Advanced Structures & Composites Center

In February, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud were at the University of Maine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center for a demonstration of a new product designed to protect American soldiers in combat. The Modular Ballistic Protection System panels developed at UMaine fit inside tents, protecting troops from mortar fragments and other […]

ORONO – A shipment of panels designed by researchers at the University of Maine to protect soldiers from explosions was on its way Thursday to a Maine National Guard unit in Afghanistan. To mark the milestone, Army officials, federal and local legislators and representatives from the university gathered at UM’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center […]

ORONO – The people who brought you Go Blue are trying to Go Green, too. University of Maine officials and others dedicated a plaque late last week that touts a $1.6 million addition to the university’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center as a certified “green” addition. Designed by WBRC Architects-Engineers, the 6,800-square-foot addition is the […]

Just when you may have thought the economy, as expressed through the stock market, would never again make sense, your investing skill and patience have paid off handsomely. Congratulations. In 1996, all of us as a state invested $1 million in a startup company that had no staff, no building and no capital. That money […]

By Ruth-Ellen Cohen, Bangor Daily News ORONO – The University of Maine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center has received $2 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to design and develop corrosion-resistant materials for waterfront construction projects.     The materials currently used in waterfront projects all have drawbacks, professor Habib Dagher,  AEWC’s director, said Monday. […]

Maine Department of Economic and Community Development Press Release   ORONO, Maine– Maine’s boatbuilding, composites and marine industries received a financial boost from the federal government, Governor Baldacci announced today as he outlined the positive economic impact the $15 million federal Workforce Innovation Regional Economic Development (WIRED) grant would have on the state.   “Maine’s […]

U.S. Navy SEAL teams often use Mark V Special Operations Crafts to quickly get in and out of sticky situations. But the aluminum insertion vessel’s speed, durability and maneuverability come at a cost: repeated impact strain and injuries caused when the lightweight craft skips across the waves. University of Maine mechanical engineering graduate student Kate Stephens […]

By Matt Wickenheiser, Bangor Daily News    A material developed at UMaine could dramatically strengthen buildings and reduce damage where hurricanes are a fact of life. Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma tore through southern coastal states, causing more than $51 billion in damage earlier this year. Now, University of Maine researchers believe they have developed […]

In a $6.2 million U.S. Army research program, the University of Maine Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center will conduct research on high-strength structures for military applications. Among the projects under development: tent protective structures, high-performance air beams, rigidified inflatable structures, rapidly deployable bridges, and ballistic modular building components. Learn more, here: http://www.umainetoday.umaine.edu/issues/v5i4/insights.html

ORONO — The University of Maine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center will host composites researchers and manufacturers from around the globe at the Third International Conference on Advanced Engineered Wood Composites in Bar Harbor, July 10 — 14. In addition to introducing the cutting edge composites research at UMaine, the conference also provides an opportunity […]