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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Students in the University of Maine Marine Sciences Club are partnering with area schoolchildren to enter the 2016 Atlantic Miniboat Regatta with a nearly 5-foot unmanned sailboat equipped with GPS to track its voyage to Europe by way of the ocean currents. The regatta is organized by Educational Passages, a Belfast, Maine-based program that teaches school-age […]
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Dr. Habib Dagher was cited in a recent Portland Press Herald Article called, “Maine’s wood innovators gathering to explore next-gen products.” Read the full article, here: http://www.pressherald.com/2016/10/20/conference-explore-next-generation-maine-wood-products/ Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine in Orono, oversees one of the world’s largest laboratories experimenting with nanocellulose composites, […]
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The New York Times featured the University of Maine’s offshore wind research program and its Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab on the front page of its Business Day section on September 29, 2016. The article, titled “Offshore Wind Farms See Promise in Platforms That Float,” was written by NY Times’ Business Day Reporter Diane Cardwell. […]
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