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UMaine announces floating offshore wind partnership with UK’s ORE Catapult, Innovate UK and NREL to advance US supply chains
The University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composite Center (ASCC) announced a new partnership with Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult and Innovate UK along with the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Up to five U.K. companies will be chosen to receive between £300,000 and £500,000 in grant funding to engage with the ASCC and…
UMaine ASCC unveils new world’s largest 3D printer
The University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) unveils the world’s largest 3D printer. Read more here.
Forecasting the Future: Rudy Alkarem’s Award-Winning Research on Predictive Digital Twins in Renewable Energy
Yuksel “Rudy” Alkarem, a doctoral candidate and research assistant at the ASCC, has won the Best Poster award at WindEurope’s Annual Event for his research; “On Building Predictive Digital Twin Incorporating Wave Predicting Capabilities: Case Study on UMaine Experimental Campaign – FOCAL,”. Alkarem, as well as researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology,…
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.
ASCC scientists find scalable, water-based process to strengthen biocomposites
A publication by University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) researchers Hathaithep Senkum, Peter V. Kelly, Ahmad A. L. Ahmad, Siamak Shams Es-haghi, and…
ASCC’s BioHome3D featured in Decor Maine for its sustainably sleek design
The University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) has been featured on Decor Maine’s website. “Some surfaces were left natural to highlight the mesmerizing…
ASCC’s Dr. Habib Dagher Discusses Offshore Wind Plans in AJOT
The University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center’s (ASCC) Founding Executive Director, Dr. Habib Dagher, and Offshore Wind Technologies have been featured in a 2-…
BioHome3D featured in CompositesWorld for infrastructure using biomaterials and 3D printing
The University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center’s (ASCC) BioHome3D has been featured in a CompositesWorld article sharing remarkable innovations using composites in infrastructure and…
ASCC and ORNL SM2ART collaboration featured in Plastics Technology for Sustainable Solutions for Fiber Reinforced Composite Materials
The SM2ART program collaboration1 between the University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center (ASCC) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been featured on…
Habib Dagher, ASCC founding executive director named Innovator of Year
Dr. Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) was recently named Innovated of the Year in April,…