INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR
Habib Dagher
Executive director, University of
Maine Advanced Structures and
Composites Center
University of
Maine Advanced
Structures and
Composites Center
composites.umaine.edu
Orono
What it does: R&D on products
that can be developed for
commercial uses.
Employees: 350
Habib Dagher, founding executive director of the University of Maine's Advanced Structures
and Composites Center, has earned more than 120 patents and built a team of 350 staff.
Dagher and his team are working on diverse technologies including 3-D printed houses,
lightweight bridges, floating wind turbines and bulletproof shelters.
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Prolific UMaine
inventor leads
composite
materials
revolution
Habib Dagher's influence has been far reaching
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