UMaine to use 3-D printer to manufacture wind turbine blades
The University of Maine will receive more than $2.8 million from the U.S. energy department for the project, Maine s U.S. senators announce.
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University of Maine engineering professor Habib Dagher discusses the prospect for offshore wind during an address to the University of Maine at Augusta in 2019. Andy Molloy/Kennebec Journal
ORONO The University of Maine will receive more than $2.8 million to use a 3-D printer to manufacture wind turbine blades, Maine’s senators said.
The grant is from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and it represents an investment in “cutting-edge research that helps to support our forest products industry, create good-paying jobs, and strengthen our clean energy economy,” Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King said.
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The Roys: Three brothers, one MBA Program
Billy, Jonathan, and Daniel Roy grew up in Frenchville, Maine. They all earned their bachelorâs degrees at the University of Maine and are now all enrolled in the MaineMBA program. âHonestly, the three of us never planned to work on our MBAâs simultaneously,â Billy says. Jon, who works at the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center as a research engineer and project manager, was the first to begin the program. Dan and Billy joined him last summer.
While the brothers are naturally competitive with each other, theyâve gone their own way professionally and geographically. Read on to learn more about the journey theyâre taking at the Graduate School of Business.
Governor Mills announces actions to advance floating offshore wind research array in Gulf of Maine
In letter to fishing industry, Governor Mills affirms Maine’s commitment to the climate, energy and economic benefits of floating offshore wind, proposes moratorium on new wind projects in more heavily fished state waters
Office of Governor Janet T. Mills Mon, 01/25/2021 - 1:30pm
Gov. Janet Mills said she will propose for the Legislature’s approval a 10-year moratorium on new offshore wind projects in waters managed by the state. File photo
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Governor Janet Mills today proposed a series of actions to advance the nation’s first floating offshore wind research array in federal waters and to protect Maine’s more heavily fished state waters.
Dagher, Maginnis leading two Maine Science Festival online forums
Habib Dagher, founding director of the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, and Melissa Maginnis, an associate professor of microbiology, will lead two online forums during the 2021 Maine Science Festival.
The festival will offer six one-hour sessions via Zoom, one in January, one in February and one in March. Each session will include an overview from the speaker, followed by a Q&A period.
Dagher, also a professor of civil engineering, will participate in a talk titled âOff-shore wind: from the UK to Maineâ with Tony Appleton, director of offshore wind for Burns & McDonnell, and Ronit Prawer, director of the U.K. Governmentâs Science and Innovation Network (SIN) for the Eastern U.S. The festival will host the online forum at 1 p.m. Feb. 16. Register on the event webpage.