June 9th-11th, University of Maine, Orono – Earlier this month, the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) hosted its first-ever Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites Repair Course for representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures & Composites Center. The participants represented various organizational positions and came from […]
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April 6th, 2026 – The University of Maine & US DOT ARPA-I (Advanced Research Projects Agency – Infrastructure) have embarked on a collaborative research project: X-BRIDGE (eXceptional Bridges through Innovative Design and Groundbreaking Engineering) This project – focused on designing bridges that can be deployed in half the time, at half the cost, and lasts […]
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The 3D Printed Culvert Diffuser is a roadway anti-flooding design investigated by the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center that increases water flow through existing roadway culverts while dispersing velocity at the culvert outlet to mitigate erosion and habitat disruption. The overall goal of this project is to demonstrate a cost-effective and more sustainable solution to decreased […]
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On August 13-15, representatives from TIDC traveled to Washington DC to participate in the inaugural USDOT Future of Innovation Summit, a first-ever showcase of University Transportation Center (UTC) implemented research. With over 400 transportation professionals in attendance to present their own research, it was a highly educational week of networking and learning. TIDC was fortunate […]
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The Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC), housed within the ASCC, held its annual New England Railroad Symposium virtually on February 21st featuring presentations from a wide range of rail industry professionals including representatives from academia, industry, and government. This event received significant support and participation from the Maine Department of Transportation’s (MaineDOT) rail development & […]
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Millinocket & Medway, ME – On a snowy January morning during a normal school day, Professor Aaron Gallant and his graduate research assistant, Temitope Omokinde, made the trip up I-95 from the University of Maine to Medway Middle School & Schenck High School. There, they introduced elementary through high school students to the world of […]
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Miami, FL – On December 7th-9th, 2022, TIDC traveled to the ABC International Accelerated Bridge Construction Conference to participate in a half-day FRP Composite Girder workshop and support the AIT Composites booth on the expo floor. They traveled with a 5’x8’ bridge girder cross-section full-scale display which drew large crowds of State DOT Engineers. “There […]
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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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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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