Douglas Gardner featured on Composites Weekly Podcast Orono, Maine – ASCC researcher Douglas Gardner was recently featured on the Composites Weekly podcast, a news and information podcast designed for the composites and advanced materials industry. Douglas Gardner joined host Jonathan Taylor for an episode titled “Discussing Opportunities and Applications of Cellulose Nanocomposites.” Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) […]
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Orono, Maine — An article by ASCC researcher Mehdi Tajvidi, other School of Forest Resources researchers Islam Hafez and Mohammad Tauhiduzzaman, and Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering researcher Douglas Bousfield, was published in Materials & Design. The paper is titled “Multiscale Modeling of Lignocellulosic Foams under Compression.” Foam products from non-renewable and non-biodegradable plastics […]
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ASCC Updates ASCC Researcher, Dr. Douglas Gardner, Reaches 9,000+ Journal Citations ORONO, Maine ? The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center researcher Dr. Douglas J. Gardner has recently been recognized for his published journal articles being cited over 9,000 times in other works. His articles include his research on wood-polymer composite materials, adhesion, […]
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An article by PhD student Elliott Sanders, titled Electrospinning of Cellulose Nanocrystal-Filled Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Solutions: Material Property Assessment, has been published on the website of the Nanomaterials journal by the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. The article was coauthored by Yousoo Han, Todd Rushing, and Doctor Douglas Gardner. The following is the abstract for the article: Poly […]
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Dr. Douglas Gardner has received the Distinguished Educator Award from the Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST). Gardner received the award at the SWST Convention in Nagoya, Japan, which was held November 5-9, 2018. According to the SWST, the award recognizes faculty for “sustainable performance of excellence in teaching, or for outstanding extension, engagement, […]
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Drs. Mehdi Tajvidi, Douglas Gardner, Douglas Bousfield, and Jinwu Wang of the School of Forest Resources and Advanced Structures and Composites Center have received a $250,000 grant from P3Nano to develop next generation cellulose nanofibril (CNF) building materials. The goal of this research is to commercialize new CNF building materials, which would lead the creation of Maine […]
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Ph.D. Candidate Lu Wang was awarded the SPE Engineers Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) Graduate Scholarship from the Society of Plastics Engineers for the 2016-2017 academic year. Wang is pursuing a Ph.D. in Forest Resources from the School of Forest Resources under advisement of Dr. Douglas Gardner and conducts research at the UMaine Composites […]
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“University of Maine Ph.D. student Nadir Yildirim won first place at the 2015 UMaine Business Challenge for his company that aims to develop eco-friendly, recyclable and reusable products for several industries. Yildirim, a student in the Wood Science and Technology Program in the School of Forest Resources, received $5,000 to further develop his business, Revolution […]
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Dr. Habib Dagher was noted by Composites World for his recent keynote address at the 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers’ Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition. Read the full article, here: http://www.compositesworld.com/articles/spe-acc-report Nearly 850 attendees gathered to assess the state of composite materials in automotive platforms at the Society of Plastics Engineers’ Automotive Composites Conference and Exhibition […]
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