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SM²ART Alliance Brings Cutting-Edge Composite Research to CAMX 2025
The Specialized Materials & Manufacturing Alliance for Resilient Technologies (SM²ART), a partnership between UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), will be featured at the Composites and Advanced Materials Expo (CAMX). CAMX is the largest composites and advanced materials event in North America, and is the premier event…
Wearable Sensors and the Future of Biodegradable Polymers
There is a significant increase in the use of wearable polymer-based sensors for healthcare, real-time data collection, and reducing human error. Their application lies in detecting and measuring stimuli like pressure, strain, and in monitoring human movement, prosthetics, soft robotics, and electronic skin, or for monitoring glucose levels, pH, or for earlier disease detection. Wearable…
June Safety Student of the Month: Rohan Thapa
We are proud to recognize Rohan Thapa, a graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, as the ASCC’s Safety Student of the Month for the month of June. Selected by the ASCC Safety Committee and nominated by Dr. Roberto Lopez-Anido whom he works with at the center, Rohan is praised for consistently…
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.
UMaine wins DOE prize for floating offshore wind supply chains
The ASCC-patented VolturnUS+ hull has been recognized as a phase one winner of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Floating Offshore Wind ReadINess (FLOWIN) Prize. The three-phase…
Dr. Susan MacKay featured on Composites Weekly Podcast
Dr. Susan MacKay featured on Composites Weekly Podcast Orono, Maine – ASCC researcher Dr. Susan MacKay was recently featured on the Composites Weekly podcast, a news…
ASCC Hires Lindemann as Safety and Training Manager
ASCC Hires Lindemann as Safety and Training Manager Orono, ME — The Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) is pleased to announce the recent hire of…
Where STEM meets the Humanities: the Smithsonian visits the ASCC to discuss tribal artifact repatriation and replication
Orono, Maine – In 2020, the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska requested that the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum return a…
Dr. Douglas Gardner featured on Wood Science Talks podcast
Dr. Douglas Gardner featured on Wood Science Talks podcast Orono, Maine – ASCC researcher Dr. Douglas Gardner was recently featured on an episode of Wood Science…
Article by Kimball published for the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Orono, Maine — An article authored by ASCC researcher Dr. Richard Kimball was published in preparation for the 33rd International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference. The…