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Support The Next Generation By Sponsoring The 2024 Windstorm Challenge!, Advanced Structures And Composites Center

General University of Maine Publications

The Windstorm Challenge is a unique opportunity for middle and high school students to get hands-on engineering practice at the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC). Organized by the same team that brings you AFloat, the Windstorm Challenge seeks to educate the next generation of floating offshore wind innovators.

Barriers To Use Of Cross-Laminated Timber In Maine, Shane R. O'Neill

Forest Resources Faculty Scholarship

To increase understanding of both the adoption rate and in-state manufacturing of mass timber In Maine, the 131^st Legislature and Governor Mills passed LD 881, a resolve directing a study of the barriers facing cross-laminated timber In Maine and provide recommendations to promote their use in construction. This study was developed in response to the resolve. The study engaged 108 unique participants to define available training, education, and experiences across the stakeholders throughout the building lifecycle process in the state.

From this information, the following five recommendations are proposed:

1. Understand the policies and initiatives of other states to develop …

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

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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

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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 …

Black Bear To Merin Skincare: Alumni Founders Adding Value To Maine's Lobster Industry, Ashley Forbes

General University of Maine Publications

It started in 2013 when co-founders Amber Boutiette and Patrick Breeding met on the first day of their first year as biomedical engineering undergraduate students at the University of Maine. Nearly eight years later the pair relocated to Portland, launched Marin Skincare--a specialty skincare product made with lobster glycoprotein--and are now teaming with an established Maine brand, Luke's Lobster, to scale their supply chain and meet strong demand for their first product.

Edalatpour Receives Nsf Career Award To Study Thermal Radiation In Quantum Materials And Quantum-Sized Distances, Marcus Wolf

General University of Maine Publications

Components the size of a few atoms, known as quantum materials, can enhance how technology functions and manages its heat. However, little is known about how heat is emitted and exchanged in quantum materials in contrast with their more common counterparts, three-dimensional bulk materials. Sheila Edalatpour, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, is studying how the emission of heat changes when the materials involved are quantum-sized, or when they are separated by a gap of the same size as one or multiple atoms.

Nsf Career Award Supports Schwartz's Research On The Chemical Process For Making Rubber Component, Marcus Wolf

General University of Maine Publications

advance his ongoing dissection of the Lebedev process. The well-known, multi-step chemical reaction is used to make butadiene from biomass-derived ethanol. However, little research has been conducted on the Lebedev process at the molecular level. Understanding the intricacies of this process will help researchers create new catalysts necessary for the chemical reactions to make goods from both petroleum and biomass, that would increase butadiene yield.

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 …

Covid-19_Umaine News_Umaine Students Get Immersive Experience In Engineering Education, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of UMaine News press release regarding Asli Sezen-Barrie, associate professor of curriculum, assessment and instruction in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development redesigning her class on Teaching Science in the Secondary School to provide more opportunities for preservice teachers at UMaine to learn about engineering concepts and meet with engineers.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Kirkmann Speaks With Wabi About Student Construction Projects At Leonard’S Mill, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Meredith Kirkmann, University of Maine assistant professor of Construction Engineering Technology (CET), about the outdoor projects senior CET students are working on at the Maine Forest and Logging Museum's Leonard's Mills.

Building Life-Cycle Carbon And Operational Energy Report, Duncan Cox, Alexandra Davis, Vamshe Gooje

General University of Maine Publications

The premise of this report is to surmise the embodied carbon impact and anticipated operational energy use of the 57,995 sf crosslaminated timber (CLT) and glulam addition to the Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) on the University of Maine campus. The project will contain open lab space for the world’s largest prototype polymer 3D printer, offices, and a presentation venue.

A life-cycle assessment is a methodology for quantifying environmental impacts at all stages of a building’s life cycle. This is a cradle-to-grave assessment of the building, beginning from raw material extraction and sourcing, to manufacturing, transportation, construction, energy use, …

Composite Materials And Structures Certificate, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The Certificate requires completion of 12 credits (4 courses) through a combination of 400- and graduate-level courses as described in the course sequence section below. A maximum of one course (or 3 credits) at 400 or 500 level may be transferred from outside of UMaine to the program for credit.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Virtual Groundbreaking For Ferland Engineering Education And Design Center, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of Maine News release regarding the virtual groundbreaking for the University of Maine's Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center.

Umaine Holds Virtual Groundbreaking For $78 Million Ferland Engineering Education And Design Center, Dana Humphrey, Jeffery N. Mills, Joan Ferrini-Mundy

General University of Maine Publications

A virtual groundbreaking ceremony for the $78 million Engineering Education and Design Center (EEDC) took place April 28, 2020 on the University of Maine campus.

Click on the download link for a machine-generated English-language transcript.

College Of Engineering_Gee 230 Introduction To Engineering Leadership And Management_Group Team Project, Dana N. Humphrey

College of Engineering

Course assignment for a group project for the two sections of the GEE 230 Introduction to Engineering Leadership and Management course, focused on plans for manufacturing productive equipment and respirators. Also, includes cover email from Dean Dana N. Humphrey to the Provost Office regarding the course Dean Humphrey taught.

Advanced Manufacturing Center_Aerosol Box_Negative Pressure Designs, Forest Wentworth

Advanced Manufacturing Center

CAD specification designs for aerosol box's negative pressure chamber to be used by doctors in treating COVID-19. The designs were produced by John Belding, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Center, University of Maine.

College Of Engineering_Pandemic Related Projects, Courses And Materials, University Of Maine College Of Engineering

College of Engineering

Report from the University of Maine College of Engineering chairs/faculty and center directors detailing projects directly relevant to COVID-19 and course materials/strategies/assignments/approaches to create infrastructures of support for students in the face of COVID-19.

Advanced Manufacturing Center_Aerosol Box_Negative Pressure_First Prototype Images, Forest Wentworth

Advanced Manufacturing Center

Photographs of the negative pressure chamber original prototype "NPC OG" for an aerosol box intended to be used by frontline medical staff. The prototype was manufactured by the University of Maine's Advanced Manufacturing Center.

Advanced Structures And Composites Center_Aerosol Box Notes & Photographs, David Erb Jr.

Advanced Manufacturing Center

Notes regarding an early prototype of an aerosol box produced by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center in response to a need from front line medical staff when treating COVID-19. The design didn't ultimately make it into production.

Also, including as supplementary content are photographs of the box taken by David F. Erb Jr., Senior R&D Program Manager, Advanced Structures and Composites Center.

Advanced Manufacturing Center_Aerosol Box_Intubation Hood Designs, Forest Wentworth, John Belding

Advanced Manufacturing Center

CAD specification designs for an aerosol box's incubation hood to be used by doctors in treating COVID-19. The designs were produced by John Belding, Director, Advanced Manufacturing Center, University of Maine.

Chemical And Biomedical Engineering _Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide N95 Decontamination Summary, Caitlin Howell

Advanced Manufacturing Center

Summary evaluation of Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide for the decontamination of N95 filtering facepiece respirators by Caitlin Howell, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, 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

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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.

Offshore Wind In Maine, Aqua Ventus Maine, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

80% of U.S. electricity demands are located in coastal states, and the total U.S. offshore wind energy potential is more than twice what the entire country currently uses. Nearly 80% of the U.S. offshore wind resource is located in deepwater, which can be cost effectively harnessed using the University of Maine’s VolturnUS.

Duration Of Load And Creep Effects Of Wood Composites, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The Duration of Load & Creep Effects Lab at the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has a complete creep testing facility capable of evaluating duration of load effects on wood composites such as panel products, structural composite lumber (SCL), and wood-plastic composites (WPC).

Structural Testing Of Wood And Wood-Based Products, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Maine’s economy has always drawn upon its forests. Our wood composites research not only follows this tradition, it allows future generations to do so, as well. International timber competition has forced Maine to become smarter about the lumber goods it produces, which is why the UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been working with industry to produce value added wood products since its inception in 1996. Focus areas have included FRP-reinforced glulam, structural composite lumber, wood-plastic composites, wood and bio-based panels, nanocellulose, and mass timber construction.

Mass Timber At Umaine, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Many architects and engineers believe that we are now in “the beginning of the timber age” where “plyscrapers” will soon be dotting city skylines all over the world. These tall wood buildings are a result of “mass timber” – a category of construction characterized by the use of large wood-based panels for wall, floor, and roof construction. Products in the mass timber family include: Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT), Glued-Laminated Timber (Glulam), and Structural Composite Lumber (SCL) e.g., Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), Laminated Strand Lumber (LSL), and Parallel Strand Lumber (PSL), as well as hybrid products manufactured with a …

Wood Composites Manufacturing, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

The UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center has a complete Wood Composites Pilot Line allowing production of up to 4’ x 8’ oriented strand board (OSB), laminated strand lumber (LSL), particle board, MDF, and other cellulosic composites on a near-industrial scale.

Selected Research And Development Projects, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

General University of Maine Publications

Promotional flyer with summaries of a selection of research and development projects including VolturnUS 1:8, DeepCLiDAR, Composite Arch Bridge System, MAKO, Secure Hybrid Composite Shipping Container, Modular Ballistic Protection System, and NASA HAID.

Examples Of Material Property Testing, Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University Of Maine

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