RESEARCH AREAS
RESEARCH AREAS
Climate Solutions
GEM: Green Energy & Materials
The ASCC’s strategic plan, called GEM, focuses the Center’s work on Green Energy and Materials development. Through GEM, the Center is at the forefront of significant new sustainability industries in the nation. Our eight major research areas are Civil Infrastructure Durability, Advanced Wood Composites, Large-scale Bio-based Additive Manufacturing, Cellulose Nanocomposites, Advanced Structural Concepts, Structural Thermoplastics & Smart Materials, Ocean Engineering & Energy, and Structural, Material, & Wind Blade Testing. Innovations in GEM research and development position the Center to critically support the state’s ambitious efforts to be carbon neutral by 2045 and usher in a low-carbon economy.
RESEARCH AREAS
Project Highlights
SM²ART
The Hub & Spoke Sustainable Materials & Manufacturing Alliance for Renewable Technologies (SM²ART): Connecting two world-class research facilities and redefining how national laboratories and universities connect with industry
TIDC
The Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center focus is on developing innovative, sustainable, next-generation solutions to improve the durability and extend the lifespan of existing and new transportation assets in New England and beyond.
BioHome 3D
Designed to address labor shortages and supply chain issues that are driving high costs and constricting the supply of affordable housing. Printed using abundant, renewable, locally sourced wood fiber feedstock reduces dependence on a constrained supply chain.
Culvert Diffuser
ASCC’s work focuses on implementing green infrastructure solutions, utilizing bio-based materials and sustainable manufacturing processes like advanced manufacturing for culvert diffusers, composite sheet piling and novel breakwater solutions.
G-Beams
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) tub-girders called GBeams that are corrosion resistant and designed to last over 100 years with little to no maintenance. The composite girders are lightweight, weighing as little as one-quarter the weight of steel girders.
