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University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center

3D-printed boat molds will be focus of a UMaine composites center spinoff

At Brunswick Landing, a 3D printing company plans to print large objects such as boat molds and components.

‘Cobots’ from around the world gather at UMaine’s high-tech training center

Modern manufacturing increasingly uses “smart” robotics and automation technology, known as “Industry 4.0.” The facility is designed to strengthen the worker pipeline.

🔒Funding cuts weigh on research projects across Maine

Millions of federal dollars have been frozen from grant programs at research labs across the state, and the Univ. of Maine has had funding terminated from a number of programs. Some of the grant dollars have been restored, others are tied up in legal action.

Funding cuts lead to staffing cuts at UMaine composites lab

After being notified in April that $3.3 million in federal grants are being withheld, the Advanced Structures and Composites Center in Orono laid off nine employees. 
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Funding for UMaine’s wind energy research program suspended

Notice of a funding freeze by the Trump administration for alternative energy research at the university has brought an abrupt halt to an offshore wind turbine installation project that has been years in the making.

UMaine breaks ground on $82M ‘factory of the future’

The 50,000-square-foot facility is designed as a digital manufacturing environment powered by high-performance computing and artificial intelligence.

From fungi to robots, construction industry explores innovations for building Maine homes

The construction industry has a lot of interesting developments that balance sustainability with affordability.

Maine gets OK for floating offshore wind research array on federal waters

The research array is intended to study interactions with the marine environment, fishing industry, shipping and navigation routes and to inform commercial development of the technology.
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UMaine, USM partner to advance medical research, life sciences and faculty development

The program capitalizes on UMaine’s research capabilities and USM’s proximity to prospective industry partners in Portland.

UMaine smashes its own world record with a 3D printer that’s 4X as large

Factory of the Future 1.0 can print objects as large as 96 feet long by 32 feet wide by 18 feet high, and is four times the size of its predecessor.
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