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Global Secure Shipping wins Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award

Global Secure Shipping Inc. a spin-off company from the University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC), was awarded the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Award from the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce. The Old Town company is the globe’s sole producer of ISO-certified secure intermodal shipping containers. The one-of-a-kind shipping containers have six-sided intrusion detection, […]

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BioHome3D highlighted as a sustainable housing solution

The ASCC’s BioHome3D, the world’s largest bio-based 3D printed house printed on the world’s largest 3D printer, was highlighted in articles by MaineBiz, JEC, and the Concord Monitor. These articles, all highlighting the success of the project, are a testament to BioHome3D’s mission: to 3D print affordable housing solutions made out of bio-based wood materials.  […]

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Applications for our 2024 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) are open!

The Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Alliance for Renewable Technologies (or SM²ART) REU program is designed to provide an opportunity for up to twelve, highly qualified undergraduate students to participate in a ten-week research experience at Oak Ridge National Laboratory or The University of Maine. Students will be granted access to state-of-the-art research facilities and equipment, […]

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ASCC’s Mike Olsen presents at Floating Wind USA

Mike Olsen, The University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center’s (ASCC) Business Development & Commercialization Manager of Floating Offshore Wind, presented “Floating Wind in the Gulf of Maine” at Floating Wind USA 2023 on November 30, 2023 in San Diego, California.  Read more about the ASCC’s groundbreaking work in Floating Offshore Wind.  Contact: Amy […]

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ASCC COO Peter Drown presenting in ORD Professional Development Workshop Series ‘Program Management’

The Advanced Structures & Composites Center’s (ASCC) Chief Operating Officer, Peter Drown, is a featured presenter in the University of Maine Office of Research Development’s Professional Development Workshop Series. The presentation, titled “Project Management”, will take place on December 20, 2023, at 12 pm over Zoom. Other “Project Management” presenters will be UMaine Assistant Professor […]

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On its 1-year anniversary, UMaine’s BioHome3D meets sustainability, strength, and durability goals, setting the stage for future development

Orono, Maine — BioHome3D, the first 100% bio-based 3D-printed home in the world, proves to be a viable solution to the growing housing crisis after one year of outdoor testing.  Printed at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC), the prototype is poised to set new standards for structural integrity, carbon footprint […]

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Revolutionizing American Infrastructure: Senators Collins and Whitehouse Introduce IMAGINE Act Highlighting ASCC Excellence

In a recent press release, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (ME) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) introduced the Innovative Materials for America’s Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded (IMAGINE) Act, a bipartisan effort aimed at promoting the research and deployment of innovative construction materials in transportation and water infrastructure projects nationwide. Senator Collins emphasized the importance of leveraging […]

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ASCC researchers & UMaine Dept. of Mechanical Engineering share case study on teaching  engineering capstone

A publication by University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) and University of Maine Mechanical Engineering researchers Justin L. Lapp, Andrew Goupee, and Wilhelm. A Friess has been published in Education Sciences. The article “A Case Study on the Administrative Impacts of Different Engineering Capstone Teaching Modalities”, presents the benefits and challenges of […]

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ASCC Graduate Assistants present at UMaine Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series

Three graduate research assistants at the Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) presented in the University of Maine Fall 2023 Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series hosted by the Maine College of Engineering and Computing.  Ian Ammerman, master’s student in Mechanical Engineering, presented “State-space FOWT model for use as a digital twin” on September 29, 2023. At […]

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