founding director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Sector, will be talking about the Composite Center’s design and construction of the world’s largest 3D-printed vessels.

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BDN, WABI report on Windstorm Challenge at UMaine 

The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Windstorm Challenge, an annual competition hosted by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center in which teams of middle and high school students create floating platforms for wind turbines that can best withstand wind and waves. Students’ platforms were tested in the […]

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Additive Manufacturing cites UMaine 3D printing wind turbines

In an article about the impact of large additive manufacturing on the aerospace and energy industries, Additive Manufacturing noted that the University of Maine is developing a 3D printing solution to make segmented wind turbine blades with funding from the US. Department of Energy.  

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Innovative Hudson Museum initiative prototypes 19th-century artifact using 3D printing, intermedia techniques to create replica

A 19th-century clan helmet of carved yellow cedar in the Northwest Coast collection of the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine has been introduced to 21st-century 3D printing technology in an attempt to replicate the artifact for future repatriation and educational purposes. The museum, in collaboration with UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center and […]

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Castine Patriot cites UMaine offshore wind efforts

The Castine Patriot cited a pilot project for a single floating offshore turbine south of Monhegan Island led by the University of Maine’s research program and New England Aqua Ventus. The project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and may be the first floating offshore wind turbine in the United State. It is […]

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