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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.
Five Articles Published by ASCC affiliates in October
UMaine Darling Marine Center study on lobsters & climate change in coastal Maine spanning over 35 years A publication by UMaine Darling Marine Center researchers, Robert…
Three Articles by ASCC researchers published in August
Davis, Verma, Viselli & Allen research on floating offshore wind towing methodology An article by UMaine ASCC researchers, Samuel Davis, Dr. Amrit Verma, Dr. Anthony Viselli…
ASCC TIDC Presents at the U.S. Capital
The Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) is the 2018 US DOT Region 1 (New England) University Transportation Center (UTC) located at the University of Maine Advanced…
U.S Secretary of Agriculture visits ASCC’s BioHome3D
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, announced a USDA grant aimed at helping private forest landowners adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate…
UMaine Wins $12.5 Million in National Competition to Advance VolturnUS Floating Offshore Wind Technology
The University of Maine (UMaine) has been selected to receive $12.5 million through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to advance the…
Five articles by ASCC researchers were published in May
UMaine research brings sustainable packaging hands-on activity to middle school curriculums A recent publication by Bangor, Maine middle school teacher & UMaine alum, Tracy N. Vassiliev,…