| Monday,
March 31, 2008: Red
Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue |
|
| 7:30
am - 9:00 pm |
Technical
Workshop and Symposium Registration |
Emerald
Ballroom Foyer
Third Floor |
|
| 7:30
am |
Continental
Breakfast
Hosted
by WMEL and WSU Extension |
|
|
| Technical
Workshop |
|
| Moderator: Vikram Yadama, Washington State University |
Time |
Speaker |
Presentation
Title |
Status |
| 8:45
am |
Vikram Yadama
Symposium Co-chair
Washington State University |
|
Opening remarks |
|
| 9:00
am |
Dr. Debes Bhattacharyya
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Director, Centre for Advanced Composite Materials
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
|
|
Manufacturing of added-value wood products by pattern forming and profile roll forming |
|
| 10:00 am |
Break
|
|
|
| 10:30 am |
Dr. Vikram Yadama
Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist
Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory
Washington State University
USA
|
|
Thin-strand ply technology |
|
| 11:15
am |
Dr. Karl Englund
Assistant Research Professor & Extension Specialist
Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory
Washington State University
USA
|
|
Novel pultrusion processing for wood composites |
|
| 12:00 pm |
Lunch
|
|
|
| 1:30 pm |
Dr. Fred Kamke
JELD-WEN Professor of Wood-Based Composite Science
Oregon State University
USA
|
Structural strand composites from modified wood |
|
| 2:30 pm |
Break |
|
|
| 3:00 pm |
Dr. Kate Semple
Research Associate
Department of Wood Science
University of British Columbia
Canada
|
Honeycomb panel research at UBC |
|
| 3:30 pm |
Dr. Siqun Wang
Associate Professor
Tennessee Forest Products Center
The University of Tennessee
USA
|
New technologies to manufacture lightweight and/or strength-enhanced OSB |
|
| 4:00-4:30 pm |
Vikram Yadama |
Workshop Summary, Q&A |
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