SEMINAR: “Making CLT: The Whos, the Wheres, and the Hows” Dr. Lech Muszyński, Department of Wood Science and Engineering at Oregon State University UMaine Composites Center Monday, September 28, 2015 All visitors must register with the UMaine Composites Center front office. Dr. Lech Muszyński is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wood Science and Engineering at […]
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NEW APPLICATIONS FOR CELLULOSE NANOFIBERS: RHEOLOGICAL CHALLENGES By Behzad Nazari-Nasrabad An Abstract of the Dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Douglas W. Bousfield Defense date and location: Monday, September 28th, 2015 at 7:00 am EST at Soderberg Lecture Hall, Jenness Hall, UMaine Campus. Abstract: Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) are an exciting […]
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Multiscale Toughening and Strengthening Mechanisms: Lessons from Nacre and Bamboo By Prof. Nima Rahbar, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Structural Mechanics Seminar Sponsored by the Departments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Advanced Structures and Composites Center Friday September 11, 2015, 3:10 pm St. John Hill Auditorium, Barrows Hall Click here to download a printable flyer. Seminar Description: This talk […]
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Each year, NASA selects a group of graduate and doctoral students to become NASA Space Technology Research Fellows as a part of the NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF). This year, University of Maine doctoral student Andrew Young was awarded a 2015 fellowship for his work on the HIAD project at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center. The […]
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UMaine Composites Center’s collaboration with Harbor Technologies, MDOT highlighted in recent MaineBiz article titled, “Building bridges, Harbor Technologies challenges the supremacy of steel and concrete bridge beams.” “Martin Grimnes, founder and CEO of Harbor Technologies Inc. in Brunswick, stands beneath the Union Street Bridge that crosses over Interstate 95 in Bangor. An average of 18,000 […]
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A group of Mechanical Engineering students at the University of Maine used a unique machine – a filament winder – in the UMaine Composites Center’s Kenway Composite Materials Lab to complete their senior capstone project with support of faculty and staff. Eric Wold (from Freeport, ME), Will London (from Carrabassett Valley, ME), and Ben Johnson (from […]
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A paper by Dr. Anthony Viselli, Dr. Habib Dagher, and Dr. Bryan Pearce of the University of Maine and Dr. George Forristall of Forristall Ocean Engineering, has been published in the August 2015 edition of Ocean Engineering. The paper is titled: “Estimation of Extreme Wave and Wind Design Parameters for Offshore Wind Turbines in Gulf of […]
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An article titled, “Wood–Plastic Composite Technology,” authored by Dr. Douglas Gardner, Dr. Yousoo Han, and graduate student Lu Wang, has been published in the June 2015 Current Forestry Reports. This article is part of the Topical Collection on Wood Structure and Function. Click to view the article, here. The abstract reads: “Wood–plastic composites (WPCs) are […]
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Lu Wang is pursuing his Ph.D. in Cellulose Nanofibril-Reinforced Plastics at the University of Maine under advisement of Dr. Douglas Gardner. Their team hopes to produce a 3D printed plastic, combined with Maine nanocellulose, that can compete with industrial synthetic plastics currently on the market. Typically carbon fiber or glass is used in industrial plastics. These […]
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A paper titled, “Hydrodynamic Module Coupling in the Offshore Wind Energy Simulation (OWENS) Toolkit,” co-authored graduate student Matthew Fowler, Dr. Andrew Goupee, and others, was awarded the OMAE 2014 Best Paper of Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium. The paper was written in collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories, Texas A&M University, the University of Maine, and the […]
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