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Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine
Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine
General University of Maine Publications
The Alfond W2 Ocean Engineering Lab at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center is a unique facility equipped with a high-performance rotatable wind machine over a multidirectional wave basin. The facility will accurately simulate towing tests, variable water depths, and scaled wind and wave conditions that represent some of the worst storms possible anywhere on Earth.
Wind Blade Testing: Design, Fabricate, And Test Under One Roof, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine
Wind Blade Testing: Design, Fabricate, And Test Under One Roof, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine
General University of Maine Publications
The University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center's award winning research staff help clients take innovations from concept through design validation. The 8100 m2, $160 million laboratory employs more than 150 people with expertise in large-scale and coupon-level instrumentation and testing, composites manufacturing and analysis, finite element analysis and other modeling techniques. UMaine Composites Center faculty and staff may be engaged to jointly develop products, or may be contracted to fabricate and test composite or concrete products.
Minerva 2019, The Honors College
Minerva 2019, The Honors College
Minerva
This issue of Minerva includes a farewell from departing Honors Dean, François Amar; an article on the new service-learning course HON 175 and the course's inaugural Hurricane Island experience; and a deep dive into the Servant Heart Research Collaborative and the group's visit to Sierra Leone, Africa. Other highlights include reflections by a number of Honors faculty who returned from sabbatical; and a look into 2019-2020 student thesis research and internship experiences.