TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE DURABILITY

FACILITIES + CAPABILITIES

Developing innovative, sustainable, next-generation solutions.

CAPABILITIES

  • Improving Transportation Infrastructure - Road, Bridge, Rail, Ports
  • Advanced Monitoring and Assessment of Transportation Assets
  • Composite Materials - Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) and Thermoplastics
  • Structure Analysis and Development of Novel Applications for FRP Composites, Concrete, Soils and Asphalt
  • Additive Manufacturing - Novel Materials (carbon and bio-based), Structures, Tooling and Recycling
  • Low Carbon Emission Concrete
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis, include Social Benefit
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis, include Social Benefit
  • Traffic-Connectivity, Safety Data, Roadway Maintenance
  • Resiliency-Coastal, Climate, Waterway Inspection Techniques
  • UAV inspection and imaging - Visual, Infrared, LiDAR, Acoustic - AI Image Processing & Analysis
  • Roadway Culvert Rehabilitation - Extending the Lifespan and Durability of Existing Culvert Structures Utilizing 3D Printing Techniques
  • Electric Vehicle Infrastructure -Electrification, Autonomous, Cyber Security, Demographic Analysis and Accessibility with Physically Challenged Population Groups
  • Multisensory Virtual/Augmented Reality (VR/AR) and Human Perception, Usability and Accessibility Analysis

FACILITIES

Advanced Structures and Composites Center

  • Small and Large Scale Additive Manufacturing 
    • Ingersoll – MasterPrint 3x
  • Fortus 900mc 3D Production System — Stratasys
  • Juggerbot3D – Tradesman Series P3-44
  • Cincinnati – BAAM 100 – Alpha Size 2
  • (2) Modix BIG - 120x V3
  • (7) Ultimaker S5 Printer
  • ZMorph VX Multitool
  • Advanced Machinery for Extrusion/Pultrusion with FRP & Thermoplastics  (ASSC)
    • Liestritz’s ZSE-27 MAXX Twin Screw Extruder
  • Thermo Scientific Process 11 Parallel Twin-Screw Extruder
  • Wind/Wave Basin for Coastal Resilence Analysis 
    • Wave Basin
  • Multi-directional Wave Generator
  • Towing System
  • Wind Generator
  • Structural Testing Lab
    • Instron 100k-1,000k Load Test Machines
  • Environmental resiliency testing

VEMI Lab

  • 3D Audio, 3D Vision, Vibrotactile, In-Air Haptics, Eye Tracking and Image Analysis Tooling 
  • Multi-Rider 3DOF Level 5 Autonomous Vehicle Simulator
  • Click here to learn more about VEMI

CinPavement Engineering & Research (PERL)

  • MMLS Accelerated Paving Testing Device

CONTACT:

James Bryce

|TIDC Senior Program Manager

tidc@maine.edu

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ASCC Executive Director, Dr. Habib Dagher posing between two inflatable composite-concrete arches.
Students in hard hats working on the CFM machine
Picture of bridge in Lagrange, Maine.
Two men drill holes for bolts at AIT Composites

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