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Bridge-In-A-Backpack spinoff company signs North American marketing and distribution agreement with international construction and engineering firm Terre Armee Internationale

Contact: Meghan Collins, mc@maine.edu, 207.852.8414 Orono, Maine — Advanced Infrastructure Technologies (AIT), a University of Maine spinoff company, has signed an exclusive distribution and marketing agreement for North America with Terre Armee Group/Reinforced Earth Company (TA/RECo). This formative agreement will help grow adoption of UMaine’s patented composite arch bridge technology in North America, with the […]

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UMaine engineers make waves in naval architecture

A tiny storm rages at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center. Simulated wind and waves beat against the hull of a model FPSO vessel in conditions comparable to a 100-year storm off the coast of western Africa. Watching from the side of the wind-wave basin in the Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Laboratory, […]

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UMaine Composites Center to establish Smart Materials Lab, consortium with MTI funding

The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has announced the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center will receive one of four new awards for collaborative projects that boost Maine’s high-potential, technology-enabled clusters. Under MTI’s Cluster Initiative Program (CIP), the UMaine Composites Center was awarded $438,046 to establish a Smart Materials Industry Consortium and Smart Materials Lab […]

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UMaine MET Capstone Project Featured in Dec 2016 Composites World Magazine

A UMaine Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) capstone project was featured in the December 2016 edition of Composites World magazine. The article, titled “UMaine students investigate knitted reinforcements,” provides an overview of the capstone project advised by Dr. Brett Ellis and David Erb that explored knitted fabrics in structural applications. The structures examined by the capstone project […]

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Floating Offshore Wind Patent Issued

A U.S. Patent for floating offshore wind research at the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been issued. The U.S. Patent Application No. 13/883,652 titled “Floating Hybrid Composite Wind Turbine Platform and Tower System,” was approved, and the U.S. Patent Office issued U.S. Patent No. 9,518,564 on December 13, 2016. This is the Center’s 34th patent. The inventors are […]

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Paper published by Goupee, Kimball, Dagher in Renewable Energy

A paper by Dr. Andrew Goupee, Dr. Richard Kimball, and Dr. Habib Dagher has been accepted for publication in Renewable Energy, published by Elsevier. The paper, titled, “Experimental observations of active blade pitch and generator control influence on floating wind turbine response,” investigated the influence of wind turbine blade pitch and generator controls on the global response […]

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Our Research Featured in PPH Editorial, “Our View: Don’t Lose Hope for Maine’s Wood Products Industry”

The Portland Press Herald Editorial Team published an article this morning, titled: “Our View: Don’t Lose Hope for Maine’s Wood Products Industry.” The article cited work being done at the UMaine Composites Center to help the wood products industry grow into the future. You can view the full article, visit: http://www.pressherald.com/2016/11/03/our-view-dont-lose-hope-for-maines-wood-products-industry/ From the Portland Press Herald: Researchers […]

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Watch a live recording of 11/2 Norway Spruce press conference

View a live recording of the press conference hosted by NELMA and the University of Maine on November 2nd regarding Norway spruce. View the recording, here: https://www.facebook.com/UMaineComposites/videos/1140047419436313/ We are joined by representatives from NELMA, J.D. Irving, and Pleasant River today to discuss Norway spruce and its immediate positive economic impact for Maine. Posted by UMaine […]

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Norway spruce tested at UMaine approved for construction-grade lumber

Media release Contact: Meghan Collins, mc@maine.edu 207.852.8414 Note: A press conference and test demonstration with university and industry officials from J.D. Irving, Pleasant River Lumber and the Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association will be held at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 2, at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The press conference will cover how […]

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UMaine DeepCLiDAR Successfully Completes Pre-deployment Validation Based on Carbon Trust Criteria, Now Available for Commercial Lease or Purchase

CONTACT: Meghan Collins, (207) 581-2117, mc@maine.edu; Dr. Anthony Viselli, PE, Manager, Offshore Model Testing and Structural Design, anthony.viselli@maine.edu, (207) 581-2828 DeepCLiDAR, a floating light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system developed by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and the UMaine Physical Oceanography Group, has successfully completed a new deployment performance test 12 miles […]

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