Advanced Structures & Composites Center

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 […]

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 […]

On Sunday, July 10, 2016, Tux Turkel of the Portland Press Herald published an article titled: “Risky choices paying off for UMaine’s wind project: using unconventional materials and real-world testing, a university-led consortium is poised to become a global leader in offshore turbines.” To read the full article, visit: http://www.pressherald.com/2016/07/10/umaine-offshore-wind-project-poised-to-take-off Gale-force winds and heavy rain […]

Dr. Habib Dagher, P.E., was recently featured by Maine Magazine in their article, “50 Mainers Charting the State’s Future.” From Maine Magazine: “‘Whether it is an iPhone or a Tesla car, we live in a knowledge-based economy where wealth is created through higher education, by new ideas and new products coming out of world-class laboratories,’ […]

Posted May 27, 2016 – For additional inquiries, contact: Dr. Habib Dagher, hd@maine.edu, (207) 581-2121.   VolturnUS is a transformational floating concrete hull technology developed by UMaine that reduces the cost of offshore wind and creates local jobs. New England Aqua Ventus I is a two × 6 MW turbine = 12 MW floating offshore wind […]

University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center spinoff company Revolution Research, Inc.—founded by forest resources Ph.D. candidate Nadir Yildirim—was awarded a $25,000 seed grant from the Maine Technology Institute to investigate volatile organic compound (VOC) content, thermal degradation temperature and thermal decomposition temperature of biobased panels. RRI is a now one of three finalists for GreenLight […]

Editor’s note: Images from both competitions are available for download, here. ORONO, Maine — The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center hosted the Windstorm Challenge and the 8th Annual Maine Wind Blade Challenge for 300 middle- and high-school students today. Windstorm Challenge 2016 3rd Place:  Caribou Middle School B2 2nd Place: King Middle […]