Large-scale Bio-based Additive Manufacturing

ASCC researchers awarded Best Paper for work on 3D printed highway culverts by the Society of Plastics Engineers

Dr. Sunil Bhandari Bhan, Dr. Roberto Lopez-Anido, James Anderson, and Alexander Mann have been awarded Best Paper at ANTEC21 by the Society of Plastics Engineers Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing Chapter. Their paper, “Large-Scale Extrusion-Based 3D Printing for Highway Culvert Rehabilitation” explores the use of large-scale 3D printed thermoplastic polymer composite materials in place of fiberglass reinforced thermosetting […]

Research Team from Oak Ridge National Lab and the UMaine Composites Center receive award for innovation in green composites design

Researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Maine received a prestigious Award for Composites Excellence for research conducted in 3D printing a sustainable biocomposite foam for use in lightweight structural applications. The award, presented to the ORNL and UMaine team by the American Composites Manufacturers Association, recognizes outstanding achievement in innovation […]

Buzzelli’s research addressing affordable housing shortage through additive manufacturing presented to top national laboratories

Angelina Buzzelli, a University of Maine MBA student and Graduate Assistant at the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, is contributing research at the national level to address the shortage of affordable housing in the U.S. through innovative 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, technology. Buzzelli recently shared her research with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and […]

Rendering of a 3D printed wind blade mold segment that will be produced as part of the ASCC's research effort to accelerate wind blade development through additive manufacturing. Researchers will use the world's largest polymer 3D printer to develop recyclable wind blade molds that reduce lead times and costs.

UMaine awarded $2.8 million to accelerate wind blade development through additive manufacturing

Orono, Maine — 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 […]

Navatek and UMaine win $5M Navy contract for research into additive manufacturing for Navy vessels

Orono and Portland, Maine — 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, […]

Article by Sunil Bhandari, Roberto A. Lopez-Anido, Douglas J. Gardner published in Additive Manufacturing

An article by PhD student Sunil Bhandari, titled Enhancing the interlayer tensile strength of 3D printed short carbon fiber reinforced PETG and PLA composites via annealing, has been published on the website of the Additive Manufacturing journal by Elsevier. The article, which was also coauthored by Doctors Roberto A. Lopez-Anido and Douglas Gardner, acts as […]

New $20 million additive manufacturing initiative connects local economies with national lab, UMaine resources

A new research collaboration between the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) will advance efforts to 3D print with wood products, creating a new market for Maine’s forest products industry. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, Lamar Alexander and Angus King joined Daniel Simmons, assistant […]

A photo of Sunil Bhandari and Dr. Lopez-Andio

Article by Bhandari, Lopez-Anido Published in Progress in Additive Manufacturing Journal

An article by graduate student Sunil Bhandari and Dr. Roberto Lopez-Anido has been published on the Progress in Additive Manufacturing journal’s website. The article is titled, “Finite element modeling of 3D-printed part with cellular internal structure using homogenized properties.” According to the article’s findings, “The outlined procedure [in this article] would enable faster iterative design of 3D-printed […]

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