Orono, ME – During their recent annual meeting, contractors and engineers from the Maine Better Transportation Association (MBTA) Board visited UMaine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center, and the newly completed Ferland Engineering Center. At the ASCC they were shown through the various labs by Richard Fredricks, a senior member of the Additive Manufacturing team. Here […]
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Orono, ME – The Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) recognized 28 students from their six member universities at the Annual TIDC Student Recognition Night virtually on November 30th, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. In accordance with TIDC’s motto of “Students First,” the event highlighted the accomplishments and contributions of their students from the past year. The […]
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Posted on 7/16/2019 TIDC partnered with MSTI (Maine Summer Transportation Institute) at the University of Maine to conduct a bridge building activity with 18 middle school students. Teams of students built bridges using straws and scotch tape. The bridges were weight tested with rolls of pennies. The winning bridge held $7.00 (14 rolls).
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Posted on 2/11/2019 A bipartisan, bicameral bill would boost research and investments in cutting-edge materials to improve public works nationwide In: Press Releases Posted Mon, 02/11/2019 – 09:14 on www.collins.senate.gov Washington, D.C. –Around the country, communities face an urgent need to invest in more resilient roads, bridges, water systems, and other public works. In recent years, civil engineers […]
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Posted on 8/6/1019 This Brewer company’s ‘72-hour bridge’ will debut next year in Hampden This article originally appeared in the Bangor Daily News. By Eesha Pendharkar, BDN Staff • August 6, 2019 1:00 am On the manufacturing floor of Advanced Infrastructure Technologies in Brewer on Friday afternoon, four workers started laying out sheets of fiber not much thicker […]
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Posted on 1/29/2020 University of Maine Ph.D. student Andrew Schanck, left, is pictured with Habib Dagher, director of the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center, at the 29th Annual University Transportation Center Conference in Washington, D.C. Schanck named a University Transportation Center Outstanding Student of the Year Bangor resident one of 34 nationwide recognized by U.S. DOT […]
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Posted on 12/14/2021 Researchers from the University of Maine and Maine Department of Transportation received a Best Paper Award for research conducted in 3D printing thermoplastic polymer culvert diffuser for use in highway culvert rehabilitation. The award was presented to the group by the Society of Plastics Engineers Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing Chapter at the 2021 […]
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Posted Wednesday, 12/8/2021 – Orono, ME – The Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center recognized 28 students during the 2021 Annual TIDC Student Recognition Night on Dec.1. The Annual Student Recognition Night recognizes the Student of the Year and Student Poster Contest winners. Each year, the U.S. Department of Transportation honors outstanding students from participating University Transportation Centers […]
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Posted Friday, 10/1/2021 on Susan Collins’ Press Releases Page Dr. Jonathan Rubin of UMaine, Dr. Moochul Shin of WNEU, Dr. Susan Faraji of UMass Lowell, Senator Susan Collins, Dr. Changhoon Lee of WNEU, Former MaineDOT Commissioner David Bernhardt, and TIDC Center Director Dr. Habib Dagher of UMaine Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Susan Collins, the Ranking […]
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Posted on 3/05/2021 TIDC is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Aaron Bradshaw, P.E., as the new Institutional Lead representing the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Bradshaw is an Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island in the department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Originally hailing from Dartmouth, MA, he received his […]
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