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Notice to Mariners – May 2nd, 2025
This notice is to inform you that the University of Maine will be towing a research floating wind turbine weighing 375 tons and is 56ft wide x 111ft tall. The barge will be towed about 5.5 nautical miles from Mack Point in Searsport, Maine to just off of Dyce Head in Castine, Maine. For public…
NOTICE TO MARINERS
UMaine will be towing a research floating barge weighing 375 tons and is 56ft wide x 32ft tall. The barge will be towed about 60 miles from Desert Narrows off Trenton, Maine to Mack Point in Searsport, Maine. The date of the tow is highly dependent on weather and vessel traffic at Mack Point but…
ASCC Researcher Joins ACMA Emerging Leaders Program
Cody Sheltra, ASCC Senior Research Manager, has been accepted into the American Composites Manufacturing Association (ACMA) Emerging Leaders Program. This inaugural group will learn how to advocate for the composites industry; advancing a new generation of thinkers and leaders. Sheltra’s research focuses on projects related to the manufacturing and testing of large-scale thermoset composites and…
Designed to address labor shortages and supply chain issues that are driving high costs and constricting the supply of affordable housing, BioHome3D is the first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based, recyclable materials
The American Floating Offshore Wind Technical Summit (AFloat) brings together industry, academia, academiarnment floating offshore wind experts from around the world to chart a course for floating offshore wind in the US.
Three takeaways from AFloat 2023 highlighted in Workboat article
A recent article from Workboat discussed the American Floating Offshore Wind Technical Summit (AFloat), and the three largest takeaways from the 2023 AFloat conference. AFloat is…
Future of Boatbuilding: 3Dirigio featured in the Royal Institution of Naval Architects
The University of Maine’s research was featured in the Royal Institute of Naval Architect’s article on Taking Boat Design to New Dimensions with 3D Printing. This…
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…
Windstorm Challenge students join ASCC staff as students interns!
Participants of the 2023 Windstorm Challenge have joined UMaine and the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) as interns as first year undergraduates in UMaine’s engineering…
ASCC Exec. Director Dr. Dagher presenting at Marietta College’s E3 Conference
The University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center’s (ASCC) Executive Director, Dr. Habib Dagher, will be co-presenting a virtual panel discussion at the third annual…
ASCC collaborates with ARCSIM in innovation into the “digital twin”
“Creating a Digital Twin with Prahuddha Chkraborty and Ben Grooms” by Stefania Irene Marthakis was featured in the UMaine ARCSIM Newsletter. The University of Maine’s Advanced…