Large-scale Bio-based Additive Manufacturing

Revolutionizing Housing Construction: The Power of 3D Printed Bio-Based Floors

The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Innovative Housing Showcase on June 9th-11th featured the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), the DOE’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility (MDF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and one of their industry partners, SHoP Architects, along with the design they collaborated on: bio-based, […]

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ASCC Paves the Way in Sustainable Marine Tooling 

ASCC researchers, James Anderson and Dr. Andrew Gifford met with the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) Maine Boatbuilder tooling cluster, a consortium of representatives from the state’s boat-building and material-compounding industries, to present findings on a recently completed project. Funded by the MTI’s Cluster Initiative Program and with the assistance of some of Maine’s largest boat-building […]

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UMaine’s BioHome3D recognized by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for excellence in additive manufacturing

The University of Maine has been awarded the Aubin AM Case Study Award for its BioHome3D project. The project, which involves the construction of the world’s first fully bio-based, fully recyclable, 3D-printed house, was recognized for its innovative and effective application of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies. The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) presented the award […]

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Dr. Susan MacKay featured on Composites Weekly Podcast

Dr. Susan MacKay featured on Composites Weekly Podcast Orono, Maine – ASCC researcher Dr. Susan MacKay was recently featured on the Composites Weekly podcast, a news and information podcast designed for the composites and advanced materials industry. MacKay joined host Jonathan Taylor for an episode titled “Discussing Bio-Based & Large-Scale Additive Manufacturing with Dr. Susan […]

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Hub and Spoke Program offers Research Experience for Undergraduates

Orono, Maine – The Hub and Spoke Program at the ASCC is offering a new Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. The deadline to apply is coming up on March 1st!  The Hub and Spoke REU program is designed to provide an opportunity for twelve, highly qualified undergraduate students to participate in a ten-week research […]

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Building the Future: ASCC featured on Chasing Maine

Orono, Maine — The ASCC was recently featured in The Maine Monitor’s Chasing Maine series. The series is produced by journalist Roger McCord  “as he chases the people, places and things that define the unique character of the Pine Tree State.”  In an  episode titled “Building the future: University of Maine home to world’s largest […]

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Article by Bhandari and Lopez-Anido presenting numerical model to minimize risk in large-format additive manufacturing published in “Progress in Additive Manufacturing “

Article by Bhandari and Lopez-Anido presenting numerical model to minimize risk in large-format additive manufacturing published in “Progress in Additive Manufacturing “ Orono, Maine — An article by ASCC researchers Sunil Bhandari and Roberto A. Lopez-Anido was published in Progress in Additive Manufacturing. The paper, titled, “Coupled thermo-mechanical numerical model to minimize risk in large-format additive […]

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