Forest Products Society’s 64th International Convention June 20-22, 2010

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Program & Schedule

Register for the Forest Products Society’s 64th

International Convention to be held June

20-22, 2010 at the Monona Terrace Community

& Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

The Convention is the premier event for

professionals in the forest products field

where you will learn, connect and exchange with

other professionals in the field.

This year’s Convention is shaping up to be an

outstanding technical event, with more than 170

formal presentations and 120 scientific

posters planned.

During a General Session industry, university,

trade association, and government leaders will discuss

the future direction of forest products research and

development.

What are you

looking for?

Convention Highlights

Discover Madison

Schedule at a Glance

Headliners

General and Technical Sessions

Poster Presentations


There are 33 Technical Sessions spanning a

range of topics related to advances in wood-based

materials, products and processes, furthering the

understanding of wood properties, and helping

industry meet 21st century challenges.

In addition to the technical information, the

Convention is an outstanding opportunity to

connect with colleagues from around the

world through the many special events, tours, and

partnering organization meetings.

This year’s Convention is being held in conjunction

with the 100th anniversary of the founding

of the USDA Forest Service, Forest

Products Laboratory, and its grand dedication

and opening of the new Centennial Research

Facility.


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The Convention will highlight some of the creative

contributions that have been made by the forest

products research and development community and

lay out plans for new and emerging technological

advances.

Technical session themes include:

» Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply,

Conversion to Energy, and Environmental

Impacts;

» Bio-Based Materials - Characterization,

Processing, and Product Development;

» Building on a Century of Forest Products

Research;

» Treated Wood Products for the 21st

Century’s ‘Green’ Customers;

» Improving the Softwood Lumber Industry in

a Troubling Market;

» Manufacturing and Business Process

Management;

» Extension and Technology Transfer in a

Changing Industry;

» Growing Wood and Biomass for Industry

- Property Requirements and Material

Procurement;

» Design of Wood Buildings Using Current

Codes and Practices; and more

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The Madison area offers a wide range of

opportunities sure to satisfy anyone’s interests

— from the Farmer’s Market on the State Capitol

grounds to historic and cultural sites and landmarks.

Recognized by the 2007 Place Rated Almanac as

“One of the Ten Most Livable Cities in

the United States,“ Madison offers incredible

natural beauty, stimulating cultural opportunities,

stunning architecture, and a plethora of restaurants,

shops and attractions.

Discover Madison

Monona Terrace Community and Convention

Center

One John Nolen Drive

Madison, WI 53703

Phone: 608-261-4000

The host hotel for the convention is the Hilton

Madison Monona Terrace with specially discounted

rooms. Visit fpsconvention.org for more

information.

Location & Accommodation

264th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010

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Schedule at a Glance

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Saturday, June 19 Pre-Convention Tour – Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin

Sunday, June 20 10:00 am Registration (10:00 am-6:00 pm)

12:00 noon Student Appreciation Luncheon (12:00-1:30 pm)

1:30 Moderator Meeting (for Sunday and Monday am Sessions) (1:30-1:45 pm)

2:00 Concurrent Sessions

4:30 IAWPS Business Meeting (4:30-6:00 pm)

5:00 Division Coordinators & TIG Officers Meeting (5:00-6:00 pm)

6:00 Host Reception and Poster Session on the History of Forest Products

Research, Development, and Technology Transfer (6:00-7:30 pm)

Monday, June 21 7:00 am Registration (7:00 am-5:00 pm)

8:00 Poster Presentations (8:00 am-2:30 pm; authors available 1:30-2:30 pm)

8:00 GENERAL SESSION: Building on a Century of Forest Products Research (8:00-10:00 am)

SESSION I (2:00-4:30 pm)

Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply,


Impacts

SESSION 2 (2:00-4:50 pm)

Bio-Based Materials - Characterization,

Processing, and Product Development



SESSION 3 (10:00-11:50 am)

Fungal Degradation Mechanisms

SESSION 4 (10:00-11:50 am)



Impacts (continued)

SESSION 5 (10:00-11:50 am)



(continued)

SESSION 6 (10:00-11:50 am)

Research and Technology in Support of

Legal Timber Harvesting

SESSION 7 (10:00-11:50 am)

Treated Wood Products for

the 21st Century’s ‘Green’

Customers

SESSION 8 (10:00-11:50 am)

General Topics in Wood Engineering

12:00 noon Official Luncheon (12:00-1:20 pm)

1:30 Poster Session (1:30-2:30 pm)

2:00 Moderator Meeting (for Monday pm and Tuesday Sessions) (2:00-2:15 pm)


SESSION 9 (2:30-5:00 pm)

Woody Biomass: Economics,

Supply, Conversion to Energy,

and Environmental Impacts

(continued)

SESSION 10 (2:30-5:20 pm)

Bio-Based Materials -

Characterization, Processing, and

Product Development

(continued)

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SESSION 11 (2:30-5:00 pm)

Treated Wood Products for the 21st

Century’s ‘Green’ Customers (continued)

SESSION 12 (2:30-5:00 pm)

General Topics in Wood Engineering

(continued) and Design of Wood Buildings

Using Current Codes and Practices

SESSION 13 (2:30-5:00 pm)

Wood Products Research: Anatomical,

Structural, and/or Biological

SESSION 14 (2:30-5:00 pm)

Extension and Technology Transfer in a

Changing Industry

SESSION 15 (2:30-5:00 pm)

Manufacturing and Business

Process Management

5:00 Technical Interest Group Business Meetings (5:00-6:00 pm)

7:30 Incoming President’s Welcoming Reception (Co-sponsored by the

UMaine School of Forest Resources at The Great Dane, downtown Madison)

Tuesday, June 22 7:00 am Registration (7:00 am-5:00 pm)

7:15 Section & Chapter Officers Meeting and Breakfast (7:15-8:00 am)

8:00 Poster Presentations (8:00 am-2:30 pm; authors available 1:30-2:30 pm)


SESSION 16 (8:00-9:30 am)

Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply, Conver-

sion to Energy, and Environmental Impacts

(continued)

SESSION 17 (8:00-9:30 am)



(continued)


SESSION 18 (8:00-9:30 am)


Structural, and/or Biological (continued)

SESSION 19 (8:00-9:30 am)

Improving the Softwood Lumber Industry

in a Troubling Market

SESSION 20 (8:00-9:30 am)

International Collaboration of Forest

Products Research

SESSION 21 (8:00-9:30 am)

Design of Wood Buildings Using

Current Codes and Practices

(continued)

9:30 Break (9:30-10:00 am)


SESSION 22 (10:00-11:50 am)



Impacts (continued)

SESSION 23 (10:00-11:50 am)



(continued)

SESSION 24 (10:00-11:50 am)


Structural, and/or Biological (continued)

SESSION 25 (10:00-11:50 am)

International Collaboration of Forest

Products Research (continued)

SESSION 26 (10:00-11:50 am)

General Topics in Marketing

SESSION 27 (10:00-11:50 am)

Growing Wood and Biomass for Industry

- Property Requirements and Material

Procurement

12:00 noon Lunch Break (on your own) and “Take a Student to Lunch” (12:00-1:30 pm)

1:30 Poster Session (1:30-2:30 pm)

1:45 Past President’s Meeting (1:45-2:30 pm)


SESSION 28 (2:30-5:00 pm)



Impacts (continued)

SESSION 29 (2:30-5:00 pm)



(continued)

SESSION 30 (2:30-5:00 pm)

General Topics in Marketing (continued)

SESSION 31 (2:30-5:00 pm)

Wood-Based Carbon Materials for

Advanced Applications

SESSION 32 (2:30-5:00 pm)

Forest Products Research from Around the

World

SESSION 33 (2:30-5:00 pm)

Marketing & Utilization of Temperate &

Tropical Species

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6:00 Paul Bunyan Party (6:00-9:00 pm)

Wednesday, June 23 8:00 am Celebration and Tour – 100th Anniversary of the USDA Forest Service,

Forest Products Laboratory and tour of it’s new research facility (8:00 am-12:00 noon)

12:00 noon Post-Convention Tour – The Leopold Legacy Center in Baraboo, Wisconsin

(12:00 noon – 6:00 pm)


Convention Headliners

Richard E.

Schebler

Lumber Analyst,

Pella Corp., Pella, IA

Schebler graduated from Iowa State University in

2002 with a B.S. in forestry, specializing in wood

science and technology. He has worked for Pella

Corporation since 2002. Pella Corporation

manufactures innovative, energy efficient, high-

quality window and door systems. Currently,

Schebler is a Process Engineer with the Corporate

Manufacturing Engineering Team. Material supply

and evaluation, wood utilization, wood finish

coatings, and wood preservatives have been his

general areas of focus. He is also Chairman of the

Forest Products Society Midwest Section.

DeLong is Administrator of the Wisconsin

Department of Natural Resources’ Division of

Forestry and Wisconsin’s Chief State Forester.

Paul is one of 470 permanent and many seasonal

forestry employees who work in concert without

countless internal and external partners to protect

and sustainably manage Wisconsin’s forests.

DeLong’s career began in 1992 as the State Lands

Specialist for Forestry. He later served as Chief of

the Forestry Program Support Section and then for

five years as Deputy Chief State Forester.

Prior to the Wisconsin DNR, DeLong worked

as a mediator for the RESOLVE Center

for Environmental Dispute Resolution, and

subsequently as a senior program officer for World

Wildlife Fund, both in Washington, D.C.

DeLong received a bachelor’s degree in forestry

from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and

a master’s degree in natural resource policy from

the University of Michigan.

Paul J. DeLong

State Forester,

Wisconsin Dept. of

Natural Resources,

Division of Forestry,

Madison, WI

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Since being named Director of the USDA Forest

Service’s Forest Products Laboratory (FPL)

in September, 2001, Risbrudt has focused the

laboratory’s attention on forest health and the wise

use of wood and wood products.

In 2004, Risbrudt’s efforts and achievement were

recognized by the Federal Laboratory Consortium

for Technology Transfer (FLC), representing federal

laboratories and research centers, when they

named him Laboratory Director of the Year.

Risbrudt brought to the task a background in

planning and management both in the Forest

Service headquarters in Washington, D.C., and

in the field. He also was familiar with FPL, having

begun his Forest Service career as a research

forester there in 1978.

Brashaw is the Director of the Wood Materials &

Manufacturing Program at the Natural Resources

Research Institute, University of Minnesota

Duluth. Brashaw manages a broad-based research

program focused on wood products manufacturing,

resource utilization, and nondestructive evaluation

technologies.

He has broad knowledge of the wood products

industry in Minnesota, the Lake States, and the

world. He has developed strategic relationships

with wood product manufacturers ranging in size

from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies.

He is currently serving as Project Director for the

University of Minnesota Duluth Wood Utilization

Research (WUR) Center. He has also served on

the Organizing Committee of the International

Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation of Wood

Symposium Series. He received a B.S. from the

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and M.S.

from Washington State University.

Brian K.

Brashaw

Program Director,

Natural Resources

Research Inst.,

Univ. of Minnesota,

Duluth, MN

Christopher D. Risbrudt

Director, USDA Forest Service,

Forest Products Lab, Madison, WI


Bergmann currently serves as Executive Vice

President of the Forest Products Society. Bergmann

has eight years of non-profit association experience

related to forestry and forest product issues at

the national level, as well as in the northeast and

midwest regions. In Washington, D.C., he worked

on policy issues for the National Association of

State Foresters. Following that, he served as the

first staff for the Northeastern Area Association of

State Foresters.

He also has work experience in forestry extension

and outreach at the University of Wisconsin-

Madison. Bergmann joined the Forest Products

Society in 2009, after serving as Executive Director

of the Great Lakes Forest Alliance, an international

organization that facilitates cooperative efforts to

enhance management and sustainable use of forest

lands in the three Lake States and the Canadian

province of Ontario. He holds an M.S. in forest

resources from Oregon State University.

Stefan A.

Bergmann

Executive Vice

President, Forest

Products Society,

Madison, WI

Risbrut graduated from the University of Minnesota

in 1972 and earned a master’s degree in forest

administration and a Ph.D. degree in forest

economics from Michigan State University.

General and Technical Sessions

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SESSION 1: Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply, Conversion to Energy, and Environmental Impacts – Biomass

2:05-2:25 pm

Reconciling Field Estimates of Residual Biomass

with Modeling Results of Biomass Available from

Wildfire Fisk Reduction Treatments

Elaine Oneil, Executive Dir., CORRIM, and James B.

McCarter, Sr. Research Scientist, Univ. of Washington,

Seattle, WA

2:25-2:45 pm

Forest Biomass Resource by Tree Component for

the Coterminous United States

Patrick D. Miles, Research Forester, Forest Inventory

& Analysis Program, USDA Forest Service, Northern

Research Station, St. Paul, MN; W. Brad Smith, Associate

National Program Leader, Forest Inventory & Analysis

Program, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC

2:45-3:05 pm

Costs and Considerations for Biomass from

Wood Chips, Micro-Chips, and Torrefied Wood

Dana Mitchell, Research Engineer, USDA Forest

Service, Southern Research Station, Auburn, AL

3:05-3:25 pm

Size, Moisture Content, and Btu Value of

Processed In-Woods Residues

David W. Patterson, Research Prof., School of Forest

Resources, Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR; Jonathan I.

Hartley, Program Technician, Arkansas Forest Resource

Center, Monticello, AR; Matthew H. Pelkki, Prof., School

of Forest Resources, Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR

3:25-3:45 pm

Wisconsin’s Forestland Woody Biomass

Harvesting Guidelines

Eunice A. Padley, Forest Research Ecologist, Wisconsin

DNR, Madison, WI; Jim Hoppe, Council Member,

Wisconsin Council on Forestry, Tomahawk, WI; Sarah

Herrick, Conservation Biologist, Wisconsin DNR, Madison,

WI; Joe Kovach, Forest Ecologist and Silviculturist,

Wisconsin DNR, Tomahawk, WI; Carmen Wagner, Forest

Hydrologist, and Darrell Zastrow, Deputy Division

Administrator, Division of Forestry, Wisconsin DNR,

Madison, WI

3:45-4:05 pm

Economic Feasibility of Woody Biomass

Harvesting in Southeastern Missouri

Francisco X Aguilar, Prof., John Dwyer and Hank Stelzer,

Associate Profs., and Adam Saunders, Grad. Assistant,

Dept. of Forestry, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO

1Sponsors: FPS Energy & Environmental Issues

Group, Timber Production & Harvesting Group, and

Economics & Financial Management Group (Joint)

Session Chairs: Eini C. Lowell, Research Scientist,

Ecologically Sustainable Production of Forest Resources

Team, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest

Research Station, Portland, OR; Philip H. Steele, Prof.,

Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ.,

Starkville, MS

Session Moderator: Niels de Hoop, Associate Prof.,

School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter,

Baton Rouge, LA

2:00-2:05 pm Opening Comments

4:05-4:25 pm Questions & Answers

4:25-4:30 pm Closing Comments 2


SESSION 2: Bio-Based Materials: Characterization, Processing, and Product Development

2:05-2:25 pm

Composites from Plastics and Wood-Derived

Materials: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re

Headed

Craig M. Clemons, Materials Research Engineer, USDA

Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI

2:25-2:45 pm

Influences on the Wettability of Hydrothermally

Treated Southern Hardwood Species

Eric McConnell, Grad. Research Assistant, and Sheldon

Q. Shi, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forest Products,

Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS

2:45-3:05 pm

Nanoscale Characterization of Interphase and

their Impact on the Performance of Natural Fiber

Reinforced Polymer Composites

Sandeep Sudhakaran Nair, Grad. Research Assistant,

and Siqun Wang, Associate Prof., Dept. of Forestry,

Wildlife & Fisheries, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN;

Donna C. Hurley, Physicist, MSEL Materials Reliability

Division, National Inst. of Standards & Technology,

Boulder, CO

3:05-3:25 pm

Evaluation on Nitrogen Chemistry on Modified

Biomaterials

Xin Gu, Research Assistant, and Nicole R. Brown,

Associate Prof. of Wood Chemistry, School of Forest

Resources, and Fred Cannon, Prof. of Environmental

Engineering, Dept. of Civil & Environmental

Engineering, Penn State, University Park, PA

3:25-3:45 pm

FE Model of a Wood-Based Composite Based on

X-Ray Measurement Data

Vaclav Sebera, Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Wood Science,

Mendel Univ. of Agriculture & Forestry, Brno, Czech

Republic; Lech Muszyński, Assistant Prof., Dept. of

Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ.,

Corvallis, OR

3:45-4:05 pm

Adhesive Application of Liquefied Mountain-Pine

Beetle Infected Lodgepole Pine Barks

Yong Zhao, Ph.D. Student, and Ning Yan, Associate

Prof., Faculty of Forestry, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON,

Canada; Martin W. Feng, Sr. Research Scientist and

Project Leader, FPInnovations – Forintek Division,

Vancouver, BC, Canada

4:05-4:25 pm

Corrugated Wood Composite Panels from

Discarded Veneer-Mill Residues for Structural

Applications

Julio F. Davalos, Benedum Distinguished Teaching Prof.,

Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Elemer M.

Lang, Associate Prof., and Levente Denes, Post-Doctoral

Fellow, Division of Forestry & Natural Resources,

and Bradley McGraw, Grad. Research Assistant, and

An Chen, Research Assistant Prof., Dept. of Civil

& Environmental Engineering, West Virginia Univ.,

Morgantown, WV

2Sponsors: FPS Particleboard, Fiberboard & Molded

Products Group, Adhesives Group, and Structural

Panel Group (Joint)

Session Chair: Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA


Session Moderator: Srikanth Pilla, Post-Doctoral

Scholar, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering,

Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA


4:45-4:50 pm Closing Comments

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4:25-4:45 pm

Manufacture and Properties of Fiberboard Panels

with Oil Palm and Pineapple Leaf with Several

Sawdust from Tropical Species

Róger Moya Roque, Doctor en Ciencias Forestales, and

Diego Camacho, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica

(Technology Inst. of Costa Rica), Escuela de Ingeniería

Forestal (School of Forest Engineering), Cartago, Costa

Rica; Roy Soto, Esceula de Quimica, Universidad

Nacional de Costa Rica; Julio Mata, Facultad de

Quimica, Universidad de Costa Rica; Silvia Soto, Esceula

de Ingenieria Ambiental, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa

Rica

GENERAL SESSION: Building on a Century of Forest Products Research

8:00-8:10 am

Welcome

Paul J. DeLong, State Forester, Wisconsin Dept. of

Natural Resources, Division of Forestry, Madison, WI

8:10-8:35 am

Building on a Century of Innovative and Successful

University Research

Brian K. Brashaw, Program Dir., Natural Resources

Research Inst., Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth, MN

8:35-9:00 am

Residential Windows and Doors: History of

Design and Material Changes

Richard E. Schebler, Lumber Analyst, Pella Corp., Pella,

IA

9:00-9:25 am

Forest Products Laboratory – Building on a

Century of Research

Christopher D. Risbrudt, Dir., USDA Forest Service,

Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI

9:25-9:50 am

Positioning the Forest Products Society for a

Sustainable Future

Stefan A. Bergmann, Executive Vice President, Forest

Products Society, Madison, WI

3GIn this session, we will hear from university, industry,

government, and technical association leaders as

they highlight important technical advances that

have been made and share their vision for the

future of forest products research and development

efforts.

Session Chairs: Xiping Wang, Research Forest

Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service, Forest

Products Lab., Madison, WI; Richard E. Schebler, Lumber

Analyst, Pella Corp., Pella, IA

Session Moderator: Timothy G. Rials, Prof. and Dir. of

R&D, Office of Bioenergy Programs, Univ. of Tennessee,

Knoxville, TN

9:50-10:00 am Questions & Answers


SESSION 3: Fungal Degradation Mechanisms

10:05-10:25 am

Cellulolytic Enzyme Ratios During Fungal

Degradation of Lignocellulose

Shona Duncan, Post-Doctoral Associate, Jonathan

S. Schilling, Assistant Prof., and Brook Jacobson,

Research Assistant, Dept. of Bioproducts & Biosystems

Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

10:25-10:45 am

Semi-Quantitative Micron Scale Maps of Reactive

Oxygen Species to Illuminate Mechanisms of

Incipient Fungal Decay

Christopher G. Hunt, Research Chemist, USDA Forest

Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; Kenneth E.

Hammel, Research Microbiologist, USDA Forest Service,

Forest Products Lab. and Associate Prof. of Bacteriology,

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Don Carl Jones,

Technician, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab.,

Madison, WI

10:45-11:05 am

Serpula lacrymans as a Model for Brown Rot

Fungal Mechanisms

Jonathan S. Schilling, Assistant Prof., Shona Duncan,

Post-Doctoral Associate, and Brook Jacobson, Research

Assistant, Dept. of Bioproducts & Biosystems


11:05-11:25 am

Lignocellulosic Polysaccharides and Lignin

Degradation via Nonenzymatic Fenton-Based

Reactions Mediated by Fungal Fe3+-Reductants

Valdeir Arantes, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Faculty

of Forestry, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC,

Canada; Adriane M. F. Milagres, Univ. of São Paulo,

Brazil; Barry S. Goodell, Prof. of Wood Science &

Technology, School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Maine,

Orono, ME

11:25-11:45 am

A New Solution-State NMR Approach to

Elucidate Fungal and Enzyme / Mediator

Delignification Pathways

Daniel J. Yelle, Ph.D. Candidate and Physical Science

Technician, and Kenneth E. Hammel, Research

Microbiologist, USDA Forest Service, Forest

Products Lab., Madison, WI; John Ralph, Prof., Dept.

of Biochemistry, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI;

Dongsheng Wei and Alexander N. Kapich, Visiting

Scientists, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab.,

Madison, WI

3Sponsors: FPS Biology Group, Treated Wood

Products Group, and Adhesives Group (Joint)

Session Chairs: Valdeir Arantes, Post-Doctoral

Research Fellow, Dept. of Wood Science, Univ. of British

Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Jonathan S. Schilling,

Assistant Prof., Dept. of Bioproducts & Biosystems


Session Moderators: Valdeir Arantes and Jonathan S.

Schilling

10:00-10:05 am Opening Comments

11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments

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SESSION 4: Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply, Conversion to Energy, and Environmental Impacts – Bio-Oils (continued)

10:05-10:25 am

Current Research in Converting Woody Biomass

to Energy

Leslie H. Groom, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service,

Southern Research Station, Pineville, LA

10:25-10:45 am

Production and Characterization of Fast Pyrolysis

Bio-Oil From Giant Miscanthus Feedstock

Phillip H. Steele, Prof., El Barbary Hassan, Assistant

Prof., Brian Mitchell, Research Associate II, and Qi Li,

Grad. Research Assistant, Dept. of Forest Products,


10:45-11:05 am

Production of Jet Fuel from Wood-Based Pyrolysis

Oil

Phillip H. Steele, Prof., and Sanjeev Kumar Gajjela, Grad.

Research Assistant, Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi

State Univ., Starkville, MS

11:05-11:25 am

Upgrading Bio-Oils by Esterification for Potential

Boiler Fuels

Phillip H. Steele, Prof., Jingming Tao and Qi Li, Grad.

Research Assistants, Dept. of Forest Products, and Fei

Yu, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Agricultural & Biological

Engineering; Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS

11:25-11:45 am

Speaker to be announced

Sponsors: FPS Particleboard, Fiberboard & Molded


Panel Group (Joint)



Session Moderator: Xianjun Li, Associate Prof., School of

Material Science & Engineering, Central South Univ. of For-

estry & Technology, Changsha, P.R. China and Visiting Scien-

tist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI



SESSION 5: Bio-Based Materials: Characterization, Processing, and Product Development (continued)






Team, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research

Station, Portland, OR; Philip H. Steele, Prof., Dept. of

Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS

Session Moderator: Kenneth Skog, Project Leader,

USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI




10:05-10:25 am

Application of Ultrasonic Spraying in Preparation

of p-cymene by Industrial Dipentene

Dehydrogenation

Qiu-ge Zhang, Liang-wu Bi, Prof., and Zhen-dong Zhao,

Inst. of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese

Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, P.R. China; Yuan-ping

Chen, Hangzhou Success Ultrasonic Equipment Co.,

Ltd., Fuyang, P.R. China; Dong-mei Li, Yan Gu, Jing Wang,

Cai-ying Bo, and Xian-zhang Liu, Inst. of Chemical

Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of

Forestry, Nanjing, P.R. China

10:25-10:45 am

Determination of Selected Properties and Optimi-

zation of Wood-Filled Silicone-Elastomer Compos-

ites with Chemical Modified Wood Particles

Timo Grueneberg, Ph.D. Student, Andreas Krause

and Carsten Mai, Profs., and Holger Militz, Prof. and

Dir., Dept. of Wood Biology & Wood Products, Georg-

August-Univ., Göttingen, Germany

10:45-11:05 am

Recent Advances in the use of Wood Residues

and Non-Wood Forest Products for Producing

Low-Cost Building Materials in Nigeria

Abel Olajide Olorunnisola, Prof., Dept. of Agricultural

& Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Ibadan, Ibadan,

Oyo State, Nigeria

11:05-11:25 am

Study on Preparation, Properties, and Structures

of Cellulose Internal Plasticization

Yuzhi Xu, Assistant Prof., Inst. of Chemical Industry of

Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing,

P.R. China; Fuxiang Chu, Prof., Chinese Academy of

Forestry, Beijing, China; Chunpeng Wang and Liwei Jin,

Associate Profs., Inst. of Chemical Industry of Forest

Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, P.R.

China

11:25-11:45 am

The Effect of Tyrosine-Rich Peptides when

Introduced into the Cell Wall Lignin Network

Brett G. Diehl, Forest Products Grad. Fellow, Nicole R.

Brown, Associate Prof. of Wood Chemistry, and Ming

Tien, Prof. of Biochemistry, School of Forest Resources,

Penn State, University Park, PA

Sponsor: FPS Timber Production & Harvesting

Group

Session Chairs: Jingxin Wang, Associate Prof., Division

of Forestry & Natural Resources, West Virginia Univ.,

Morgantown, WV; Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Botanist, USDA


Session Moderators: Jingxin Wang and Alex C.

Wiedenhoeft



SESSION 6: Research and Technology in Support of Legal Timber Harvesting

717

10:05-10:25 am

A Study on the Damage Rate of Residual Trees

Caused by Chainsaw Felling in the Selective

Cutting Operations During Winter in a Conifer-

Broadleaved Forest

Lihai Wang, Prof. and Dean, Xiangfei You, Post-Grad.

Student, and Chun Meng, Prof., College of Engineering

& Technology, Northeast Forestry Univ., Harbin, P.R.

China

10:25-10:45 am

Community Forest Management in Cameroon

Lamfu Eric Samba, Project Assistant, and Yongabi

Hyginus Ful, Consultant, Hydra Project International,

Bamenda, Cameroon; Ngwain Colbert, Consultant,

Sustainable Resource Development Forum, Yaounde,

Cameroon

10:45-11:05 am

A Computer-Aided Optimal Bucking System for

the Northeastern Species of China

Jidong Ma, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Jinzhuo

Wu, Grad. Research Assistant, and Jingxin Wang,

Associate Prof., Division of Forestry & Natural

Resources, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV

11:05-11:25 am

Multiple Criteria Evaluation Modeling for Tract

Level Log Landing Site Selection

Benktesh D. Sharma, Grad. Research Assistant, Jingxin

Wang, Associate Prof., and Michael Strager, Assistant

Prof., Division of Forestry & Natural Resources, West

Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV

11:25-11:45 am


Sponsors: FPS Treated Wood Products Group

Session Chair: Adam M. Taylor, Assistant Prof., Dept. of

Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Session Moderator: Adam M. Taylor



SESSION 7: Treated Wood Products for the 21st Century’s ‘Green’ Customers

10:05-10:25 am

Looking Backward, Looking Forward: A Historical

View of Wood Preservation in the U.S.

H. Michael Barnes, Thompson Prof. of Wood Science &

Technology, Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi State

Univ., Starkville, MN

10:25-10:45 am

Wood Protection in the 21st Century

Carol A. Clausen, Supervisory Research Microbiologist,

and Frederick Green III, Research Microbiologist, USDA


10:45-11:05 am

New Wood Modification Technology on its Way to

Practical Application

Holger Militz, Prof. and Dir., Dept. of Wood Biology

& Wood Products, Georg-August-Univ., Göttingen,

Germany


11:05-11:25 am

Life-Cycle Assessment of Treated Wood

Adam M. Taylor, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forestry,


Maureen E. Puettman, LCA Consultant, Environmental

Product Analysis, Woodlife, Corvallis, OR

11:25-11:45 am

A Hypothesis on Termite-Resistant Heartwood:

Effect of Antioxidants on Termites

Tor P. Schultz, Prof. (also Silvaware, Inc.), Nathan S.

Little, Grad. Research Assistant, and Darrel D. Nicholas,

Prof., Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ.,

Starkville, MS

Sponsors: FPS Wood Engineering Division Session Chair: Robert N. Emerson, Associate Prof.,

School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Oklahoma

State Univ., Stillwater, OK

Session Moderator: Robert N. Emerson



SESSION 8: General Topics in Wood Engineering

10:05-10:25 am

Conception of Sustainable Wood-Welded Panels

Benoit Belleville, Ph.D. Candidate, and Tatjana

Stevanovic, Prof., Centre de recherche sur le bois,

Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada; Anthony

Pizzi, Prof. of Industrial Chemistry, ENSTIB-LERMAB,

Université Henri Poincaré - Nancy 1, Épinal, France;

Alain Cloutier, Prof., Centre de recherche sur le bois,

Université Laval, Québec City, QC, Canada

10:25-10:45 am

Performance of Prefabricated Composite I-Joist /

OSB Panels for Roof Construction

William G. Davids, John C. Bridge Prof. of Civil &

Environmental Engineering, Derek Rancourt, M.Sc.

Student, and Habib J. Dagher, Prof. and Dir. of AEWC,

Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME

10:45-11:05 am

Effect of Seasonal Temperature Changes on

Acoustic Evaluation of Trees and Logs

Shan Gao, Ph.D. Candidate, and Xiping Wang,

Research Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest

Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; R. Bruce

Allison, Registered Consulting Arborist, Allison Tree

Care Inc. and Adjunct Prof., Dept. of Forest & Wildlife

Ecology, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Lihai Wang,

Prof. and Dean, College of Engineering & Technology,

Northeast Forestry Univ., Harbin, P.R. China

1092:35-2:55 pm

Pilot Plant Gasification of Woody Biomass

Thomas Elder, Research Forest Products Technologist,

and Leslie H. Groom, Project Leader, USDA Forest

Service, Southern Research Station, Pineville, LA

2:55-3:15 pm

Species and Criteria Specific Woody Biomass

Supply Logistics

Dalia Abbas, Visiting Assistant Prof., Ajit Srivastava,

Prof. and Dept. Head, and Chris Saffron, Assistant

Prof., Dept. of Biosystems & Agricultural Engineering,

Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI

3:15-3:35 pm

Economic Viability and Landbase Impacts of

Bioenergy Production from Short Rotation

Hybrid Poplar in British Columbia

Catalin Ristea, Ph.D. Candidate, and Thomas C.

Maness, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Forest Engineering &

Resources Management, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis,

OR

3:35-3:55 pm

Wood Pellets in the Southeastern United States –

Challenges and Opportunities

Todd G. Bush, Research Assistant, Green Circle Bio

Energy and Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL; Marian

Marinescu, Assistant Prof., West Florida Research &

Education Center, Univ. of Florida, Milton, FL

3:55-4:15 pm

Co-Firing with Bio-Coal Briquettes

Ravi Malhotra, CEO and Founder, Clean Coal Briquette,

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11:05-11:25 am

Field Study of Raised Floor Moisture Performance

with Different Floor Insulation Systems in

Southern Louisiana

Samuel V. Glass, Research Physical Scientist, and

Charles G. Carll, Research Forest Products Technologist,

USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison,

WI; Jay P. Curole and Matthew D. Voitier, Research

Associates, Kevin W. Ragon, Post-Doctoral Research

Scientist, Todd F. Shupe, Prof., and Qinglin Wu, Roy

O. Martin Sr. Prof., School of Renewable Natural

Resources, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA

11:25-11:45 am


Sponsors: FPS Energy & Environmental Issues








Session Moderator: Philip H. Steele



SESSION 9: Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply, Conversion to Energy, and Environmental Impacts – Bio-Energy (continued)


4:15-4:35 pm

Woody Biomass Production and Use in Colorado

After the Turn of the Twenty-First Century

Mike Eckhoff, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Forest,

Rangeland & Watershed Stewardship, Courtney

Peterson, Research Assistant, Dept. of Human

Dimensions of Natural Resources, and Kurt H. Mackes,

Research Scientist II, Colorado State Forest Service,

and Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forest, Rangeland &

Watershed Stewardship, Colorado State Univ., Fort

Collins, CO

4:35-4:55 pm

Installation of a Cord Wood Boiler at the

Salvation Army Camp Located Near Estes Park,

Colorado

Kurt H. Mackes, Research Scientist II, Colorado State

Forest Service, and Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forest,

Rangeland & Watershed Stewardship, Colorado

State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; Dan Bihn, Principal, Bihn

Systems, LLC, Fort Collins, CO



Panel Group (Joint)



Session Moderator: Keyang Lu, Assistant Prof., Research Inst.

of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China




2:35-2:55 pm

Bonding Performance of Wood / Bamboo Treated

by Cold Plasma

Guanben (Ben) Du, Prof., Hongyan Wang and Hui

Wang, Master’s Candidates, Hong Lei, Assistant Prof.,

and Linkun Xie, Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Wood

Science & Technology, Southwest Forestry Univ.,

Kunming, P.R.China

2:55-3:15 pm

CNSL-Based ‘BioResin’ for BioComposites

Manojit G. Das, Mgr., R&D, Samling Global Ltd., Bintulu,

Sarawak, Malaysia; Shovanjit Das, Mgr., Wood Panel

Division, Paralam Global Private Ltd., Arvi, Nagpur,

Maharastra, India

3:15-3:35 pm

Effect of Bolaform on Rheological Properties of

Microcrystalline Cellulose-Filled Polypropylene

Composite Melts

Jae-Woo Kim and Rhea J. Sammons, Post-Doctoral

Research Associates, Joseph J. Bozell, Prof., and David

P. Harper, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife &

Fisheries, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

3:35-3:55 pm

NIR as a Tool to Predict Mechanical Properties of

OSB Flakes

Neil Kohan, Student, Brian K. Via, Assistant Prof.,

Honorio F. Carino, Prof., and Steven E. Taylor, Associate

Prof., School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn

Univ., Auburn, AL

3:55-4:15 pm

Morphological and Mechanical Characterization

for Microfibrillated Cellulose (MFC) and MFC-

poly(lactic acid) Nanocomposites

Jie Ding, Student, Lech Muszyński, Assistant Prof., and

John Simonsen, Associate Prof., Dept. of Wood Science

& Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR

12112:35-2:55 pm

Termites as Invasive Species in Wisconsin

Frederick Green III, Research Microbiologist, Rachel A.

Arango, Entomologist, and Glenn Esenther, Emeritus

Entomologist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products

Lab., Madison, WI

2:55-3:15 pm

Affect of Steam Treatment on Set Recovery and

Mechanical Properties of Densified Wood

Andreja Kutnar, Research Associate, Dept. of Wood

Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis,

OR, and Inst. for Natural Sciences & Technology, Univ.

of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia; Frederick A. Kamke,

JELD-WEN Prof., Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering,

Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR

3:15-3:35 pm

Physical-Mechanical Properties of Hard- and

Softwood Industrial Heat Treated with Different

Methods

Peter Niemz, Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil., Inst. for Building

Materials, Wood Physics, Swiss Federal Inst. of

Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland; Thams

Hofmann, Dr., Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of West

Hungary, Sopron, Hungary; Melanie Wetzig, Dipl.-Ing.,

Inst. for Building Materials, Wood Physics, Swiss Federal

Inst. of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland

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4:15-4:35 pm

Flexural Creep of Sandwich Panels Consisted

of Kraft Paper Honeycomb Core and Wood

Composite Skins

Zheng Chen, Research Assistant Fellow, and Ning Yan,

Associate Prof., Faculty of Forestry, Univ. of Toronto,

Toronto, ON, Canada

4:35-4:55 pm

Micro-Mechanical Characterization of Isolated

Wood Flour Particles for WPCs

Farzana Hussain, Research Assistant, Dept. of

Materials Science & Engineering, and Lech Muszyński,

Assistant Prof., and John A. Nairn, Prof., Dept. of Wood


OR

4:55-5:15 pm

An Experimental Method for Measurement of

Strain Distribution and Load Transfer Between

Wood Flour Particles and Polymer Matrix on

Micro-Mechanical Level

Farzana Hussain, Research Assistant, Dept. of

Materials Science & Engineering, and Lech Muszyński,

Assistant Prof., and John A. Nairn, Prof., Dept. of Wood


OR

Sponsors: FPS Treated Wood Products Group Session Chair: Adam M. Taylor, Assistant Prof., Dept. of

Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville,

TN

Session Moderator: Adam M. Taylor



SESSION 11: Treated Wood Products for the 21st Century’s ‘Green’ Customers (continued)


3:35-3:55 pm

UV Protective Coatings for Heat-Treated Wood

Sudeshna Saha, Ph.D. Student, and Duygu Kocaefe,

Prof., Dept. of Applied Sciences, Université du Québec

a Chicoutimi, QC, Canada; Yaman Boluk, Program

Leader of Bioproducts, Alberta Research Council,

Edmonton, AB, Canada; Andre Pichette, Prof., Dept. of

Applied Sciences, Université du Québec a Chicoutimi,

QC, Canada

3:55-4:15 pm

Study on the Discoloration Mechanism of Heat-

Treated Wood by Weathering

Xianai Huang, Ph.D. Student, and Duygu Kocaefe,

Prof., Dept. of Applied Sciences, Université du Québec

a Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, QC, Canada; Yaman Boluk,

Program Leader of Bioproducts, Alberta Research

Council, Edmonton, AB, Canada; Yasar Kocaefe,

Visiting Prof., and Andre Pichette, Prof., Dept. of

Applied Sciences, Université du Québec a Chicoutimi,

Chicoutimi, QC, Canada

4:15-4:35 pm


4:35-4:55 pm


Sponsors: FPS Wood Engineering Division

Session Chairs: Robert N. Emerson, Associate Prof.,

School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Oklahoma

State Univ., Stillwater, OK; John H. (Buddy) Showalter,

Dir., Technical Media, American Forest & Paper Assn.,

Washington, DC

Session Moderator: Robert N. Emerson



SESSION 12: General Topics in Wood Engineering (continued) and Design of Wood Buildings Using Current Codes and Practices

2:35-2:55 pm

Computed Tomography Image Analysis for Decay

Detection in Hardwood Logs

Li Li, Ph.D. Student, College of Engineering & Technology,

Northeast Forestry Univ., Harbin, P.R. China; Xiping

Wang, Research Forest Products Technologist, USDA

Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; R.

Bruce Allison, Registered Consulting Arborist, Allison Tree





2:55-3:15 pm

Strain Rate Effects on Flexural Properties of

Wood-. Plastic Composite Sheet Pile

Roberto A. Lopez-Anido, Prof., and Sandeep Tamrakar,

Grad. Student, Dept. of Civil & Environmental

Engineering, Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME

3:15-3:35 pm

Performance of Metal-Plate Connected Joints of

Chinese Larch Dimension Lumber

Benhua Fei, Dir., and Wei Guo, Ph.D. Student, Beijing

Forest Machinery Inst., Beijing, P.R. China; Sheldon Q.

Shi, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi

State Univ., Starkville, MS; Rongjun Zhao and Haiqing

Ren, Sr. Scientists, Beijing Wood Research Institute,

Beijing, P.R. China

14132:35-2:55 pm

Raman Applications in the Field of Wood Science

Umesh P. Agarwal, Research Chemist, USDA Forest

Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI

2:55-3:15 pm

Early Assessment for Wood Quality in Eucalyptus

regnans

Shakti Singh Chauhan, Sr. Research Fellow, School

of Forestry, Univ. of Canterbury, Christchurch, New

Zealand

3:15-3:35 pm

Measuring Wood Specific Gravity in Standing Trees

Michael C. Wiemann, Botanist, USDA Forest Service,

Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; G. Bruce Williamson,

Prof. of Ecology, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Louisiana

State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA

3:35-3:55 pm

Small Specimen Stiffness and Density of Radiata

Pine Grown in a Chilean Plantation

Jérôme Alteyrac, Post-Doctoral Fellow, and Luis

Valenzuela, Associate Prof., Facultad de Ciencias

Forestales, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción,

Chile

3:55-4:15 pm

Mapping Wood Characteristics of Tamarack

(Eastern Larch) Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Kock

Scott T. Miller, M.Sc. Student and Research Assistant,

Mathew Leitch, Associate Prof., Chander Shahi,

Assistant Prof., and Reino Pulkki, Prof., Faculty of

Forestry & the Forest Environment, Lakehead Univ.,

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3:35-3:55 pm

Cutting a New Deal for Lumber Drying

Robert Erickson, Prof. Emeritus, Dept. of Bioproducts

& Biosystems Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul,

MN

3:55-4:15 pm

Effects of Thermal (High Temperature) Treatment

on the Mechanical Properties of Wood

Julius Adewopo, Grad. Research Assistant, and David W.

Patterson, Research Prof., School of Forest Resources,

Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR

4:15-4:35 pm

Structural Condition Assessment of Timber

Structures

Robert J. Ross, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service,

Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; Brian K. Brashaw,

Program Dir., Natural Resources Research Inst., Univ. of

Minnesota, Duluth, MN; Xiping Wang, Research Forest

Products Technologist, and Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader,


4:35-4:55 pm


Sponsors: FPS Biology Group

Session Chairs: Mark D. Gibson, Prof. and Dir., School

of Forestry, Louisiana Tech Univ., Ruston, LA; Alex C.

Wiedenhoeft, Botanist, USDA Forest Service, Forest

Products Lab., Madison, WI

Session Moderator: Mark D. Gibson



SESSION 13: Wood Products Research: Anatomical, Structural, and/or Biological


4:15-4:35 pm

Structure-Property Relationships in Cell Walls of

Wood

Joseph E. Jakes, Student Training General Engineer,

Daniel Y. Yelle, Ph.D. Candidate and Physical Science

Technician, James F. Beecher, Group Leader, and

Charles R. Frihart, Head of Wood Adhesives, USDA

Forest Servcie, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI;

Donald S. Stone, Prof., Dept. of Materials Science &

Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

4:35-4:55 pm

Determination of Structural Wood Quality on

Standing Trees of Pinus radiata (D. Don) by Using

Stress Waves

Guillermo Soto, Ph.D. Student, Luis Soto, Natalia Pérez,

and Luis Sandoval, M.Sc. Students, and Jérôme Alteyrac,

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales,

Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile; Jean

Pierre Lasserre, Mgr., Forestal Mininco, Concepción,

Chile; Luis Valenzuela, Associate Prof., Facultad de

Ciencias Forestales, Universidad de Concepción,

Concepción, Chile; Eric Baradit, Prof., Universidad

BioBio, Concepción, Chile

Sponsors: FPS Extension & Technology Transfer

Group

Session Chair: Charles E. Clément, Instructor and

Extension Specialist, Louisiana Forest Products

Development Center, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA

Session Moderator: Charles E. Clément



SESSION 14: Extrension and Technology Transfer in a Changing Industry

2:35-2:55 pm

Forest Products Society Evolution: Adapting to

New Customer Base

Stefan A. Bergmann, Executive Vice President, Forest

Products Society, Madison, WI

2:55-3:15 pm

Measuring Innovation in the Wood Products

Industry: A Case Study in Virginia

Henry Quesada, Assistant Prof., and Johanna Madrigal-

Sánchez, Grad. Research Assistant, Dept. of Wood

Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

3:15-3:35 pm

Making Forest Products Curriculums More

Sustainable: Putting the “Green” into our Courses

A.L. (Tom) Hammett, Prof., and Dan Hindman,

Assistant Prof., Dept. of Wood Science & Forest

Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

3:35-3:55 pm

BioSUCCEED: An Academic Program in Biomass

Lucian A. Lucia, Associate Prof., Dept. of Wood & Paper

Science, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; Keith

Schimmel, Prof., Dept. of Energy & Environmental

Studies, North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro,

NC; Timothy G. Rials, Prof. and Dir. of R&D, Office of

Bioenergy Programs, and Adam M. Taylor, Assistant

Prof., Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, Univ. of

Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

16152:35-2:55 pm

Numerical Approach to Support Phytosanitary

Standards of Solid Wood Packaging Material in

Drying Kiln

Klaus Richter, Head, Wood Lab., Empa – Swiss Federal

Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research,

Dübendorf, Switzerland; Florian Schlegel, Diplom-

Forstwirt (former Student), Oberkirch, Germany;

Dominique Derome, Prof. and Group Leader, Wood

Lab., Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials

Testing and Research, Dübendorf, Switzerland

2:55-3:15 pm

Effects of Small Hardwood Sawmill Sawing

Practices on Lumber Recovery in West Virginia

Wenshu Lin, Grad. Research Assistant, Jingxin Wang,

Associate Prof., and Tony Goff, Research Technician,

Division of Forestry & Natural Resources, West Virginia

Univ., Morgantown, WV

3:15-3:35 pm

Analysis of Moisture Transfer and Drying Strain in

Wood During Drying

Chang-Deuk Eom, Jun-Ho Park, and Yoon-Seong Chang,

Grad. Research Assistants, and Hwanmyeong Yeo,

Associate Prof., Dept. of Forest Sciences, Seoul National

Univ., Seoul, South Korea

3:35-3:55 pm

Innovation Framework for the Wood Products

Industry

Johanna Madrigal-Sánchez, Grad. Research Assistant,

and Henry Quesada, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Wood

Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA;

Isaac Slaven, Sustainable Energy Program Chair, IVY

Tech Community Tech, Lafayette, IN

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3:55-4:15 pm

Teaching Wood Using Industries About Wood

P. David Jones, Assistant Extension Prof., H. Michael

Barnes, Thompson Prof. of Wood Science & Technology,

and Rubin Shmulsky, Prof. and Head, Dept. of Forest

Products, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS

4:15-4:35 pm

Extension – Expanding to New Markets

Charles E. Clément, Instructor and Extension Specialist,

Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, LSU

AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA

4:35-4:55 pm


Sponsors: FPS Quality Control, Process Control &

Production Management Group

Session Chair: Henry Quesada, Assistant Prof., Dept.

of Wood Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech,

Blacksburg, VA

Session Moderator: Henry Quesada



SESSION 15: Manufacturing and Business Process Management


3:55-4:15 pm

A Survey of Educational Needs and Online

Training Perceptions in the Wood Products

Industry

Henry Quesada, Assistant Prof., Sam Conn, Dir. of IDDL,

and Leslie Scarlett Sanchez, Grad. Research Assistant,

Dept. of Wood Science & Forests Products, Virginia

Tech, Blacksburg, VA

4:15-4:35 pm


4:35-4:55 pm



Group, Timber Production & Harvesting Group,

and Economics & Financial Management Group

(Joint)






Session Moderator: David L. Nicholls, Research

Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific

Northwest Research Station, Sitka, AK



SESSION 16: Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply, Conversion to Energy, and Environmental Impacts – Carbon and Life-Cycle Assessment (continued)

8:05-8:25 am

Impact of the Harvested Wood Products in the

French Carbon Pool

Etienne Mathias, Scientist, CITEPA, Paris, France;

Antoine Colin, Scientist, Inventaire Forestier National,

Nogent sur Vernisson, France; Agneta Forslund, Scientist,

INRA, Nantes, France; Jean-Michel Leban, Directeur de

Recherche, INRA, Champenoux, France

8:25-8:45 am

The Carbon Footprint of Wood Chips for Energy

Recovery

Bernhard Zimmer, Sr. Researcher, Salzburg Univ. of

Applied Sciences, Kuchl / Salzburg, Germany; Alexander

Eberhardinger, Jr. Researcher, Technical Univ. of Munich,

Munich, Germany

8:45-9:05 am

Life-Cycle Assessment of Wood Panels Produced

at an Oriented Strand Board Biorefinery

Mason Earles, Grad. Research Assistant, and Anthony

Halog, Assistant Prof., Forest Bioproducts Research Inst.,

Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME

9:05-9:25 am

Examining Woody Biomass Energy Consumption

on Environmental Performance of Wood Flooring

Products During Manufacturing

Richard D. Bergman, Grad. Research Assistant, and

Scott A. Bowe, Associate Prof., Dept. of Forest & Wildlife

Ecology, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

188:00-8:05 am178:05-8:25 am

Microfibrillated Cellulose Production by the

Combined Method of Hot-Compressed Water

Treatment and Mechanical Grinding

Seung-Hwan Lee, Sr. Research Scientist, and Fuxiang

Chang and Takashi Endo, Research Scientists, National

Inst. of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology,

Biomass Technology Research Center, Kure, Hiroshima,

Japan

8:25-8:45 am

Production of Furfural and Hydroxymethylfurfural

by Autohydrolysis and Catalyzed Hydrolysis of

Wood: A Potential in situ Board Resin

James D. McSweeny and Mandla A. Tshabalala,

Research Chemists, USDA Forest Service, Forest


8:45-9:05 am

Study on Chromaticity Variation Relationships

of Chinese Gum Rosin Under High Temperature

Treatment

Yan Gu, Research Assistant, Yu-xiang Chen and Zhen-

dong Zhao, Profs., Chang-tai Guo, Associate Prof.,

Dong-mei Li, Engineer, and Liang-wu Bi, Prof., Inst.

of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese

Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, P.R. China

9:05-9:25 am

Manufacturing Process of PT-Plybamboo and its

Properties

Mohd Khairun Anwar Uyup, H. Hamdan, and M. Abd.

Latif, Research Officers, Forest Research Inst. Malaysia

(FRIM), Kepong, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia;

M.T. Paridah, Lecturer, Universiti Putra Malaysia,

Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia; M. Siti

Rafidah, Assistant Research Officer, Forest Research

Inst. Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong, Selangor Darul Ehsan,

Malaysia



Panel Group (Joint)



Session Moderator: Yan Yu, Associate Prof.,

International Center for Bamboo & Rattan, Beijing, P.R.

China




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Sponsors: FPS Biology Group

Session Chairs: Mark D. Gibson, Prof. and Dir., School




Session Moderator: Alex C. Wiedenhoeft



SESSION 18: Wood Products Research: Anatomical, Structural, and/or Biological (continued)

8:05-8:25 am

Monitoring the Moisture Content of Wet Stored

Pine Logs Using Time Domain Reflectometry

Heath Raybon, M.Sc. Student, Laurence R. Schimleck,

Associate Prof., Kim Love-Myers, Post-Doctoral

Research Associate, Joe Sanders, Research Coordinator,

and Richard Daniels, Prof., Warnell School of Forestry

& Natural Resources, Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA;

Edward Andrews, Forester, USDA Forest Service,

Southern Research Station, Athens, GA

8:25-8:45 am

Multi-Scalar Thermodynamics of Wood-Moisture

Relations in Loblolly Pine

Michael J. Lambrecht, Engineering Aid, Samuel L.

Zelinka, Materials Engineer, Samuel V. Glass, Research

Physical Scientist, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Botanist, and


Technician, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab.,

Madison, WI

8:45-9:05 am

Influence of Machine Setting and Wood

Parameters on Crack Appearance in Scot Pine

Joints Induced by Linear Welding

Mojgan Vaziri, Ph.D. Student, and Owe Lindgren, Prof.,

Dept. of Wood Science & Technology, Luleå Univ. of

Technology, Skellefteå, Sweden; Anthony Pizzi, Prof.

of Industrial Chemistry, ENSTIB-LERMAB, Université

Henri Poincaré - Nancy 1, Épinal, France

9:05-9:25 am

Alternative Measures of Hardwood Flooring

Hardness

Sunil Ramachandra, Principal Scientist, and Steven W.

Bukowski, Wood Scientist, Armstrong World Industries,

Lancaster, PA

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Sponsors: FPS Softwood Lumber Group

Session Chair: P. David Jones, Assistant Extension


Starkville, MS

Session Moderator: P. David Jones



SESSION 19: Improving the Softwood Lumber Industry in a Troubling Market

8:05-8:25 am

Growth, Yield, and Commercial Value

Comparisons of Red Pine, White Spruce, and

Black Spruce Plantations in Northwestern

Ontario

Chander Shahi, Assistant Prof., Willard H. Carmean,

Prof. Emeritus, Krish Homagain, MSc.F. Student, and

Mathew Leitch, Associate Prof., Faculty of Forestry

& the Forest Environment, Lakehead Univ., Thunder

Bay, ON, Canada; Colin Bowling, Forester, Ministry

of Natural Resources, Technology Development Unit,

Kenora, ON, Canada

8:25-8:45 am

Volatile and Hazardous Emissions Released

During the Kiln Drying of Southern Pine Lumber

Intended for Interior Applications

Joseph M. Dahlen, Grad. Research Assistant, P. David

Jones, Assistant Extension Prof., Lynn Prewitt, Assistant

Research Prof., and Rubin Shmulsky, Prof. and Head,


Starkville, MS

8:45-9:05 am

Density Measurements in Norway Spruce Sawlogs

Combining X-Ray and 3D Scanning

Johan Skog, M.Sc., Lic. Eng., and Johan Oja, Prof., SP

Technical Research Inst. of Sweden, Skellefteå, Sweden

9:05-9:25 am


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Sponsors: USDA Forest Service, Forest Product

Laboratory and Chinese Research Institute of

Wood Industry

Session Chairs: Kelin Ye, Research Prof. and Dir.,

Research Inst. of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of

Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China; Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader,


Session Moderators: Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA

Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; William

T.Y. Tze, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Bioproducts & Biosystems




SESSION 20: International Collaboration of Forest Products Research

8:05-8:25 am

Prefabricated Bamboo Panel House for Disaster

Relief

Zehui Jiang, Yongde Yue, Xuhe Chen, and Yan Yu, Profs.,

International Center for Bamboo & Rattan, Beijing,

P.R. China; Zheng Wang, Prof., Research Inst. of Wood

Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R.

China

8:25-8:45 am

Market Opportunities for U.S. Forest Products in

Central America

Henry Quesada, Assistant Prof., and Scott W. Lyon,

Grad. Research Assistant, Dept. of Wood Science &

Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

8:45-9:05 am

Analysis of Bond Line Density Profile in Plywood

by X-Ray Densitometry

Mingjie Guan, Associate Prof., Bamboo Engineering

& Research Center, Nanjing Forestry Univ., Nanjing,

P.R. China; Christopher G. Hunt, Research Chemist,

and Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service,


9:05-9:25 am

Development of High-Performance Hammer

Milled Rice Straw Panel

Xianjun Li, Associate Prof., School of Material Science

& Engineering, Central South Univ. of Forestry &

Technology, Changsha, P.R. China and Visiting Scientist,


WI; Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, and Jerrold E. Winandy,

Retired Research Wood Scientist, USDA Forest Service,

Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; Altaf H. Basta,

Research Prof., Dept. of Cellulose & Paper, National

Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

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Sponsors: FPS Wood Engineering Division

Session Chair: John H. (Buddy) Showalter, Dir., Technical

Media, American Forest & Paper Assn., Washington, DC

Session Moderator: John H. (Buddy) Showalter



SESSION 21: Design of Wood Buildings Using Current Codes and Practices (continued)









Session Moderator: Eini C. Lowell



SESSION 22: Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply, Conversion to Energy, and Environmental Impacts – Biomass Policy and Economics (continued)

10:05-10:25 am

Biomass Value Policy Traps

Bruce Lippke, Pres. Emeritus, CORRIM, and Prof.

Emeritus, School of Forest Resources, College of the

Environment, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA

10:25-10:45 am

Building Woody Biomass Feedstock Prices – The

Foundation for Market Success

Stephen J. Dinehart III, Pres., Heartland Business

Consultants Inc., Middleton, WI; Ed Corrigan, Dir.

of Finance & Operations, Cleantech Partners, Inc.,

Middleton, WI

10:45-11:05 am

Developing Biomass Markets and Supporting

Biomass Communities Using an Online Materials

Exchange Model

Norm Ruttan, Pres., iWasteNot Systems, Mallorytown,

ON, Canada

238:05-8:25 am

Wood as a Construction Material: Mechanisms

Influencing Specifiers Choice of Building Materials

Kristian Bysheim, Researcher, and Anders Q. Nyrud, Sr.

Researcher, Norsk Treteknisk Institutt, Oslo, Norway

8:25-8:45 am

An Electrochemical Method for Predicting

Corrosion Rates of Metals in Contact with Wood

Samuel L. Zelinka, Materials Engineer, and Douglas

R. Rammer, Research General Engineer, USDA Forest

Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; Donald S.

Stone, Prof., Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering,

Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

8:45-9:05 am

Wood Deck Guide Updated to 2009 IRC®

John H. (Buddy) Showalter, Dir., Technical Media,

American Forest & Paper Assn., Washington, DC

9:05-9:25 am



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The Potential Impact of Increasing Wood

Bioenergy use on Forest Products Industries

Kenneth Skog, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service,

Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; V. Alric Sample,

Pres., Pinchot Inst. for Conservation, Washington, DC;

Ralph Alig, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service,

Pacific Northwest Research Station, Corvallis, OR;

Peter J. Ince, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service,

Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; Gregory S. Latta, Sr.

Faculty Research Associate, Dept. of Forest Engineering,

Resources & Management, Oregon State Univ.,

Corvallis, OR; Andrew D. Kramp, Research Associate,

Dept. of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, Univ. of Wisconsin,

Madison, WI; Eric M. White, Research Economist, USDA

Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station,

Corvallis, OR

11:25-11:45 am

Western Forests: Critical Issues for the Next

Decade

Marcia Patton-Mallory, Bioenergy & Climate Change

Specialist, Western Forestry Leadership Coalition,

USDA Forest Service, Fort Collins, CO; Dana Coelho,

Program Mgr., Western Forestry Leadership Coalition,

USDA Forest Service, Lakewood, CO



Panel Group (Joint)



Session Moderator: Qingzheng Cheng, Post-Doctoral

Research Associate, Division of Forestry & Natural

Resources, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV




10:05-10:25 am

Study on Thermal Isomerization of Isopimaric

Acid

Yu-xiang Chen, Prof., Inst. of Chemical Industry of

Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing,

P.R. China and Jiangsu Qianglin Biomass Energy Co.

Ltd., Liyang, P.R. China; Zhen-dong Zaho, Yan Gu, Yu-

ming Wang, Chang-tai Guo, and Liang-wu Bi, Prof.,

Inst. of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese

Academy of Forestry, Nanjing, P.R. China

10:25-10:45 am

Cellulosic Nanocomposites from Hardwood

Residues and Hybrid Poplar

Qingzheng Cheng, Post-Doctoral Research Associate,

Jingxin Wang, Associate Prof., and Joseph F. McNeel,

Prof. and Dir., Division of Forestry & Natural Resources,

West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV

10:45-11:05 am

Modification of Urea-Formaldehyde Resin

Adhesive by Acrylamide Copolymerization for

Low Formaldehyde Emission

Byung-Dae Park, Associate Prof., and Ho-Won Jeong,

Grad. Student, Dept. of Wood Science & Technology,

Kyungpook National Univ., Daegu, South Korea; Sang-

Min Lee, Research Scientist, Division of Environmental

Wooden Materials Engineering, Korea Forest Research

Inst., Seoul, South Korea

11:05-11:25 am

Processing and Characterization of Microcellular

PHBV / PBAT / Recycled Wood Fiber / Nanoclay

252410:05-10:25 am

Stem Sinuosity in Loblolly Pine – Should we be

Concerned?

P. David Jones, Assistant Extension Prof., Dept. of Forest

Products, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS; Thomas

R. Fox, Prof. of Forest Soil & Silviculture and Co-

Director, Forest Nutrition Cooperative, Dept. of Forest

Resources & Environmental Conservation, Virginia Tech,

Blacksburg, VA

10:25-10:45 am

Stand Structure, Growth Form, and Internal

Structure of Natural Eastern White Cedar (Thuja

occidentalis L.) in Northern Ontario, Canada

Daniel Corbett, Forest Productivity Specialist, Northwest

Science & Information, Ontario Ministry of Natural

Resources, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada; Marek Holpit,

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Forestry & the Forest

Environment, Lakehead Univ., Thunder Bay, ON,

Canada

10:45-11:05 am

Inter-Family Variations in Fiber Dimensions of Six

Tropical Hardwoods

Charles Antwi-Boasiako, Lecturer, and A. Ayimasu,

Researcher, Dept. of Wood Science & Technology,

Kwame Nkrumah Univ. of Science & Technology,

Kumasi, Ghana

11:05-11:25 am

New Report on Fiber Dimorphism in Secondary

Xylem of Family Lauraceae from India

Sangeeta Gupta, Scientist-in-Charge, and Dheerendra

Kumar, Scientist, Wood Anatomy Discipline, Forest

Research Inst., Dehradun, India

11:25-11:45 am

Effects of Thinning and Fertilization on Anatomical

Structure of Loblolly Pine

Gi Young Jeong, Post-Doctoral Associate, Sustainable

Engineered Material Inst., and Audrey Zink-Sharp, Prof.,

Dept. of Wood Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech,

Blacksburg, VA

Sponsors: FPS Biology Group Session Chairs: Mark D. Gibson, Prof. and Dir., School




Session Moderator: Alex C. Wiedenhoeft



SESSION 24: Wood Products Research: Anatomical, Structural, and/or Biological (continued)

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Composites

Alireza Javadi, Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Materials, Univ. of

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI; Yottha Srithep and Jungjoo Lee,

Research Assistants, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ.

of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Srikanth Pilla, Post-Doctoral

Scholar, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering,

Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA; Craig M. Clemons, Materials

Research Engineer, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products

Lab., Madison, WI; Shaoqin (Sarah) Gong, Prof., Dept. of

Materials and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ.

of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI and Dept. of Biomedical

Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Lih-Sheng

(Tom) Turng, Prof., Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Univ. of

Wisconsin, Madison, WI

11:25-11:45 am


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Sponsors: USDA Forest Service, Forest Product

Laboratory and Chinese Research Institute of

Wood Industry

Session Chairs: Kelin Ye, Research Prof. and Dir.,

Research Inst. of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy

of Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China; John F. Hunt, Research

Mechanical Engineer, USDA Forest Service, Forest


Session Moderator: John F. Hunt

10:00-10:05 Opening Comments


SESSION 25: International Collaboration of Forest Products Research (continued)

10:05-10:25 am

Cantilever Beam Static Bending and Vibration Test

Apparatus for Thin Composite Products

John F. Hunt, Research Mechanical Engineer, USDA

Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI;

Houjiang Zhang, Prof., and Zhiren Guo, Grad. Student,

Beijing Forestry Univ., Beijing, P.R. China

10:25-10:45 am

Nanoindentation and Microscopic

Characterization of PF / Bamboo Adhesive

Bondline

Yan Yu, Associate Prof., International Center for Bamboo

& Rattan, Beijing, P.R. China; Charles R. Frihart, Head of

Wood Adhesives, USDA Forest Servcie, Forest Products

Lab., Madison, WI; Zehui Jiang, Prof., International

Center for Bamboo & Rattan, Beijing, P.R. China; Joseph

E. Jakes, Student Training General Engineer, Christopher

G. Hunt, Research Chemist, Zhiyong Cai, Project

Leader, and James F. Beecher, Group Leader, USDA


10:45-11:05 am

Effect of Moisture Content on the

Nanomechanical Properties of Wood Cell Wall via

Nanoindentation

Yujie Meng, Grad. Research Assistant, and Siqun Wang,

Associate Prof., Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries,

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville,TN; Zhiyong Cai, Project

Leader, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab.,

Madison, WI

11:05-11:25 am

Study to Electromagnetic Shielding Plywood

Laminated with Metal Sheets

Keyang Lu, Assistant Prof., and Feng Fu, Researcher,


Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China; Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader,


11:25-11:45 am

An X-Ray Scanning Method for Measuring the

Moisture Content of Wood During Hot Air

Drying

Xianjun Li, Associate Prof., School of Material Science

& Engineering, Central South Univ. of Forestry &

Technology, Changsha, P.R. China and Visiting Scientist,


WI; Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service,

Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; Feng Fu, Researcher,


Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China

272610:05-10:25 am

Forest Products Emerging from the Recession

Henry Spelter, Economist, Peter J. Ince, Research

Forester, and Kenneth Skog, Project Leader, USDA


10:25-10:45 am

Do Consumers Perceive Wood as a Natural

Building Material?

Anders Q. Nyrud, Sr. Researcher, and Julie H. Arnseth

and Kristian Bysheim, Researchers, Norsk Treteknisk

Institutt, Oslo, Norway

10:45-11:05 am

Evolvement of Wood Culture in the United States:

A Good Marketing Tool

Howard N. Rosen, Staff Specialist, USDA Forest Service,

Resource Use Research, Washington, DC

11:05-11:25 am

Assessing Consumer Demand for Wood

Household Furniture

Nathan E. Irby, Research Assistant, Sudipta

Dasmohapatra, Assistant Prof., and Philip H. Mitchell,

Extension Wood Products Specialist, Dept. of Wood &

Paper Science, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC

11:25-11:45 am

Increasing the Market Share for Softwood Glued-

Laminated Lumber by Matching the Performance

and Convenience of LVL

Russell Gentry, Associate Prof., Georgia Inst. of

Technology, Atlanta, GA

Sponsors: FPS Marketing Group Session Chairs: Francisco X. Aguilar, Prof., Dept. of

Forestry, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; Sudipta

Dasmohapatra, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Wood & Paper

Science, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC

Session Moderator: Sudipta Dasmohapatra



SESSION 26: General Topics in Marketing

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27


Sponsors: FPS Pulp & Paper Group and Biology

Group (Joint)

Session Chairs: George A. Grozdits, Research Assistant

Prof., and Mark D. Gibson, Prof. and Dir., School of

Forestry, Louisiana Tech Univ., Ruston, LA

Session Moderators: George A. Grozdits and Mark D.

Gibson



SESSION 27: Growing Wood and Biomass for Industry – Property Requirements and Material Procurement

10:05-10:25 am

Correlating Mechanical Properties of Loblolly Pine

Strands under Different Forest Management with

Wood Structure

Gi Young Jeong, Post-Doctoral Associate, Sustainable

Engineered Material Inst., and Audrey Zink-Sharp, Prof.,

Dept. of Wood Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech,

Blacksburg, VA

10:25-10:45 am

Oil Palm Bio Waste: A Sustainable Source of Raw

Material for Biocomposites – Waste to Wealth

Approach

Manojit G. Das, Mgr., R&D, Samling Global Ltd., Bintulu,

Sarawak, Malaysia; Shovanjit Das, Mgr., Wood Panel

Division, Paralam Global Private Ltd., Arvi, Nagpur,

Maharastra, India

10:45-11:05 am

Genetic Fingerprints and Wood Chemistry of

Superior Eucalyptus Clones for Energy Production

in Florida

D.L. Rockwood, Prof. Emeritus, and Matias Kirst,

Assistant Prof., School of Forest Resources &

Conservation, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL

11:05-11:25 am

Optimizing Resource Selection for Wood-Based

Composites

Rupert Wimmer, Prof., Wood Technology & Wood-

Based Composites Unit, Georg-August-Univ., Göttingen,

Germany; Martin Weigl, Researcher, Wood Kplus –

Competence Center for Wood Composites & Wood

Chemistry, Linz, Austria; Stefan Schöneberg, Student,

Wood Technology & Wood-Based Composites Unit,

Georg-August-Univ., Göttingen, Germany

11:25-11:45 am


29282:35-2:55 pm

Mechanistic Understanding of Enhanced Enzymatic

Saccharification of Pine Flour Pretreated by

NMMO

Ye Liu, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, and Qixin

Zhong, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Food Science &

Technology, and Siqun Wang, Associate Prof., Dept.

of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, Univ. of Tennessee,

Knoxville, TN; Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA Forest


2:55-3:15 pm

Properties and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of

Pretreated Hybrid Poplar Wood for Sugar

Production

Adebola Adebayo, Grad. Research Assistant, Qingzheng

Cheng, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Jingxin Wang,

Associate Prof., and Joseph F. McNeel, Prof. and Dir.,

Division of Forestry & Natural Resources, West Virginia

Univ., Morgantown, WV

3:15-3:35 pm

Beta-Xylosidase Patent for Conversion of

Cellulosic Plant Cell Walls to Fermentable Sugars

Robert Hennkens, Dir. and Vice Pres. of Development,

Clearstream Technologies, LLC, Tucson, AZ; Douglas

B. Jordan, Molecular Biologist, USDA, ARS, MWA,

Fermentation Biology Lab., Peoria, IL

3:35-3:55 pm

Enzymatic Saccharification of Woody Biomass

Enhanced by NMMO Pretreatment

Ye Liu, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, and Qixin

Zhong, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Food Science &

Technology, and Siqun Wang, Associate Prof., Dept.

of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, Univ. of Tennessee,

Knoxville, TN; Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA Forest


3:55-4:15 pm

Greenhouse Heating with Esterified Bio-oil

Jingming Tao, Grad. Research Assistant, Don Parish,

Research Associate, and Philip H. Steele, Prof., Dept. of


4:15-4:35 pm

The Effect of Dilute Acid Pretreatment on

Anhydrosugars Yield During Fast Pyrolysis of

Lignocellulosic Biomass

Qi Li, Grad. Research Assistant, and Philip H. Steele,


Starkville, MS

4:35-4:55 pm







Team, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest

Research Station, Portland, OR; Philip H. Steele, Prof.,


Starkville, MS

Session Moderator: Leslie H. Groom, Project Leader,

USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station,

Pineville, LA



SESSION 28: Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply, Conversion to Energy, and Environmental Impacts – Pretreatment Technology (continued)

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Panel Group (Joint)



Session Moderator: Mingjie Guan, Associate Prof.,

Bamboo Engineering & Research Center, Nanjing Forestry

Univ., Nanjing, P.R. China




2:35-2:55 pm

In-Service Testing of PHBV-Oak Wood Flour

Biocomposites for the Construction Industry

Srikanth Pilla, Post-Doctoral Scholar, Dept. of Civil

& Environmental Engineering, Zach Wright, Grad.

Student, and Curtis W. Frank, Prof., Dept. of Chemical

Engineering, and Sarah Billington, Associate Prof., Dept.

of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford Univ.,

Stanford, CA

2:55-3:15 pm

Kenaf Bast Fiber Sheet Molding Compound (SMC)

Composites from Acrylated Epoxidized Soybean

Oil

Kaiwen Liang, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, and

Sheldon Q. Shi, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forest Products,


3:15-3:35 pm

Carbonization of Large Wood Samples at

Low Heat Temperature Treatment to Produce

Carbonized-Wood Template for Composite

Material

Bernard Randrianarisoa, Grad. Student, Dept. of

Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse Univ.,

Syracuse, NY

3:35-3:55 pm

Challenges in Understanding Soy Adhesive

Performance

Charles R. Frihart, Head of Wood Adhesives, and Holly

A. Satori, Physical Science Technician, USDA Forest

Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; Rongxian

Zhu, Associate Prof., Research Inst. of Wood Industry,

Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China

3:55-4:15 pm

Sustainable Bio-Composites of West Coast

Highways: Outline of a Viability Assessment

Method

Michael Karas, USDA NNF Fellow and Master’s

Candidate, and Lech Muszyński, Assistant Prof., Dept.

of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ.,

Corvallis, OR

4:15-4:35 pm

Sustainable Bio-Composites of West Coast

Highways: Effect of Low-Grade Woody Biomass

Content on Composite Properties




Corvallis, OR

4:35-4:55 pm

Cellulose Self-Reinforced Composites from Partial

Dissolution

William T.Y. Tze, Assistant Prof., and Lili Zhou, Grad.



31302:35-2:55 pm

Best Practices in Quality Management for

Achieving Innovation Performance

Scott Leavengood, Associate Prof. and Dir., Oregon

Wood Innovation Center, Dept of Wood Science &

Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR; Timothy

R. Anderson, Associate Prof., Dept. of Engineering &

Technology Management, Portland State Univ., Portland,

OR

2:55-3:15 pm

A Study of Innovation and Change Management in

Ghana’s Forest Products Industry

A.L. (Tom) Hammett, Prof., and Richard Bonsi, Grad.

Research Assistant, Dept. of Wood Science & Forest


3:15-3:35 pm

Relationship Value in the Hardwood Lumber

Industry

Sudipta Dasmohapatra, Assistant Prof., and Ronalds

Gonzalez, Grad. Research Assistant, Dept. of Wood &


3:35-3:55 pm

Environmental Properties of Construction

Materials

Kristian Bysheim, Researcher, and Anders Q. Nyrud, Sr.

Researcher, Norsk Treteknisk Institutt, Oslo, Norway

3:55-4:15 pm

Trade Associations and Group Certification

Programs: How can They Impact the Certification

Movement?

Iris Montague, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service,

Northeastern Research Station, Princeton, WV

4:15-4:35 pm

Research on Foreign Trade Policies of China’s

Forest Products Based on the Shortage of Timber

Resources

Hongqiang Yang, Vice-Dir., Ying Nie, Dir., and Chunyi

Ji, Fellow, Research Center for Economics & Trade in

Forest Products of the State Forestry Administration,

China, College of Economics & Management, Nanjing

Forestry Univ., Nanjing, P.R. China

4:35-4:55 pm


Sponsors: FPS Marketing Group Session Chairs: Francisco X. Aguilar, Prof., Dept. of

Forestry, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO; Sudipta

Dasmohapatra, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Wood & Paper

Science, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC

Session Moderator: Francisco X. Aguilar



SESSION 30: General Topics in Marketing

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Sponsors: FPS Physics Group, Adhesives Group, and

Biology Group (Joint)

Session Chairs: Xinfeng Xie, Research Scientist, and

Barry S. Goodell, Prof. of Wood Science & Technology,

School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME

Session Moderators: Xinfeng Xie and Barry S. Goodell



SESSION 31: Wood-Based Carbon Materials for Advanced Applications

2:35-2:55 pm

Engineered Materials from Biological Structures:

Challenges and Developments

Chris Byrne, Prof. of Mechanical Engineering, Western

Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green, KY

2:55-3:15 pm

Development of Carbon-Based Adsorbents as

Value-Added Products from the Carbonaceous

Ash Obtained as By-Product of Wood Gasification

Thomas L. Eberhardt, Research Scientist, USDA

Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Pineville,

LA; Sandeep Agnihotri, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Civil &

Environmental Engineering, and Nicole Labbé, Assistant

Prof., Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries, Univ. of

Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Madhavi Martin, Research

Scientist, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge

National Lab., Oak Ridge, TN; Pyoungchun Kim, Grad.

Student, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering,

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

3:15-3:35 pm

Rheology of Organosolv Lignin Blends

Rhea J. Sammons, Post-Doctoral Research Engineer,

Archer Daniels Midland, Decatur, IL; David P. Harper,

Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries,

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Alicia Compere,

Staff Scientist, Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge,

TN; Timothy G. Rials, Prof. and Dir. of R&D, Office of

Bioenergy Programs, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

3:35-3:55 pm

Transition Characteristics of the Wood Cell Walls

and Their Properties During Carbonization

Sung-Min Kwon, Ph.D. Student, and Nam-Hun Kim,

Prof., Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering, Kangwon

National Univ., Chuncheon, South Korea

3:55-4:15 pm

Graphitization of Natural Cellulose into Carbon

Fiber

Sheldon Q. Shi, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forest Products,

Dongmao Zhang, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Chemistry,

and Dongping Jiang, Research Associate, and Wen

Che and Jinshu Shi, Grad. Research Assistants, Dept. of


4:15-4:35 pm

Effect of Heating Rate on Selected Physical

Properties of Carbonized Wood

Xinfeng Xie, Research Scientist, and Barry S. Goodell,

Prof. of Wood Science & Technology, School of Forest

Resources, Univ. of Maine, Orono, ME

4:35-4:55 pm


33322:35-2:55 pm

New Zealand Wood Processing Research: Past

Accomplishments and Future Opportunities

Tom Richardson, CEO, Scion, Rotorua, New Zealand

2:55-3:15 pm

Shaping the Profile for Future Demands – Wood

Research at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for

Material Testing and Research (Empa)

Klaus Richter, Head, Wood Lab., Empa – Swiss Federal

Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research,

Dübendorf, Switzerland

3:15-3:35 pm

Utilization Research at the Chinese Academy of

Forestry

Kelin Ye, Research Prof. and Dir. of CRIWI, Research

Inst. of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry,

Beijing, P.R. China

3:35-3:55 pm

Activities of the International Association of

Wood Products Societies

Nobuaki Hattori, Prof., Graduate School of Agriculture,

Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture & Technology and Pres., Japan

Wood Research Society, Tokyo, Japan

3:55-4:15 pm

The Changing Forest Sector Innovation System in

Canada

Pierre Lapointe, President and CEO, FPInnovations –

Forintek Division, Vancouver, BC, Canada

4:15-4:35 pm

Forest-Based Biorefinery Programs in Finland

Ali Harlin, Prof. and Industrial Biomaterials Programme

Manager, VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland

Sponsor: USDA Forest Service, Forest Products

Laboratory

Session Chair: Christopher D. Risbrudt, Dir., USDA


Session Moderator: Christopher D. Risbrudt


4:35-4:55 pm Questions & Answers


SESSION 32: Forest Products Research from Around the World

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33


Sponsor: FPS Temperate & Tropical Hardwood

Lumber Group

Session Chair: David L. Nicholls, Research Forest

Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific

Northwest Research Station, Sitka, AK

Session Moderator: David L. Nicholls



SESSION 33: Marketing and Utilization of Temperate and Tropical Species

2:35-2:55 pm

A Contrast of Eastern United States and Foreign

Hardwoods – Is There a Consumer Preference

for U.S. Hardwoods?

Delton R. Alderman, Research Scientist, USDA Forest

Service, Northeastern Research Station, Princeton, WV

2:55-3:15 pm

Introducing E Nitens from Chile to U.S. Markets –

A Model for Similar Species Introductions

Leonard M. Guss, Pres., LGA Inc., Woodinville, WA

3:15-3:35 pm

Global Calibrations for Estimating the Wood

Properties of Pine Species

Laurence R. Schimleck, Associate Prof., Warnell School

of Forestry & Natural Resources, Univ. of Georgia,

Athens, GA; Gary R. Hodge, Prof., and William

Woodbridge, Database Administrator, Camcore and

Dept. of Forestry & Environmental Resources, North

Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC

3:35-3:55 pm

Consumer and Manufacturer Perceptions of Edge-

Glued Panels Made from Alaskan Hardwoods

David L. Nicholls, Research Forest Products Technologist,

USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research

Station, Sitka, AK; Matthew S. Bumgardner, Research

Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service,

Northern Research Station, Delaware, OH; Valerie

A. Barber, Research Asstistant Prof., Forest Products

Program, Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks, Palmer, AK

3:55-4:15 pm

Physical and Mechanical Properties of Branch,

Stem, and Root Wood of Iroko and Emire

Martin Amoah, Lecturer, Reynolds Okai, Prof., and

Joseph Appiah, Grad. Student, College of Technology

Education, Univ. of Education Winneba, Kumasi,

Ashanti, Ghana

4:15-4:35 pm

Conjoint Study of the Reaction to Wood Product

Labels Including Certification, Price, and Forest

Origin Information Between U.S. and U.K.

Consumers

Zhen Cai, Research Assistant, and Francisco X. Aguilar,

Prof., Dept. of Forestry, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO

4:35-4:55 pm


Effects of Drawdown on Surface Quality,

Mechanical Properties, and Morphology of

Extruded Cellular Wood Fiber / High-Density

Polyethylene Composites

Kamal Babu Adhikary, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept.

of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Univ. of

Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Mohammad R. Islam,

Grad. Student, and Ghaus M. Rizvi, Prof., Faculty of

Engineering & Applied Science, Univ. of Ontario Inst. of

Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada; Chul B. Park, Prof.,

Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Univ. of

Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Luffa Cylinderical-Based Inorganic Bonded

Particleboards: Its Reactions to Bending Force and

Moisture Movement

Babatunde Ajayi, Prof., Dept. of Forestry & Wood

Technology, Federal Univ. of Technology, Akure, Ondo

State, Nigeria

Real-Time Prediction of Mechanical Properties of

Wood Composites Panels

Nicolas Andre, Research Scientist, and Timothy M.

Young, Associate Prof., Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife &

Fisheries, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; Philip

Zaretzki, Quintek Measurement Systems, Knoxville, TN

Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Cellulose

Nanocrystals-Reinforced Resin Matrix

Emmanuel Atta-Obeng, Grad. Research Assistant, Brian

K. Via, Maria L. Auad, and Moabing Tu, Assistant Profs.,

and Oladiran Fasina, Associate Prof., School of Forestry

& Wildlife Sciences, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL

Effect of Sanding on Surface Characteristics

of Medium Density Fiberboard Made from

Rhododendron Wood

Nadir Ayrilmis, Research Wood Scientist, Zeki Candan,

Ph.D. Candidate, and Turgay Akbulut, Prof., Dept. of

Forest Products Engineering, Istanbul Univ., Istanbul,

Turkey; Ozgur Deniz Balkiz, Dept. of Forest Products,

Central Anatolia Forestry Research Inst., Ankara, Turkey

Bending Properties of Plywood Panels Made from

Thermally Compressed Veneers

Zeki Candan, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Forest Products

Engineering, Istanbul Univ., Istanbul, Turkey; Armando

G. McDonald, Prof., Dept. of Forest Products, Univ. of

Idaho, Moscow, ID; Turgay Akbulut, Prof., Dept. of Forest

Products Engineering, Istanbul Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

Effects of Impregnation Chemical on Red and

Yellow Color Tone of Wood

Musa Atar, Associate Prof., Dept. of Furniture &

Decoration, and Hakan Keskin, Associate Prof., Dept.

of Industrial Technology, Gazi Univ., Ankara, Turkey; Zeki

Candan, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Forest Products

Engineering, Istanbul Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

Improvement of Dimensional Stability in

Structural Wood Composites by Nanomaterial

Reinforcement

Zeki Candan, Ph.D. Candidate, Dept. of Forest Products

Engineering, Istanbul Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

Characterization of PF / PVAc Hybrid Adhesive-

Wood Interaction

Yang Cao, Grad. Student, and Vikram Yadama, Assistant

Prof. and Extension Specialist, Composite Materials &

Engineering Center, Washington State Univ., Pullman,

WA

Initial Bonding Development of Cold-Pressed

Wood Strand Mat using PF / PVAc Hybrid

Adhesive

Yi Wang, Ph.D. Student, and Vikram Yadama, Assistant

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Poster Presentations

MONDAY, JUNE 21, 8:00-2:30 pm (authors available at posters from 1:30-2:30 pm)

ADVANCES IN WOOD-BASED MATERIALS, PRODUCTS, AND PROCESSES


Prof. and Extension Specialist, Composite Material &


WA; Debes Bhattacharyya, Prof., Centre for Advanced

Composites Materials, Univ. of Auckland, Auckland,

New Zealand

Coupled Weathering Effects on Strength, Stiffness,

and Creep Behavior of Wood-Plastic Composites

Tony Cameron, Grad. Student, Vikram Yadama, Assistant

Prof. and Extension Specialist, and Karl Englund,

Research Assistant Prof., Composite Materials &


WA; Valerie A. Barber, Research Asstistant Prof., Forest

Products Program, Univ. of Alaska-Fairbanks, Palmer, AK

Bamboo-Based Structural Board from Laminated

Circumferential Sections

Wanli Cheng, Prof., and Baiping Liu, M.Sc. Student,

College of Material Science & Engineering, Northeast

Forestry Univ., Harbin, P.R. China; Jianbo Zhou, Ph.D.

Student, and Wansi Fu, Vice Dir., Beijing Forestry

Machinery Research Inst., Beijing, P.R. China

Fatty Acid Formulations for Wood Protection

Carol A. Clausen, Supervisory Research Microbiologist,


WI; Robert D. Coleman, Pres., Summerdale, Inc., Verona,

WI; Vina W. Yang, Microbiologist, USDA Forest Service,


Using Optical Scanning as Means to Predict LVL

Tensile Strength

David B. DeVallance, Assistant Prof., Division of Forestry

& Natural Resources, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown,

WV; James W. Funck, Courtesy Prof., Dept. of Wood


OR and Unit Manager, Nondestructive Evaluation,

Weyerhaeuser NR Co., Federal Way, WA; James E.

Reeb, Associate Prof. and Manufacturing Extension

Specialist, Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering,


Utilization of Post-Consumer Textile Waste Fibers

to Manufacture Sustainable Composite Materials

David B. DeVallance, Assistant Prof., Division of Forestry

& Natural Resources, Holly Lentz, Assistant Prof. and

Program Chair, and Kathryn Eason, Visiting Assistant

Prof., Division of Design & Merchandising, and Jody

Gray, Wood Products Specialist, Division of Forestry &

Natural Resources, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown,

WV

Morphological and Mechanical Characterization

for Microfibrillated Cellulose (MFC) and MFC-

poly(lactic acid) Nanocomposites

Jie Ding, Student, Lech Muszyński, Assistant Prof., and

John Simonsen, Associate Prof., Dept. of Wood Science

& Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR

Sustainable Bio-Composites for West Coast

Highways: Utilization of Low-Grade Woody

Biomass in Highway Products




Corvallis, OR

Preliminary Characterization of Tar Compounds

Present in the Carbonaceous Ash Resulting from

Wood Gasification

Thomas L. Eberhardt, Research Scientist, and Jolie

Mahfouz and Karen G. Reed, Physical Science

Technicians, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research

Station, Pineville, LA

Performance of Wood-Cement Boards in Tropical

Environment

Joseph Adeola Fuwape and Amos Oluyege, Profs.,

Dept. of Forestry & Wood Technology, Federal Univ. of

Technology, Akure, Nigeria

Fungal Degradation of Wood Polymer Composites

with Chemically Modified Wood Particles –

Adaptation and Modification of Test Designs

Timo Grueneberg, Ph.D. Student, Andreas Krause

and Carsten Mai, Profs., and Holger Militz, Prof. and

Dir., Dept. of Wood Biology & Wood Products, Georg-

August-Univ., Göttingen, Germany

Long-Term Creep of Wood-Plastic Composites

Subjected to Bending

Scott Hamel, Research Assistant, Dept. of Civil &

Environmental Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison,

WI; John C. Hermanson, Research General Engineer,


WI; Steven M. Cramer, Prof. and Associate Dean for

Academic Affairs, Dept. of Civil & Environmental

Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Opportunity and Market of Oriented Structural

Straw Board in China

Guangping Han, Prof., College of Material Science

& Engineering, Northeast Forestry Univ., Harbin, P.R.

China; Krijn D.K. Leendertse, Pres., Panel Board Holding

BV, The Hague, Netherlands; Wayne Wasylciw, Technical

Dir., Forest Products Testing Lab., Alberta Research

Council, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Strandboard Panels Manufactured from Eastern

Redcedar

Salim S. Hiziroglu, Prof., Dept. of Natural Resource

Ecology & Management, Oklahoma State Univ.,

Stillwater, OK

Bamboo (Denrocalamus asper) as Raw Material for

Composite Panel Manufacture in Thailand



Stillwater, OK; Vallayuth Fueangvivat and Piyawade

Bauchongkol, Wood Technologists, Forest Products

Division, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok, Thailand;

Songklod Jarusombuti, Associate Prof. and Head, Dept.

of Forest Products, Kasetsart Univ., Bangkok, Thailand;

Worakit Soontonbura, Forest Products Division, Royal

Forest Dept., Bangkok, Thailand

Properties of Sandwich-Type Panels Made from

Bamboo and Rice Straw

Songklod Jarusombuti, Associate Prof. and Head, Dept.

of Forest Products, Kasetsart Univ., Bangkok, Thailand;



Stillwater, OK; Piyawade Bauchongkol and Vallayuth

Fueangvivat, Wood Technologists, Forest Products

Division, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok, Thailand

Whole Tree Mapping of Mechanical and Physical

Properties of White Cedar (Thuja Occidentalis) in

North Western Ontario

Marek Holpit, Post-Doctoral Fellow, and Mathew

Leitch, Associate Prof., Faculty of Forestry & the Forest


Canada

Mechanical Properties of Thermo Forest Products

Treated Materials

Jim Riffel, M.Sc. Student, Mathew Leitch, Associate

Prof., Chander Shahi, Assistant Prof., and Reino Pulkki,

Prof., Faculty of Forestry & the Forest Environment,

Lakehead Univ., Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

3D Engineered Fiberboard Panels – Design and

Panel Properties

John F. Hunt, Research Mechanical Engineer, Hongmei

Gu, Research Associate, and Robert H. Falk, Research

Engineer, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab.,

Madison, WI

Moisture Effect on Water Permeability in Wood

Su Kyoung Chun, Prof., Sheikh Ali Ahmed, Post-Doctoral

Research Fellow, and Ae Ju Kim, Ph.D. Research

Associate, Dept. of Forest Biomaterials Engineering,

Kangwon National Univ., Chunchon, South Korea; Song

Ho Chong, Sr. Researcher, Dept. of Forest Resources

Utilization, Korea Forest Research Inst., Seoul, South

Korea

Variation of Liquid Penetration in Ray Cells of

three Different Wood Species

Su Kyoung Chun, Prof., Sheikh Ali Ahmed, Post-Doctoral

Research Fellow, and Ae Ju Kim, Ph.D. Research

Associate, Dept. of Forest Biomaterials Engineering,

Kangwon National Univ., Chunchon, South Korea; Song

Ho Chong, Sr. Researcher, Dept. of Forest Resources

Utilization, Korea Forest Research Inst., Seoul, South

Korea

Chemically Separated Sugars from Rapeseed Cake

with Various Hydrolysis Conditions

Han-Seob Jeong and Hye-Yun Kim, M.Sc.Students, and

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Ho-Yong Kim, Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Forest Sciences,

Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; Sye Hee

Ahn, Prof., Division of Life & Environmental Resources,

Daegu Univ., Seoul, South Korea; In Yang, Assistant Prof.,

Research Inst. of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Seoul

National Univ., Seoul, South Korea; In-Gyu Choi, Prof.,

Dept. of Forest Sciences, Seoul National Univ., Seoul,

South Korea

Whitening Effect and Cosmeceutical Activities of

Cryptomeria japonica Extracts

Seon-Hong Kim and Su-Yeon Lee, M.Sc. Students, Ki-

Seob Gwak, Ph.D. Student, and Jun-Jae Lee and In-Gyu

Choi, Profs., Dept. of Forest Sciences, Seoul National


Microbial Biotransformation of Monoterpene by

Basidiomycetes

Su-Yeon Lee, M.Sc. Student, Ki-Seob Gwak, Ph.D.

Student, Seon-Hong Kim, M.Sc. Student, and Jun-Jae

Lee and In-Gyu Choi, Profs., Dept. of Forest Sciences,

Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Energy Consumption Estimation during Kiln

Drying of Yellow Poplar

Jun-Ho Park, Chang-Deuk Eom, Yoon-Seong Chang, and

Kiyoung Son, Grad. Research Assistants, and In-Gyu

Choi, Jun-Jae Lee, and Hwanmyeong Yeo, Profs., Dept.

of Forest Sciences, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South

Korea

Strengthening America’s Past-Time

David E. Kretschmann, Research General Engineer,

USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI;

Scott Drake, Vice Pres. of Operations, TECO, Sun Prairie,

WI; James A. Sherwood, Prof., Univ. of Massachusetts,

Lowell, MA; Carl N. Morris, Prof. of Statistics, Harvard

Univ., Cambridge, MA

Long-Time Cyclic Gas Adsorption Properties of

Charcoal Board and Overlaid Charcoal Board

Seog Goo Kang, Adjunct Assistant Prof., In Su Seo, Grad.

Student, and Hwa Hyoung Lee, Prof., Dept. of Forest

Products, Chungnam National Univ., Daejeon, South

Korea

Production of Anhydrosugars for Fermentation

into Ethanol by Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic

Biomass

Qi Li, Grad. Research Assistant, Dept. of Forest

Products, Fei Yu, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Agricultural &

Biological Engineering, and Philip H. Steele, Prof., Dept.

of Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS

Upgrading Pyrolytic Oils from Lignocellulosic

Biomass by Esterification

Jingming Tao and Qi Li, Grad. Research Assistants,

Dept. of Forest Products, Fei Yu, Assistant Prof., Dept.

of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, and Philip H.

Steele, Prof., Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi State

University, Starkville, MS

Influence of Degree of Beetle-Killed Spruce

Deterioration on Wood-Plastic Composite

Properties

Eini C. Lowell, Research Scientist, USDA Forest

Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland,

OR; Vikram Yadama, Assistant Prof. and Extension

Specialist, Composite Materials & Engineering Center,

Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; Nels R. Peterson,

Design Engineer, PCS Structural Solutions, Tacoma, WA;


USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research

Station, Sitka, AK

Demand Drivers and Price Supports for

Bioethanol Use as Fuel in the United States – A

Brief Review

Ning Lu, Grad. Research Assistant, and Robert W. Rice,

Prof., School of Forest Resources, Univ. of Maine, Orono,

ME

Investigation on Mechanical Properties of PVC –

Abies Wood Flour Composites

Mostafa Madanipour, Assistant Prof., Islamic Azad

Univ., Astara Branch, Iran

Influence of Species and Treatment on Termite

Feeding Deterrence of Chemically Treated Wood

Eric McConnell and Nathan Little, Grad. Research

Assistants, Sheldon Q. Shi, Assistant Prof., and Tor P.

Schultz, Prof., Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi State

Univ., Starkville, MS

A Comparative Study on Physical and Mechanical

Properties of Laminated Veneers and Plywood

Panels Manufactured with Wood from Trees

Growing in Fast Condition in Tropical Area

Carolina Tenorio Monge, Ingeniera Forestal, Róger

Moya Roque, Doctor en Ciencias Forestales, and Diego

Camacho and Freddy Muñoz, Ingeniera Forestals,

Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica (Technology Inst. of

Costa Rica), Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal (School of

Forest Engineering), Cartago, Costa Rica

Use of Solar Dryers for Drying Sawn Timber

of Teak (Tectona grandis) from Fast-Growing

Plantations in Small and Medium Industry in Costa

Rica

Cynthia Salas G., Ingeniera Forestal, and Róger

Moya Roque, Doctor en Ciencias Forestales, Instituto

Tecnológico de Costa Rica (Technology Inst. of Costa

Rica), Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal (School of Forest

Engineering), Cartago, Costa Rica

Purification of Proanthocyanidin in the Hot Water

Extract from Pinus radiata Bark using DIAION

HP20

Sung Phil Mun, Prof., Dept. of Wood Science &

Technology, Chonbuk National Univ., Jeonju, South

Korea

Fractionation of Proanthocyanidins with Different

Degree of Polymerization from Hot Water

Extract of Pinus radiata Bark

Sung Phil Mun, Prof., Dept. of Wood Science &

Technology, and Bo Hee Kim, Dept. of Food Science

& Technology, Chonbuk National Univ., Jeonju, South

Korea

Microwave-Assistant Wood Liquefaction and

its Application on Rigid Polyurethane Foam

Preparation

Hui Pan, Assistant Prof., Calhoun Research Station, LSU

AgCenter, Calhoun, LA; Zhifeng Zheng, Associate Prof.,

Southwest Forestry Univ., Kunming, P.R. China; Chung-

Yun Hse, Principal Wood Scientist, USDA Forest Service,

Southern Research Station, Pineville, LA

Development of Superhydrophobic Wood by

Chemical Bath Deposition

Cheng Piao, Assistant Prof., Calhoun Research Station,

LSU AgCenter, Calhoun, LA; Chengyu Wang, (former

Visiting Scientist), Associate Prof., Northeast Forestry

Univ., Harbin, P.R. China

Laminated Structural Beams Fabricated from

Small-Diameter Timber: Preliminary Results

Cheng Piao, Assistant Prof., Calhoun Research Station,

LSU AgCenter, Calhoun, LA

Formation of Needle-Shaped Carbon

Nanostructure in Wood-Based Panels During

Carbonization

Sang-Bum Park, Jong-In Kim, Sang-Min Lee, and Jong-

Young Park, Research Scientists, and Seon Hwa Lee, Jr.

Research Scientist, Dept. of Wood Resources Utilization,

Korea Forest Research Inst., Seoul, South Korea; Jae-

Hyeok Jang, Grad. Student, and Nam Hun Kim, Prof.,

Dept. of Forest Biomaterials Engineering, Kangwon

National Univ. Chuncheon, South Korea

Manufacture of Carbonized Boards using Wood-

Based Panels and Their Application to Calligraphy-

Carving Products

Sang-Bum Park, Jong-In Kim, Sang-Min Lee, and Jong-

Young Park, Research Scientists, and Seon Hwa Lee, Jr.

Research Scientist, Dept. of Wood Resources Utilization,

Korea Forest Research Inst., Seoul, South Korea;

Nam Hun Kim, Prof., Dept. of Forest Biomaterials

Engineering, Kangwon National Univ. Chuncheon, South

Korea

Effects of Local Non-Uniformity on Heat and

Mass Transfer in Porous Media

Shri Ramaswamy, Prof. and Dept. Head, Huigang

Zuo, Amod Modak, and Matthew Ryan, former Grad.

Students, and Sho S. Takagaki, Post-Doctoral Associate,

Dept. of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering, Univ.

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of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Predicting Mechanical Properties of Fibrous

Materials using Three-Dimensional Structures

Shri Ramaswamy, Prof. and Dept. Head, Sho S.

Takagaki, Post-Doctoral Associate, and Yves Defrenne,

former Grad. Student, Dept. of Bioproducts &

Biosystems Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul,

MN

Determination of the Effectiveness of Pyrolysis

Oil as a Moisture Resistant Treatment for Wood

Thomas J. Robinson, Ph.D. Candidate, and Brian K.

Via and M. Tu, Assistant Profs., School of Forestry &

Wildlife Sciences, and S. Adhikari, Assistant Prof., and O.

Fasina, Associate Prof., Dept. of Biosystems Engineering,

Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL; E. Carter, Research Soil

Scientist, USDA Forest Service, G.W. Andrews Forestry

Sciences Lab., Auburn, AL

A Comparison in using FTIR to NIR Spectra

When Predicting Strand Density Prior to

Composite Manufacture

Brian K. Via, Assistant Prof., School of Forestry & Wildlife

Sciences, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL

Multivariate Modeling of Composite Strand

Density from FTIR Spectra

Brian K. Via, Assistant Prof., and Thomas J. Robinson,

Ph.D. Candidate, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences,

Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL

The Effect of Sampling Height on the Variation

of Gross Calorific Value in Longleaf Pine in

Relationship to Extractives and Lignin Content

Chi-Leung So, Assistant Prof., School of Renewable

Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA

and USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station,

Pineville, LA; Thomas L. Eberhardt, Research Scientist,


Pineville, LA

Effects of Four Catalysts on Melamine-Urea-

Formaldehyde Resin Structure and Performance

of Particleboard

Qi-Ning Sun, Grad. Student, School of Renewable


and USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station,

Pineville, LA; Chung-Yun Hse, Principal Wood Scientist,


Pineville, LA; Todd F. Shupe, Prof., School of Renewable


Liquefaction of Bagasse for Polyol Production

Xianglin Zhai, Grad. Student, and Todd F. Shupe, Prof.,


Baton Rouge, LA; Chung-Yun Hse, Principal Wood

Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Southern Research

Station, Pineville, LA

Effect of Moisture Treatments on the Screw

Withdrawal Resistance of Roof Sheathings for

Photovoltaic Module

Shigehiko Suzuki, Prof., and Yoichi Kojima, Assistant

Prof., Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka Univ., Shizuoka-

shi, Japan; Ichiro Yamasaki, Sr. Researcher, Photovoltaic

Power Generation Technology Research Assn., Tokyo,

Japan

Characterization of Bio-Based Nanomaterial

Reinforcement of Polymer: Isolating Effects of

Adhesion from Dispersion

William T.Y. Tze, Assistant Prof., and Jesse Lund, Grad.



Using Design for Manufacturability (DFM) for

Custom Furniture Engineering Design

Henry Quesada, Assistant Prof., and Chao Wang, Grad.



Potential of Rapeseed Flour Remained from the

Production of Bio-Diesel as Wood Ahesives

In Yang, Sr. Researcher, Gyu-Seong Han, Prof., Jae-Hoon

Jeong and Myung-Jin Jun, Undergraduate Research

Assistants, Dept. of Wood & Paper Science, Chungbuk

National Univ., Cheongju, Chungbuk, South Korea; Sei

Chang Oh, Prof., Dept. of Forest Resources, Daegu

Univ., Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk, South Korea; In-Gyu Choi,

Prof., Dept. of Forest Sciences, Seoul National Univ.,

Seoul, South Korea

Rapid Detection of Knot Defect in Masson Pine

Veneer by Near Infrared Spectroscopy Coupled

with Multivariate Data Analysis

Zhong Yang, Associate Prof., Research Inst. of Wood

Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R.

China and Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Forestry,

Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; L.V. Bin, Prof.,

Hai-qing Ren, Prof., and Ling Chen, Dr., Research Inst.

of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing,

P.R. China

Coextruded PE-Based Wood-Plastic Composites

Fei Yao, Post-Doctoral Researcher, and Qinglin Wu, Prof.,


Baton Rouge, LA

Nano-Cellulose / PLA Adhesion: Evaluation using a

Micro-Raman Tensile Technique

Jin Yao, Grad. Research Assistant, and William T.Y. Tze,

Assistant Prof., Dept. of Bioproducts & Biosystems

Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN; Melissa

Taylor, Grad. Research Assistant, and John Simonsen,

Associate Prof., Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering,


Technical and Economical Feasibility Study of a

Wood Pellet Mill Utilizing Mixed Biomass from

the Hofmann Forest

Javon Marcell Carter, Grad. Student, Sudipta

Dasmohapatra, Assistant Prof., and Lucian Lucia,

Associate Prof., Dept. of Wood & Paper Science, North

Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC; Glenn P. Catts,

Hofmann Forest Liaison, Forestry & Environmental

Resources Academic Research, Raleigh, NC; Joseph

Denig, Professor and Extension Leader, Dept. of Wood

& Paper Science, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh,

NC

Influence of Fiber / Matrix Nano-Interphase

on the Mechanical Properties of Natural Fiber

Reinforced Polymer Composites

Sandeep Sudhakaran Nair, Grad. Research Assistant,

and Siqun Wang, Associate Prof., Dept. of Forestry,


Donna C. Hurley, Physicist, MSEL Materials Reliability

Division, National Inst. of Standards & Technology,

Boulder, CO

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TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 8:00-2:30 pm (authors available at posters from 1:30-2:30 pm)

HELPING INDUSTRY MEET 21ST CENTURY CUSTOMER NEEDS

Is There A Consumer Preference for Select

Hardwood Species?

Delton R. Alderman, Research Scientist, and Iris

Montague, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service,

Northeastern Research Station, Princeton, WV

Assessing the Impacts of Mechanized Harvesting

on Sawlog and Small-Diameter Utilization in

Wisconsin

Scott A. Bowe, Associate Prof. and Wood Products

Specialist, Dept. of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, Univ.

of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Matthew S. Bumgardner,

Research Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest

Service, Northern Research Station, Delaware, OH;

Janice K. Wiedenbeck, Research Forest Products

Technologist, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern

Research Station, Princeton, WV


Understanding and Overcoming the Barriers

to Continuous Process Improvement Adoption

among Hardwood Sawmills in Wisconsin

Steven S. Hubbard, Grad. Research Assistant, and Scott

A. Bowe, Associate Prof. and Wood Products Specialist,


Madison, WI

Thermal Environments Evaluation of a Wooden

House using Infra-Red Thermal Image and

Temperature Difference Ratio (TDR)

Yoon-Seong Chang, Jun-Ho Park, Chang-Deuk Eom,

and Se-Jong Kim, Grad. Research Assistants, Dept.

of Forest Sciences, Seoul National Univ., Seoul, South

Korea; Joo-Saeng Park, Research Scientist, and Moon-

Jae Park, Dir., Dept. of Forest Resources Utilization,

Korea Forest Research Inst., Seoul, South Korea; Jun-

Jae Lee and Hwanmyeong Yeo, Profs., Dept. of Forest

Sciences, Seoul National Univ., Seoul South Korea

A Study of Innovation and Change Management in

Ghana’s Forest Products Industry

A.L. (Tom) Hammett, Prof., and Richard Bonsi, Grad.



Making Forest Products Curriculums More

Sustainable: Putting the “Green” into our Courses

A.L. (Tom) Hammett, Prof., and Dan Hindman,

Assistant Prof., Dept. of Wood Science & Forest


Formaldehyde Testing Capabilities for the 21st

Century

David M. Harmon, North American Technical Mgr.,

Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Springfield, OR

Insulation Properties of Green Timber Wall Panels

Sang Sik Jang, Prof., and Yuni Kim, Grad. Student, Dept.

of Forest Products, Chungnam National Univ., Daejeon,

South Korea; Soon Kwan Kwon, Pres., Daelim E&C Co.

Ltd.

Evaluation Results of a New Interior-Grade

Wood Composite Binder Resin Having Low

Formaldehyde Emission

Moon G. Kim, Prof., Sang Y. Lee, Research Associate,

and Badamkhand Sukbaatar, Grad. Student, Dept. of

Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS;

Hui Wan, Research Scientist, FPInnovations – Forintek

Division, Québec City, QC, Canada

Social Perceptions of the Biofuel Industry in the

Southeastern U.S.

Steven Tyler Pires, Grad. Research Assistant, and

Sudipta Dasmohapatra, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Wood

& Paper Science, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh,

NC

A Real-Time, Web-Based Optimal Biomass Site

Assessment Tool: BioSAT

Timothy M. Young, Associate Prof., Dept. of Forestry,


James H. Perdue, Biomass & Bioenergy Liaison, USDA

Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Knoxville, TN;

Andy Hartsell, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service,

Forest Inventory & Analysis, Knoxville, TN; Donald G.

Hodges, Prof. and Dir., Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife &

Fisheries, and Timothy G. Rials, Prof. and Dir. of R&D,

Office of Bioenergy Programs, Univ. of Tennessee,

Knoxville, TN

Potential of Bamboo as Bio-Based Constructional

Products

Y.C. Tripathi, Scientist-E and Head, Advanced Research

Centre for Bamboo & Rattan, Aizawl, Mizoram, India

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Hardwood: Its Swelling and Shrinkage during

Drying Process

Agron Bajraktari, Prof. and Dean, Bujar Pira and

Ibrahim Cunaku, Assistant Profs., and Muhamet Ymeri

and Sejdi Hoxha, Assistants, Dept. of Wood Technology,

Faculty of Technical Applied Sciences, Univ. of Prishtina,

Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo

Changes on the Surface Color in Wood during

Drying Process

Agron Bajraktari, Prof. and Dean, Dept. of Wood

Technology, Faculty of Technical Applied Sciences, Univ.

of Prishtina, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo; Süleyman

Korkut, Prof., Faculty of Forestry, Düzce Univ., Düzce,

Turkey; Bujar Pira, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Wood

Technology, Faculty of Technical Applied Sciences, Univ.

of Prishtina, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo; Oner Unsal,

Prof., Dept. of Forest Products Engineering, Istanbul

Univ., Istanbul, Turkey; Bashkim Thaqi, Assistant, Dept. of

Wood Technology, Faculty of Technical Applied Sciences,

Univ. of Prishtina, Prishtina, Republic of Kosovo

In-Tree Longitudinal and Radial Variation of

Bending and Compression Strength in the Wood

of Pinus uncinata Mill. ex Mirb.

Paloma de Palacios, Lecturer, Luis G. Esteban, Sr.

Lecturer, Francisco García Fernández, Lecturer, and

Antonio Guindeo, Prof., Escuela Técnica Superior de

Ingenieros de Montes - Cátedra de Tecnología de la

Madera, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid,

Spain; Marta González, Engineer, Asociación de

Investigación Técnica de las Industrias de la Madera y

el Corcho (AITM), Madrid, Spain; Ruth Moreno, Student,

Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Montes

- Cátedra de Tecnología de la Madera, Universidad

Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

A Comparative Study of Static and Dynamic

Testing on Residential Wood Roof Sheathing

Panels

Craig Dixon, Research Assistant, David O. Prevatt,

Assistant Prof., Kenton McBride, Research Assistant,

and Carl Harrigan, Undergrad. Research Assistant,

Dept. of Civil & Coastal Engineering, Univ. of Florida,

Gainesville, FL

Characterization of Pyrolytic Bio-Oil from

Selected Tropical Sawmill Wood Residues

Joseph Adeola Fuwape, Prof., Dept. of Forestry & Wood

Technology, Federal Univ. of Technology, Akure, Nigeria

Acoustic Evaluation of Wood Quality in Standing

Trees – Technical Considerations

Shan Gao, Ph.D. Candidate, Xiping Wang, Research

Forest Products Technologist, and Robert J. Ross, Project

Leader, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab.,

Madison, WI; R. Bruce Allison, Registered Consulting

Arborist, Allison Tree Care Inc. and Adjunct Prof.,


Madison, WI; Lihai Wang, Prof. and Dean, College of

Engineering & Technology, Northeast Forestry Univ.,

Harbin, P.R. China

Modeling the Effect of Altered Chemical

Composition on Hygroelastic Properties in

Transgenic Aspen Wood

Laszlo Horvath, Ph.D. Student, and Ilona Peszlen

and Perry Peralta, Associate Profs., Dept. of Wood &

Paper Science, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC;

Bohumil Kasal, Prof., Dept. of Civil & Environmental

Engineering, Penn State, University Park, PA

Relationship between Incipient White-Rot Decay,

Weight Loss, Compression Strength, and Chemical

Composition of Transgenic Aspen

Zhouyang Xiang, Research Assistant, and Ilona Peszlen

FURTHERING THE UNDERSTANDING OF WOOD PROPERTIES


and Perry Peralta, Associate Profs., Dept. of Wood &


Moisture Sorption Kinetic and Thermodynamic

Analysis of Wood and Wood-Based Composites

Rebecca E. Ibach, Research Chemist, USDA Forest

Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; B. Kristoffer

Segerholm, Researcher, KTH Royal Inst. of Technology

and SP Technical Research Inst. of Sweden, Stockholm,

Sweden; Samuel V. Glass, Research Physical Scientist,

Christopher G. Hunt, Research Chemist, Michael J.

Lambrecht, Engineering Aid, Mandla A. Tshabalala,

Research Chemist, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft, Botanist,


Technician, and Samuel L. Zelinka, Materials Engineer,


Appearance of the Biseriate and Multiseriate Ray

in Chestnut Woods

Jae-Hyuk Jang, Grad. Student, Dept. of Wood Science

& Engineering, Kangwon National Univ., Chuncheon,

South Korea; Seon-Hwa Lee, Assistant Researcher,

Korea Forest Research Inst., Seoul, South Korea; Sung-

Min Kwon, Ph.D. Student, Gu-Joong Kwon, Researcher,

and Nam-Hun Kim, Prof., Dept. of Wood Science &

Engineering, Kangwon National Univ., Chuncheon,

South Korea

Annual Ring Formation of Commercial Wood

Species Grown in Chuncheon, South Korea

Sung-Min Kwon, Ph.D. Student, and Nam-Hun Kim,

Prof., Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering, Kangwon

National Univ., Chuncheon, South Korea

Determining Basidiomycete Species Richness on

Different Preservative-Treated Wood in Contact

with Soil

Katie Jenkins, Grad. Student, Dept. of Forest Products,

Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS and Research

Microbiologist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products

Lab., Madison, WI; Lee Mangum and Leslie Parker,

Grad. Research Assistants, and Tor P. Schultz and Susan

V. Diehl, Profs., Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi

State Univ., Starkville, MS

Characterization of Biodeterioration Genes and

Proteins Expressed During Decay of Different

Wood Types in Forest Soil

Young-Min Kang, Grad. Research Assistant, Lynn

Prewitt, Assistant Research Prof., and Susan V. Diehl

and Darrel D. Nicholas, Profs., Dept. of Forest Products,


Environmental Concentrations of Chromium,

Copper, and Arsenic near a Wetland Boardwalk

Stan Lebow, Research Wood Scientist, and Daniel

Foster, Chemist, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products

Lab., Madison, WI

Mapping the Wood Characteristics of Black Ash

(Fraxinus nigra)

Scott T. Miller, M.Sc. Student and Research Assistant,

Mathew Leitch, Associate Prof., and Marek Holpit,

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Forestry & the Forest


Canada

Wood Density Modeling in Black and White

Spruce

Wei Xiang, Ph.D. Candidate, and Mathew Leitch,

Associate Prof., Faculty of Forestry & the Forest


Canada

Tracking Fungal Competition during the Initial

Decomposition of Wood

Zewei Song, Ph.D. Student, Jonathan S. Schilling,

Assistant Prof., Shona Duncan, Post-Doctoral Associate,

Mike Sadowsky, Prof., and Andrew Vail, M.Sc. Student,

Dept. of Bioproducts & Biosystems Engineering, Univ.

of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Investigation of Moisture Content Distribution in

Wood and Wood-Based Materials Placed Between

Different Moisture Environments

Takashi Tanaka, Grad. Student, Graduate School of

Agricultural & Life Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;

Stavros Avramidis, Prof., Dept. of Wood Science, Univ. of

British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Satoshi Shida,

Associate Prof., Graduate School of Agricultural & Life

Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Metal and Fastener Corrosion in Treated Wood

from an Electrochemical-Thermodynamic

Standpoint

Mike H. Freeman, Independent Wood Scientist,

Memphis, TN; Paul Kovacs, Corrosion Consultant,

SynergEthics, Germantown, TN

Effects of Heat Treatment on the Mechanical

Properties of Selected Wood Species

Julius Adewopo, Grad. Research Assistant, School of

Forest Resources, Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR

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Rapid Nondestructive Assessment of Decayed

Southern Yellow Pine by Diffuse Reflectance near

Infrared Spectroscopy

Benny L. Green, Grad. Student, P. David Jones, Assistant

Extension Prof., and Darrel D. Nicholas, Prof., Dept. of

Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS;

Laurence R. Schimleck, Associate Prof., Warnell School

of Forestry & Natural Resources, Univ. of Georgia,

Athens, GA; Rubin Shmulsky, Prof. and Head, Dept. of


Reusing Reclaimed Framing Lumber and Flooring

in Construction: Measuring Environmental Impact

using Life-Cycle Inventory

Richard D. Bergman, Research Forest Products

Technologist, Hongmei Gu, Research Associate, and

Robert H. Falk, Research Engineer, USDA Forest


Impacts of Herbicide Application on Timber

Quality and Value: A Case Study in Northern

Ontario

Krish Homagain, M.Sc.F Student, Chander Shahi,

Assistant Prof., and Mathew Leitch and Nancy Luckai,

Associate Profs., Faculty of Forestry & the Forest


Canada; Wayne Bell, Forest Ecology Research Scientist,

Ontario Forest Research Inst., Sault Ste. Marie, ON,

Canada

Selection of White Rot Fungi for Biodegradation

of Aroclor 1254 and 1260 and Analysis of the

Degradation Rate

Chang-Young Hong, M.Sc. Student, Ki-Seob Gwak, Ph.D.

Student, Seon-Hong Kim, M.Sc. Student, and In-Gyu

Choi, Prof., Dept. of Forest Sciences, Seoul National


Understanding External Firm Factors Impacting

Innovation in the Hardwood Veneer Industry

Amy D. Jahnke, Grad. Student, Dept. of Wood Science

& Forest Products, and Robert L. Smith, Prof. and

Associate Dean, College of Natural Resources, Virginia

Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Detoxification and Fermentation of Hydrolysates

of Oxalic Acid-Pretreated Yellow Poplar

(Liriodendron tulipifera) using with Pichia Stipitis

Hye-Yun Kim and Nahyun Park, M.Sc.Students, Ho-

Yong Kim, Ph.D. Student, and Hwanmyeong Yeo and

In-Gyu Choi, Profs., Dept. of Forest Sciences, Seoul

National Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Dimensional Stability of Juvenile Woods Treated

with Polyethylene Glycol in Different Conditions

Gu-Joong Kwon, Researcher, and Nam-Hun Kim

GENERAL (OTHER)


and Kun-Woo Chun, Profs., Dept. of Wood Science

& Engineering, Kangwon National Univ., Chuncheon,

South Korea

Computed Tomography Image Analysis for Decay

Detection in Trees

Li Li, Ph.D. Student, College of Engineering & Technology,

Northeast Forestry Univ., Harbin, P.R. China; Xiping

Wang, Research Forest Products Technologist, USDA

Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; R.

Bruce Allison, Registered Consulting Arborist, Allison Tree





Work Motivation of Employees in the Chinese

Furniture Industry: An Exploratory Study

Na Yu, Ph.D. Candidate, Inst. of Forest Utilization &

Work Science, Albert-Ludwigs-Univ., Freiburg, Germany

and Lecturer, Faculty of Furniture & Industry Product

Design, Nanjing Forestry Univ., Nanjing, P.R. China; S.

Lewark, Prof., Inst. of Forest Utilization & Work Science,

Albert-Ludwigs-Univ., Freiburg, Germany

Chemical and Functional Properties of Fungal

Derived Bio-Plastics: Potential Industrial

Applications

Arturo Rodriguez Uribe, Ph.D. Candidate and Research

Assistant, Mohini Sain, Prof. and Dir., Centre for

Biocomposites & Biomaterials Processing, and Robert

Jeng, Research Associate, Faculty of Forestry, Univ. of

Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Resilient Home Education and Outreach:

Assessing the Effectiveness of Different Media

Types

Tyler Strayhorn, Grad. Research Assistant, Dave Tilotta,

Associate Prof., Philip H. Mitchell, Extension Wood

Products Specialist, and Sudipta Dasmohapatra,

Assistant Prof., Dept. of Wood & Paper Science, North

Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC

Quick Moisture Content Measurement with Time

Domain NMR

Minghui Zhang, Prof., Inner Mongolia Agricultural Univ.,

Hohhot, P.R. China; Rado Gazo, Prof., Dept. of Forestry

& Natural Resources, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

Sitka, Alaska Carbon Footprint – Greenhouse Gas

Emission Reduction Potential Through 2020


and Trista Patterson, Research Economist, USDA Forest

Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Sitka, AK

Characterization of Gum Arabic Binders for

7.62mm Ammunition

Charles R. Frihart, Head of Wood Adhesives, and James

F. Beecher, Group Leader, USDA Forest Servcie, Forest

Products Lab., Madison, WI; Gary Chen, U.S. Army

RDECOM-ARDEC, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

Assessing Roundwood Connections

Thomas M. Gorman, Prof., Dept. of Forest Products,

Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID; David E. Kretschmann,

Research General Engineer, and Marshal Begel,

Structural Engineer, USDA Forest Service, Forest


Discounted Cash Flow Valuation of Urban Trees

and Forests

Thomas J. Straka, Prof., and Kristin L. Heffelfinger,

Grad. Research Assistant, Dept. of Forestry & Natural

Resources, Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC

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Forest Products Society’s 64th International Convention June 20-22, 2010