Advanced Structures & Composites Center

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 […]

ORONO – The University of Maine, forging a new relationship with the U.S. Army, announced Friday a $6.2 million research contract to develop and construct buildings and bridges with wood and synthetic composites. The military is looking for prefabricated, lightweight, portable buildings and reinforced tents that would protect troops from rocket attacks and shrapnel and […]

University of Maine engineers will work with Saltwater Marketing LLC, an affiliate of the Lobster Institute at UMaine, to develop recycling options for used lobster traplines. The project comes at a time when Maine lobstermen are considering replacing the commonly used ground lines that string traps together in an effort to protect endangered right whales. The […]

Engineers in the University of Maine’s Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center are working with the U.S. Navy and Maine businesses to improve shipbuilding technologies. With two new federal grants totaling $2.36 million from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the researchers will focus on redesign of the high-speed Mark V Patrol Craft and the reliability […]

ORONO – A $4 million appropriation in the new federal budget will fund a joint effort by the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center at the University of Maine and Hodgdon Yachts in East Boothbay to build a prototype special operations boat for the U.S. Navy using composite materials. The project will showcase the qualities of […]

CASTINE – The Maine Maritime Academy waterfront has a new high- tech sea wall built through the efforts of two colleges and two Maine companies.The 153-foot-long, 6-foot-tall sea wall runs along a portion of the waterfront near Payson Hall. It replaces a 20-year-old wooden barrier that had deteriorated and was allowing some erosion near the […]

Structural and materials tests performed by the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center at the University of Maine have received an international stamp of approval that will help companies to develop new products. The International Accreditation Service (IAS) Inc., has certified AEWC as a laboratory that meets standards for 47 different tests of plastics, wood products, […]

ORONO, Maine — Governor John Baldacci will highlight a groundbreaking ceremony November 20 for a two-story addition to the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center at the University of Maine. The 7,100 square-foot expansion will provide laboratory space geared toward technology development and commercialization. The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the AEWC Center. Provost […]