Umaine Advanced Structures & Composites Center

The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center is expanding the frontiers of composite materials and manufacturing technologies to engineer solutions in infrastructure, clean energy, and national security while preparing future leaders to solve society’s emerging challenges. We are a world-leading, interdisciplinary center for research, education, and economic development encompassing material sciences, manufacturing, and engineering of composites and structures. The Center is housed in a square-foot ISO 17025-accredited testing laboratory with more than 400 full and part time personnel. Since 1996, we have: – Financially supported more than 2,600 positions for undergraduate and graduate students – Served more than 500 industrial and governmental clients including 150 Maine companies – Formed 15 spinoff companies through licensing agreements of patents or trade secrets – Secured over 300 patents – Received more than 50 national and international awards