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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.
Mechanical Engineering Senior Capstone Collaboration
https://youtu.be/FHjKab05nEU Ben Johnson A group of Mechanical Engineering students at the University of Maine used a unique machine – a filament…
Paper by Viselli, Forristall, Pearce, and Dagher Published in Ocean Engineering Vol. 104
A paper by Dr. Anthony Viselli, Dr. Habib Dagher, and Dr. Bryan Pearce of the University of Maine and Dr. George Forristall of Forristall Ocean Engineering,…
Article by Gardner, Han, Wang featured in June 2015 Current Forestry Reports
“This journal publishes in-depth review articles covering the most significant developments in the broad field of forestry. Presented in the form of…
Student Focus: Wang, Gardner Aim To Use Maine Nanocellulose To Strengthen 3D Printed Plastics
[caption id="attachment_904" align="alignright" width="201"] Lu Wang, a Ph.D. student currently researching ways to incorporate cellulose into 3D printed plastics. Lu Wang is pursuing his Ph.D. in Cellulose Nanofibril-Reinforced Plastics…
Fowler, Goupee Awarded OMAE 2014 Best Paper of Ocean Renewable Energy Symposium
UMaine graduate student Matthew Fowler. A paper titled, “Hydrodynamic Module Coupling in the Offshore Wind Energy Simulation (OWENS) Toolkit,” co-authored graduate student…
Composite Arch Bridge System Featured Cover Story of Plastics Engineering Magazine May 2015
The University of Maine’s Composites Arch Bridge System, commonly known as “Bridge-In-A-BackpackTM,” was featured in the cover story of Plastics Engineering May 2015. The article titled,…