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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.
Maine Aqua Ventus February Newsletter
Click here to view the Maine Aqua Ventus February Newsletter. Maine Aqua Ventus I, GP, LLC, is leading a demonstration project called New England Aqua Ventus I, a…
Paper by Wang, Gardner Published in Polymer
A paper by Lu Wang and Dr. Douglas Gardner was accepted for publication in Volume 113, March 2017 edition of Polymer. The paper is titled, “Effect…
UMaine, Kleinschmidt Associates announce naming gift in support of Windstorm Challenge
Click here to sign up or learn more about this year’s competition. The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center and Kleinschmidt Associates, headquartered in…
Senator King Joins National Laboratory Officials & UMaine to Announce Innovative Partnership to Grow Maine’s Economy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUtC2oSUy5k One week after the Economic Development Assessment Team released its report on how to strengthen Maine’s forest economy, U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) joined officials from…
Dagher featured as Engineering News Record Top 25 Newsmaker 2016
Habib Dagher, executive director of the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, has been named one of 2016’s Top 25 Newsmakers by Engineering-News Record…
MDF Legislative Bus Tour Visits UMaine Composites Center
On January 11, 2017, more than 70 members of the 128th Maine Legislature toured the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center as part of the Maine…