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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“ADVANCES THAT SUPPORT A NEW PARADIGM FOR THE DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES” Professor Dan Kuchma, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Tufts University Structural Mechanics Seminar Departments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering Advanced Structures and Composites Center Friday September 30, 2016, 3:10 pm St. John Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall The dominant approach to the design of concrete structures is […]
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Windstorm Challenge helps Maine youth consider a future career in STEM fields. We are seeking individual or corporate contributions at the $100, $250, or $500 level to help provide programming, transportation scholarships, and event-day needs for Windstorm Challenge 2017. Donate today Windstorm Challenge 2017 is a high school STEM competition that engages students with floating offshore […]
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The U.S. Department of Energy announced a new National Offshore Wind Strategy today aims to help facilitate 86 GW of offshore wind in the U.S. by 2050. The strategy document, available for download, credits the University of Maine in its role as one of three DOE Advanced Technology Demonstration Projects. The document also notes UMaine as having presented […]
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Joshua D. Clapp, Andrew C. Young, William G. Davids, and Andrew J. Goupee have published an article in Thin-Walled Structures Vol 107. The paper’s title is: “Bending response of reinforced, inflated, tubular braided fabric structural members.” The paper is available for full view access at the following URL until October 14: http://authors.elsevier.com/a/1Tbyux-8R8Nt- Abstract: Reinforced, inflatable, braided […]
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PhD Candidate Lu Wang received first place in the graduate poster competition at the Northeast Agriculture and Biological Engineering Conference held in Orono, Maine. The poster was titled: “Mechanical properties of PLA from Fused Deposition Modeling.” Lu Wang is pursuing his Ph.D. in Cellulose Nanofibril-Reinforced Plastics at the University of Maine under advisement of Dr. Douglas […]
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A stainless steel kinetic sculpture has been installed outside the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center. “Wave Cloud II” was created by award-winning American sculptor George Sherwood. This piece was commissioned through Maine Percent for Art, a program of the Maine Arts Commission, as part of the center’s recent Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering and Advanced […]
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Ph.D. Candidate Lu Wang was awarded the SPE Engineers Automotive Composites Conference & Exhibition (ACCE) Graduate Scholarship from the Society of Plastics Engineers for the 2016-2017 academic year. Wang is pursuing a Ph.D. in Forest Resources from the School of Forest Resources under advisement of Dr. Douglas Gardner and conducts research at the UMaine Composites […]
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