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Structural Thermoplastics & Smart Materials

ASCC, Auburn University & USDA-Forest Service research to make HPP plastic stronger by using plant particles

A publication by UMaine Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) researchers Justin Crouse & Douglas J. Gardner, in collaboration with Auburn University researchers Xueqi Wang, Brian Via, Tom Gallagher, & Yucheng Peng, Troy University researchers Pixiang Wang & Shaoyang Liu, and USDA-Forest Service Southern Research Station researcher, Thomas Elder, has been published in Polymer Composites. […]

The ASCC acquires High-Tech 3D Weaving System from OPTIMA 3D LTD

The University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center was published in Textile World, Composites World, and Textile Value Chain for the acquisition of an Optima 3D shuttle loom for the advancements of textile research. The equipment was accepted by a team of ASCC engineers during the ITMA 2023 textiles conference. The 3D weaving system consists […]

ASCC spin-off company, Compotech Inc., recognized on the 2023 Inc. 5000 list

Compotech Inc., a spin-off from the ASCC, is a leading composite parts manufacturer and has been featured on the 2023 Inc. 5000, a list of U.S.-based private companies with the highest revenue growth from 2019 to 2022. Compotech is number 990 on the 2023 Inc. 5000 list based on its 599% 3-year growth. The company, […]

Revolutionizing C-FRTP Shaping: Innovative Heating Method Reduces Waste and Maximizes Efficiency of Continuous Glass Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites

An article by ASCC researchers James Gayton, William Davids, James Haller, Jordan Duffy, Cody Sheltra, Roberto Lopez-Anido, Habib Dagher and Justin Lapp was recently published in the Journal of Composite Materials. Titled, “Heating of thick continuous glass fiber reinforced thermoplastic plates via embedded metal mesh networks”, this research investigates an alternative method to heating continuous […]

Lopez-Anido Featured as Keynote Speaker at XXVII JAIE Conference on Structural Engineering

Lopez-Anido Featured as Keynote Speaker at XXVII JAIE Conference on Structural Engineering October 4, 2022 Orono, Maine — Dr. Roberto Lopez-Anido, Malcolm G. Long Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) research lead at the University of Maine, was featured as a keynote speaker at the 27th Argentine Conference […]

ASCC Researchers present at European Conference on Composite Materials

ASCC News ASCC Researchers present at European Conference on Composite Materials June 29, 2011 ORONO, Maine 𑁋 The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center sent five researchers to Lausanne, Switzerland for the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials. ASCC researchers presented four papers in accordance with the “Composites Meets Sustainability” theme. A Multi-Scale […]

Project Summary: Hybrid Thermoplastic Composite-Concrete Beam with Welded Shear Studs

Project Summary The Engineering Research and Development Center (ERDC) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works with the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) at the University of Maine on a variety of projects. Task two focuses on using thermoplastic materials for the development of a stiffened panel system for use in load bearing […]

Shaping the Future: Thermoplastics research focuses on advancing manufacturing

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2017 Engineering Special Edition of UMaine Today. Click here to download the full story spread from UMaine Today. Last summer, a team of students, staff and faculty reverse engineered the rear differential cover for a 1998 Dodge Dakota and made a new one. That might seem like a […]

Madeline Wehrle: Researching structural thermoplastics for use in medical field

Madeline Wehrle was interested in medicine from an early age. After being introduced to isometric drawing and computer-aided design, or CAD, modeling in high school, she also became interested in bioengineering. “It was more of a realization that innovation or engineering is applicable to whatever field you are most passionate about — which for me […]

Senator King Joins National Laboratory Officials & UMaine to Announce Innovative Partnership to Grow Maine’s Economy

One week after the Economic Development Assessment Team released its report on how to strengthen Maine’s forest economy, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) joined officials from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center (UMaine) to start implementing its recommendations, beginning with the announcement […]

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