Biocomposites and Polymer Matrix Composite Production: Professor Goodell is one of the four founding faculty members of the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites (AEWC) Center on the UMaine campus. The AEWC Center is a world-class, ISO certified, facility for research on composites and bio-based composites. Wood and wood fiber are now being combined with many different materials to produce structural composites. The Center has expanded into research ranging from the development of new hybrid biocomposite panels for the protection of troops in war zones, to the design of new boat hulls that will be used by the Navy in attack boats.

Professor Goodell has been involved in several composites projects, but his primary focus in this field is the ComPRIS process. ComPRIS stands for the Composites Pressure Resin Infusion System and it is a new (patent pending) process for the production of hybrid polymer matrix composites that has many advantages over conventional VARTM- or SCRIMP-based composites production methods. For a detailed explanation of how the ComPRIS process works and what a hybrid composite is, please see our site www.ComprisComposites.com.