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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.
NIST Awards $498,000 Advanced Manufacturing Technology Planning Grant to UMaine Composites Center
The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has received a $497,965 award from the National Institutes of Standards and Technology for mapping technical manufacturing…
Today at Crosby Lab: Students Present M.E. Capstone Projects
Several undergraduate student employees at the UMaine Composites Center are presenting their senior capstone projects in Mechanical Engineering today at Crosby Lab. Each capstone team, under…
UMaine Composites Center Awarded $351,092 by MTI to Enhance W2 facility, Increase Testing Capabilities for Maine-based Technology
The UMaine Composites Center has been awarded $351,092 by the Maine Technology Institute through the Maine Technology Asset Fund to add two additional pieces of equipment to the…
Clapp Presents HIAD Paper at 23rd Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference
Josh Clapp recently presented a paper titled, “Structural Response of Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator Braided Tube Components and Elements” at the 23rd Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference…
Article by UMaine Researchers Young, Dagher, Viselli, Goupee To Be Published in Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE)
A paper by UMaine Composites Center researchers Andrew C. Young, Dr. Habib J. Dagher, Dr. Anthony M. Viselli, Dr. Andrew J. Goupee, and Steve Hettick of Ershigs,…
Andrew Young Awarded 2nd Place in 2015 UMaine Graduate Expo Physical Sciences & Technology Poster Competition
Andrew Young, a graduate student at the UMaine Composites Center, won 2nd place in the 2015 Grad Expo Physical Sciences & Technology Poster Competition for his poster…