Advanced Structures & Composites Center

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 […]

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 […]