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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.
The Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Laboratory recognized as an official TEAMER facility
The TEAMER program aims to accelerate promising marine energy technologies by providing access to select U.S. testing facilities within its network The Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering…
Article by Viselli, Goupee, and Dagher named most accessed article in the Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering for a second year in a row
The 2019 most accessed article in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering is ‘Model Test of a 1:8-Scale Floating…
Schanck named a University Transportation Center Outstanding Student of the Year
Bangor resident one of 34 nationwide recognized by U.S. DOT ORONO, Maine — Andrew Schanck of Bangor, a Ph.D. student in civil engineering at the University…
Immediate Openings for Engineers, Scientists and Technicians
January 2020 US PERSONS ONLY – CONTROLLED PROJECTS Immediate Openings for Engineers, Scientists and Technicians to Support Research and Development on the World’s Largest Thermoplastic 3D…
Dr. Habib Dagher featured on Babbage, a podcast by the Economist
Dr. Habib Dagher, Executive Director, Advanced Structures and Composites Center, was featured on Babbage, a weekly podcast on science and technology from The Economist. Hosted by…
Article by Sunil Bhandari, Roberto A. Lopez-Anido, Douglas J. Gardner published in JOM
An article by PhD student Sunil Bhandari, titled Elasto-Plastic Finite Element Modeling of Short Carbon Fiber Reinforced 3D Printed Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene Composites, has been published…