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June Safety Student of the Month: Rohan Thapa
We are proud to recognize Rohan Thapa, a graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, as the ASCC’s Safety Student of the Month for the month of June. Selected by the ASCC Safety Committee and nominated by Dr. Roberto Lopez-Anido whom he works with at the center, Rohan is praised for consistently…
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…
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.
Composite Strength
Editorial Voters who two years ago supported the state’s first attempt to fuel its university system with money for research and development now can see their…
The State Of Composites
Materials Made By Combining Several Others, Are Becoming Big Business In Maine By L. Mercedes Wesel David Patch imagines a town in Midcoast Maine known not…
Making Magic with Wood
By Susan Young, Bangor Daily News Carefully perched on a rock, Habib Dagher tapped away at the keys of a laptop computer balanced on steel rods…
Making magic with wood UM professor engineers feats with composites
By Susan Young Carefully perched on a rock, Habib Dagher tapped away at the keys of a laptop computer balanced on steel rods protruding from a…