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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.
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looking for?
Convention Highlights
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Schedule at a Glance
Headliners
General and Technical Sessions
Poster Presentations
Convention Highlights
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
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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,
Conversion to Energy, and Environmental
Impacts
SESSION 2 (2:00-4:50 pm)
Bio-Based Materials - Characterization,
Processing, and Product Development
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10:00 Concurrent Sessions
SESSION 3 (10:00-11:50 am)
Fungal Degradation Mechanisms
SESSION 4 (10:00-11:50 am)
Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply,
Conversion to Energy, and Environmental
Impacts (continued)
SESSION 5 (10:00-11:50 am)
Bio-Based Materials - Characterization,
Processing, and Product Development
(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)
2:30 Concurrent Sessions
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)
8:00 Concurrent Sessions
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)
Bio-Based Materials - Characterization,
Processing, and Product Development
(continued)
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SESSION 18 (8:00-9:30 am)
Wood Products Research: Anatomical,
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)
10:00 Concurrent Sessions
SESSION 22 (10:00-11:50 am)
Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply,
Conversion to Energy, and Environmental
Impacts (continued)
SESSION 23 (10:00-11:50 am)
Bio-Based Materials - Characterization,
Processing, and Product Development
(continued)
SESSION 24 (10:00-11:50 am)
Wood Products Research: Anatomical,
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)
2:30 Concurrent Sessions
SESSION 28 (2:30-5:00 pm)
Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply,
Conversion to Energy, and Environmental
Impacts (continued)
SESSION 29 (2:30-5:00 pm)
Bio-Based Materials - Characterization,
Processing, and Product Development
(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)
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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
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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
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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
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
Session Moderator: Srikanth Pilla, Post-Doctoral
Scholar, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering,
Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA
2:00-2:05 pm Opening Comments
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
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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
Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
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
Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
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,
Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS
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
Products Group, Adhesives Group, and Structural
Panel Group (Joint)
Session Chair: Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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
10:00-10:05 am Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments
SESSION 5: Bio-Based Materials: Characterization, Processing, and Product Development (continued)
4Sponsors: 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: Kenneth Skog, Project Leader,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
10:00-10:05 am Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments
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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
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
Session Moderators: Jingxin Wang and Alex C.
Wiedenhoeft
10:00-10:05 am Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments
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
Speaker to be announced
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
10:00-10:05 am Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments
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
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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
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11:05-11:25 am
Life-Cycle Assessment of Treated Wood
Adam M. Taylor, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forestry,
Wildlife & Fisheries, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN;
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
10:00-10:05 am Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments
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
Speaker to be announced
Sponsors: 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: Philip H. Steele
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
SESSION 9: Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply, Conversion to Energy, and Environmental Impacts – Bio-Energy (continued)
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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
Sponsors: FPS Particleboard, Fiberboard & Molded
Products Group, Adhesives Group, and Structural
Panel Group (Joint)
Session Chair: Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
Session Moderator: Keyang Lu, Assistant Prof., Research Inst.
of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
5:15-5:20 pm Closing Comments
SESSION 10: Bio-Based Materials: Characterization, Processing, and Product Development (continued)
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
Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis,
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
Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis,
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
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
SESSION 11: Treated Wood Products for the 21st Century’s ‘Green’ Customers (continued)
122264th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
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
Speaker to be announced
4:35-4:55 pm
Speaker to be announced
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
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
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
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
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,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
4:35-4:55 pm
Speaker to be announced
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
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
SESSION 13: Wood Products Research: Anatomical, Structural, and/or Biological
142464th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
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
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
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
Speaker to be announced
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
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
SESSION 15: Manufacturing and Business Process Management
162664th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
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
Speaker to be announced
4:35-4:55 pm
Speaker to be announced
Sponsors: 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: David L. Nicholls, Research
Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific
Northwest Research Station, Sitka, AK
8:00-8:05 am Opening Comments
9:25-9:30 am Closing Comments
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
Products Lab., Madison, WI
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
Sponsors: FPS Particleboard, Fiberboard & Molded
Products Group, Adhesives Group, and Structural
Panel Group (Joint)
Session Chair: Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
Session Moderator: Yan Yu, Associate Prof.,
International Center for Bamboo & Rattan, Beijing, P.R.
China
8:00-8:05 am Opening Comments
9:25-9:30 am Closing Comments
SESSION 17: Bio-Based Materials: Characterization, Processing, and Product Development (continued)
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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: Alex C. Wiedenhoeft
8:00-8:05 am Opening Comments
9:25-9:30 am Closing Comments
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
Daniel J. Yelle, Ph.D. Candidate and Physical Science
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
Prof., Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ.,
Starkville, MS
Session Moderator: P. David Jones
8:00-8:05 am Opening Comments
9:25-9:30 am Closing Comments
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,
Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ.,
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
Speaker to be announced
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3064th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
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,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
Session Moderators: Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; William
T.Y. Tze, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Bioproducts & Biosystems
Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
8:00-8:05 am Opening Comments
9:25-9:30 am Closing Comments
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,
Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison,
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
8:00-8:05 am Opening Comments
9:25-9:30 am Closing Comments
SESSION 21: Design of Wood Buildings Using Current Codes and Practices (continued)
22Sponsors: 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: Eini C. Lowell
10:00-10:05 am Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments
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
Speaker to be announced
3264th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
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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
Sponsors: FPS Particleboard, Fiberboard & Molded
Products Group, Adhesives Group, and Structural
Panel Group (Joint)
Session Chair: Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
Session Moderator: Qingzheng Cheng, Post-Doctoral
Research Associate, Division of Forestry & Natural
Resources, West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV
10:00-10:05 am Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments
SESSION 23: Bio-Based Materials: Characterization, Processing, and Product Development (continued)
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
of Forestry, Louisiana Tech Univ., Ruston, LA; Alex C.
Wiedenhoeft, Botanist, USDA Forest Service, Forest
Products Lab., Madison, WI
Session Moderator: Alex C. Wiedenhoeft
10:00-10:05 am Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments
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
Speaker to be announced
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3464th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
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
Products Lab., Madison, WI
Session Moderator: John F. Hunt
10:00-10:05 Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing 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
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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,
Research Inst. of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of
Forestry, Beijing, P.R. China; Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison,
WI; Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service,
Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; Feng Fu, Researcher,
Research Inst. of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of
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
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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
10:00-10:05 Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments
SESSION 26: General Topics in Marketing
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3664th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
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
10:00-10:05 Opening Comments
11:45-11:50 am Closing Comments
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
Speaker to be announced
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
Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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
Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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
Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS
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,
Prof., Dept. of Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ.,
Starkville, MS
4:35-4:55 pm
Speaker to be announced
Sponsors: 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: Leslie H. Groom, Project Leader,
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station,
Pineville, LA
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
SESSION 28: Woody Biomass: Economics, Supply, Conversion to Energy, and Environmental Impacts – Pretreatment Technology (continued)
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3864th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
Sponsors: FPS Particleboard, Fiberboard & Molded
Products Group, Adhesives Group, and Structural
Panel Group (Joint)
Session Chair: Zhiyong Cai, Project Leader, USDA
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
Session Moderator: Mingjie Guan, Associate Prof.,
Bamboo Engineering & Research Center, Nanjing Forestry
Univ., Nanjing, P.R. China
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
SESSION 29: Bio-Based Materials: Characterization, Processing, and Product Development (continued)
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,
Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS
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
Michael Karas, USDA NNF Fellow and Master’s
Candidate, and Lech Muszyński, Assistant Prof., Dept.
of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ.,
Corvallis, OR
4:35-4:55 pm
Cellulose Self-Reinforced Composites from Partial
Dissolution
William T.Y. Tze, Assistant Prof., and Lili Zhou, Grad.
Research Assistant, Dept. of Bioproducts & Biosystems
Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
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
Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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 &
Paper Science, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
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
Speaker to be announced
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
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
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
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
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
Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS
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
Speaker to be announced
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
Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
Session Moderator: Christopher D. Risbrudt
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:35-4:55 pm Questions & Answers
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
SESSION 32: Forest Products Research from Around the World
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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
2:30-2:35 pm Opening Comments
4:55-5:00 pm Closing Comments
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
Speaker to be announced
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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Prof. and Extension Specialist, Composite Material &
Engineering Center, Washington State Univ., Pullman,
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 &
Engineering Center, Washington State Univ., Pullman,
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,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison,
WI; Robert D. Coleman, Pres., Summerdale, Inc., Verona,
WI; Vina W. Yang, Microbiologist, USDA Forest Service,
Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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
Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis,
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,
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
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
Michael Karas, USDA NNF Fellow and Master’s
Candidate, and Lech Muszyński, Assistant Prof., Dept.
of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ.,
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,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison,
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
Salim S. Hiziroglu, Prof., Dept. of Natural Resource
Ecology & Management, Oklahoma State Univ.,
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;
Salim S. Hiziroglu, Prof., Dept. of Natural Resource
Ecology & Management, Oklahoma State Univ.,
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
Environment, Lakehead Univ., Thunder Bay, ON,
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
Univ., Seoul, South Korea
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;
David L. Nicholls, Research Forest Products Technologist,
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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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,
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station,
Pineville, LA
Effects of Four Catalysts on Melamine-Urea-
Formaldehyde Resin Structure and Performance
of Particleboard
Qi-Ning Sun, Grad. Student, School of Renewable
Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA
and USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station,
Pineville, LA; Chung-Yun Hse, Principal Wood Scientist,
USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station,
Pineville, LA; Todd F. Shupe, Prof., School of Renewable
Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA
Liquefaction of Bagasse for Polyol Production
Xianglin Zhai, Grad. Student, and Todd F. Shupe, Prof.,
School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter,
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.
Research Assistant, Dept. of Bioproducts & Biosystems
Engineering, Univ. of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Using Design for Manufacturability (DFM) for
Custom Furniture Engineering Design
Henry Quesada, Assistant Prof., and Chao Wang, Grad.
Research Assistant, Dept. of Wood Science & Forest
Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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.,
School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter,
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,
Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
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,
Wildlife & Fisheries, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN;
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
5064th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
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,
Dept. of Forest & Wildlife Ecology, Univ. of Wisconsin,
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.
Research Assistant, Dept. of Wood Science & Forest
Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
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
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,
Wildlife & Fisheries, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN;
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.,
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
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
5264th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
and Perry Peralta, Associate Profs., Dept. of Wood &
Paper Science, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC
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,
Daniel J. Yelle, Ph.D. Candidate and Physical Science
Technician, and Samuel L. Zelinka, Materials Engineer,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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,
Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS
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
Environment, Lakehead Univ., Thunder Bay, ON,
Canada
Wood Density Modeling in Black and White
Spruce
Wei Xiang, Ph.D. Candidate, and Mathew Leitch,
Associate Prof., Faculty of Forestry & the Forest
Environment, Lakehead Univ., Thunder Bay, ON,
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
Forest Products, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS
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
Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
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
Environment, Lakehead Univ., Thunder Bay, ON,
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
Univ., Seoul, South Korea
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)
5464th International Convention of the Forest Products Society - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - June 20-22, 2010
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
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
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
David L. Nicholls, Research Forest Products Technologist,
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
Products Lab., Madison, WI
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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