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Cutting edge composites, wind technology and engineering programs
South Portland – On Monday, February 1, nearly 1,000 high school students in the Midcoast will be asked to envision their future in Maine and to imagine a more vibrant economic future for the Midcoast. As part of an effort being led by Southern Maine Community College and area lawmaker Representative Peter Kent (D-Woolwich), three high schools will take the day to learn about Maine’s engineering, composite and wind technology future, as well as the creation of the new SMCC Midcoast Campus and the Maine Advanced Technology and Engineering Center, a partnership between SMCC and the University of Maine, at the former Brunswick Naval Air
Station.
Students will hear from Karen G. Mills, head of the Small Business Administration and a Brunswick native, and Dr. Habib Dagher, a rising leader in Maine’s composite and energy future and Director of UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures & Composites Center. Dagher will show students the “Bridge in a Backpack” technology his department developed, as well as talk about the plans and possibilities for Maine’s emerging technologies.
The Maine Advanced Technology and Engineering Center at SMCC’s Midcoast Campus will serve as a higher education and research and development magnet that will work closely with Maine businesses and provide Maine students with a seamless education pathway from Associate to Bachelor’s and Graduate degrees in engineering.
WHAT: Assemblies on composites and wind power
WHO: Karen G. Mills, Small Business Administration Representative Peter Kent (District 65) Dr. Habib Dagher, UMaine’s AEWC Advanced Structures & Composites Center
WHEN: Monday, February 1 (snow date Feb. 2)
WHERE: BATH: Morse High School (Montgomery Theatre) • 12:45-1:40 [OPEN TO THE PUBLIC]
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