Technology at The University of Maine is transforming the state’s lower-grade wood species into “super wood” — new value-added building materials. Engineers and wood scientists at UMaine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center (AEWC) are developing new materials by combining wood with space-age plastics, such as fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs). The goals: stronger, cost-efficient construction materials to build
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