A while ago, UMaine engineers attended a meeting about homeland security technologies, and they wondered whether it would be possible to create a wooden structure that could withstand a bomb blast. Other scientists and military officials didn't believe it could be done.
Since then, a group of UMaine faculty, staff and students set out to prove them wrong. Today, the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center unveiled a blast-resistant building that has survived the Army's torture tests. Engineers made the structure stronger by applying a special coating to the building materials. UMaine has filed for a patent on the technology.
Congratulations to the students and staff at AEWC!
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i love this story, nobody should ever say "it can't be done!"
That is pretty interesting. I wish the university would tell about these innovations on their main page. I think that would entice many more to think about what UMaine has to offer.
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