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  • The New York Times highlights the pioneering work of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, led by Dr. Habib Dagher.
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  • Under his direction, the University of Maine launched the first floating wind turbine: a prototype that was tested in the Gulf of Maine in 2013.

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    UMaine’s Dr. Habib Dagher, Featured in NYT for Breakthrough in Floating Wind Turbine Technology

    August 21, 2023ASCC in the news, Offshore Wind

    The New York Times highlights the pioneering work of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, led by Dr. Habib Dagher, in advancing the clean energy transition through floating offshore wind. For more than 15 years, the center has developed breakthrough technologies, such as VolturnUS 1:8, revolutionizing renewable energy. These breakthroughs pave the way for the deployment of football field-sized turbine blades and deploying them miles offshore, harnessing powerful winds to accelerate Maine’s transition to renewables.

    Floating Offshore wind energy presents Maine with the opportunity for job creation and economic growth, investments in supply chain and port infrastructure, and a source of sustainable energy to aid in achieving the state’s ambitious objectives for clean energy and addressing cl
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    Dr. Habib Dagher and the potential of US offshore wind power

    Perhaps no American is better positioned to discuss the state of offshore wind technology than Habib Dagher. A structural and civil engineer with a PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Dagher heads the University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composite Center, the site of landmark research and testing on wind turbine blades and floating wind systems. Dagher co-founded the center in 1996. He holds more than 80 patents, most on technologies related to various aspects of floating wind power, including methods of construction, hull designs, and buoys.

    One signature achievement: The VolturnUS, which the Center designed and built. It was the first grid-connected offshore wind turbine in the US and a pioneer in the offshore floating wind, employing revolutionary designs that utilized floating concrete hull technology. That one-eighth scale model prototype was launched in 2014. The Center is now developing a full-scale, f

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    ASCC’s Dr. Habib Dagher Discusses Offshore Wind Plans in AJOT

    January 25, 2024ASCC in the news, BioHome3D

    The University of Maine Advanced Structures & Composites Center’s (ASCC) Founding Executive Director, Dr. Habib Dagher, and Offshore Wind Technologies have been featured in a 2- part article on the American Journal of Transportation’s (AJOT) website. 

    Part 1 discusses a Marshall Plan for U.S. ports and Maine’s plan for offshore wind. 

    Part 2 dives into the supply chain management for offshore wind. 

    “We have a project … next year. It’s a demonstration project … funded through ARPA (American Rescue Plan Act). It’s a new design that’s lighter and smaller yet does the same thing that we’ve been working on. So, we’re very excited about that …. It will have a capacity to generate 225 kilowatts,” said Dr. Habib Dagher (AJOT Part 1 article). 

    “Dagher said one example of new technology that could simplify the production