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ASCC Work Featured in Scientific American: How Indigenous Groups Are Using 3-D Technology to Preserve Ancient Practices

How Indigenous Groups Are Using 3-D Technology to Preserve Ancient Practices To safeguard fragile cultural objects, some groups are replicating them with digital models Scientific American | Rachel Parsons  June 29, 2022, In a cavernous Smithsonian Institution workshop, a team of imaging experts laser scans a small, hand-carved cedar hat. It was crafted more than […]

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ASCC Researchers present at European Conference on Composite Materials

ASCC News ASCC Researchers present at European Conference on Composite Materials June 29, 2011 ORONO, Maine ? The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center sent five researchers to Lausanne, Switzerland for the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials. ASCC researchers presented four papers in accordance with the “Composites Meets Sustainability” theme. A Multi-Scale […]

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ASCC expands ERDC Team with Gayton hire

ASCC Updates ASCC expands ERDC team with Gayton hire ORONO, Maine ? The Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) is pleased to announce the recent hire of  James Gayton as an engineer working with our U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) team.  Originally from Sabattus, Maine, Gayton studied mechanical engineering at the University […]

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ASCC Researcher, Dr. Douglas Gardner, Reaches 9,000+ Journal Citations

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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