Composites Communications (Compos. Commun. or COCO) publishes peer-refereed short communications and letters on the latest advances and progresses in composites science and technology. It aims to disseminate new knowledge to the broad composites community in a timely fashion with its rapid review and publication process. See the journal homepage here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/composites-communications

BME Junior Ainslie Allen was awarded first place for her research poster and 3-minute oral flash presentation at the AVS 68th Annual Symposium and Exhibition in Pittsburgh, PA, on November 8th, 2022. Her work focused on the development of a smartphone-based surface contamination detection system. Ainslie competed against both graduate and other undergraduate students to […]

For the UMaine News article on Prof. Khalil’s research, see: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/09/21/andre-khalils-research-uses-imaging-techniques-to-transcend-disciplines/  

For the UMaine News article on Prof. Howell’s research, see: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2022/09/16/howell-catheter-research-receives-funding-from-philanthropic-organization-for-next-steps/

The University of Maine will collaborate with New England Aqua Ventus, LLC (NEAV), 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 UMaine’s floating offshore wind technology demonstration project off the coast of Maine. As the developer, NEAV […]

Girls Engineer Maine (GEM), a program in the University of Maine College of Engineering, has been awarded a three-year, more than $93,000 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to continue to help build the pipeline for engineering workforce development in Maine. Proposed project activities include a three-and-a-half-day summer residency at UMaine […]

The University of Maine has been issued a patent for a process to create construction materials that are bound with cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) and offer increased durability and environmental friendliness. While the technology can be used to create a variety of commonly used building materials, the primary application for this patent focuses on a replacement […]