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Afloat 2021: American Floating Offshore Wind Technical Summit, Advanced Structures And Composites Center Jul 2021

Afloat 2021: American Floating Offshore Wind Technical Summit, Advanced Structures And Composites Center

General University of Maine Publications

Email invitation to the "AFloat 2021: American Floating Offshore Wind Technical Summit" scheduled for September 8 and 9, 2021. Due to the emergence of COVID variants and the health risks they pose, a decision was made to hold the event virtually to ensure everyone's safety.


Floating Offshore Wind Project Webinar, University Of Maine Alumni Association, John Diamond, Habib Dagher May 2021

Floating Offshore Wind Project Webinar, University Of Maine Alumni Association, John Diamond, Habib Dagher

General University of Maine Publications

Watch Dr. Habib Dagher, executive director of UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center, for a May 2021 update on UMaine’s offshore wind program. UMaine is collaborating with New England Aqua Ventus LLC, a joint venture between Diamond Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation, and RWE Renewables, the second-largest company in offshore wind globally, to develop an 11-megawatt floating offshore demonstration project off the coast of Maine.

The New England Aqua Ventus offshore wind project is a critical milestone in the commercial realization of UMaine’s internationally recognized offshore wind technology that was developed at the Advanced Structures and Composites …


Ferland Engineering Education And Design Center (Eedc) Virtual Beam Topping Ceremony, Jeff Mills, Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Dana Humphrey, Consigli Construction Co., Inc., Wbrc Architects And Engineers, Ellenzweig Feb 2021

Ferland Engineering Education And Design Center (Eedc) Virtual Beam Topping Ceremony, Jeff Mills, Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Dana Humphrey, Consigli Construction Co., Inc., Wbrc Architects And Engineers, Ellenzweig

General University of Maine Publications

Construction of the $78 million Engineering Education and Design Center (EEDC) on the University of Maine campus began in May 2020, with workers following state-mandated health and safety guidelines. Work on the 105,000-square-foot facility is expected to be completed in spring 2022.

Design and construction of EEDC involved 78 graduates of the University of Maine, many from the College of Engineering. Over 500 alumni, friends, corporations, and foundations contributed to the fund-raising effort. Retired power industry executive and Skowhegan, Maine native, Jim Ferland and his wife Eileen provided a $10-million naming gift for the new Center. Jim Ferland earned a …