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Dagher Recognized As 2016 Top 25 Newsmaker by Engineering-News Record (ENR)

Dr. Habib Dagher, executive director of the UMaine Composites Center, was recognized as one of 2016 Top 25 Newsmakers by Engineering-News Record (ENR), the premier US publication covering the global construction industry, first published in 1917, at an award ceremony in Manhattan on April 13, 2017. The award was given to Dagher for achievements related to the New England Aqua […]

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Maine Aqua Ventus February Newsletter

Click here to view the Maine Aqua Ventus February Newsletter. Maine Aqua Ventus I, GP, LLC, is leading a demonstration project called New England Aqua Ventus I, a 12 MW floating offshore wind pilot project to develop a clean, renewable energy source off Maine’s shores. In an ongoing effort to continue to share project milestones with communities and […]

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Paper by Wang, Gardner Published in Polymer

A paper by Lu Wang and Dr. Douglas Gardner was accepted for publication in Volume 113, March 2017 edition of Polymer. The paper is titled, “Effect of fused layer modeling (FLM) processing parameters on impact strength of cellular polypropylene.” Highlights from the paper: • This is the first research to study polypropylene (PP) by fused […]

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UMaine, Kleinschmidt Associates announce naming gift in support of Windstorm Challenge

Click here to sign up or learn more about this year’s competition. The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and Kleinschmidt Associates, headquartered in Pittsfield, Maine, have announced a naming gift to support the Windstorm Challenge, a STEM competition at UMaine for Maine middle school and high school students, focusing on renewable energy, […]

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Senator King Joins National Laboratory Officials & UMaine to Announce Innovative Partnership to Grow Maine’s Economy

One week after the Economic Development Assessment Team released its report on how to strengthen Maine’s forest economy, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) joined officials from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (UMaine) to start implementing its recommendations, beginning with the announcement […]

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Dagher featured as Engineering News Record Top 25 Newsmaker 2016

Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, has been named one of 2016’s Top 25 Newsmakers by Engineering-News Record (ENR). The award will be formally presented in April in New York City. At that time, ENR also will announce which one of the Top 25 Newsmakers will receive […]

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MDF Legislative Bus Tour Visits UMaine Composites Center

On January 11, 2017, more than 70 members of the 128th Maine Legislature toured the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center as part of the Maine Development Foundation’s Legislative Bus Tour. The tour focused on composites applications in infrastructure, forestry and forest products, and ocean engineering. The group also toured the Forest Bioproducts Research Institute […]

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