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Faculty
Faculty from four partner and two affiliate universities support the research and
activities of the Wood-Based Composites Center. Faculty members whose names are preceded by a double right arrow comprise the WBC
Center Faculty Steering Committee:
Quick Contacts:
Charles E. Frazier, Director
Phone: (540) 231-8318 Email: cfrazier@vt.edu Linda C. Caudill, Managing Director Phone: (540) 231-7092 Email: lcaudill@vt.edu H. Michael Barnes
Professor, Forest Products, Mississippi State University
Ph.D. State University of New York, 1973 Effect of treatments on the properties of wood and wood-based composites, treatment mechanics, preservation and the deterioration of wood and wood structures, evaluation of new preservatives and fire retardants.
Phone: (662) 325-3056 William G. Davids
Associate Professor of Civil/Structural Engineering, Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, University of Maine
Ph.D. University of Washington, 1998 Numerical methods and fnite element analysis in structural mechanics and civil engineering, mechanics of wood and wood structures, development of simulation-based software tools for structural analysis and design, bridge engineering.
Phone: (207) 581-2116 David A. Dillard
Adhesive and Sealant Science Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Virginia Tech, 1981 Development of appropriate test methods for characterizing adhesion, viscoelasticity, fracture mechanics, fatigue, effects of moisture, accelerated characterization procedures and durability predictions.
Phone: (540) 231-4714 ⇒ Kevin J. Edgar
Professor, Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Duke University, 1979 Biomaterials, synthetic chemistry of cellulose and other polysaccharides, structure-property relationships, biorefining, polysaccharide-based drug delivery systems.
Phone: (540) 231-0674 Philip D. Evans
Professor, Wood Science and Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, University of British Columbia
Ph.D. Wales (Bangor), 1985 Surface properties of wood, wood anatomy, wood protection and bio-based composites.
Phone: (604) 822-0517 ⇒ Charles E. Frazier
Thomas M. Brooks Professor, Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Virginia Tech, 1992 Wood adhesion, Wood rheology, renewable biomaterials. Director of the Wood-Based Composites Center.
Phone: (540) 231-8318 Douglas J. Gardner
Professor of Wood Science and Technolgy, University of Maine
Ph.D. Mississippi State University, 1985 Polymer science, wood chemistry, wood adhesion and adhesives, polymer processing, interfacing of wood-FRP hybrids, bonding of wood-plastic composites.
Phone: (207) 581-2846 Barry Goodell
Professor of Wood Science and Technolgy, University of Maine
Ph.D. Oregon State University, 1983 Wood preservation and biodegradation, wood composites development using ComPRIS(Composites Pressure Resin Impregnation System).
Phone: (207) 581-2888 Rakesh Gupta
Professor, Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University
Ph.D. Cornell University, 1990 Wood properties, structural wood design, structural behavior of timber, wood engineering/mechanics.
Phone: (541) 737-4223 ⇒ Daniel Hindman
Assistant Professor, Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 2003 Efficient use of structural wood composite materials for residential and commercial applications.
Phone: (540) 231-9442 Leonard L. Ingram, Jr.
Professor, Forest Products, Mississippi State University
Ph.D. University of Southern Mississippi, 1977 Identification and characterization of chemicals formed during the high temperature pyrolysis of biomass.
Phone: (662) 325-3102 Jody Jellison
Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maine
Ph.D. Oregon State University, 1983 Physiology, molecular biology and ecology of wood degrading fungi.
Phone: (207) 581-2995 John F. Kadla
Associate Professor, Canadian Research Chair in Advanced Biomaterials Chemistry
Wood Science, University of British Columbia Ph.D. North Carolina State University, 1997 Bio-based polymer blends, composites and nanocomposites, stimuli responsive biomaterials.
Phone: (604) 827-5254 Frederick A. Kamke
Professor and JELD-WEN Chair of Wood-based Composites Science, Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University
Ph.D. Oregon State University, 1983 Wood-based composite design, manufacture, and performance; adhesive distribution and penetration; wood and moisture relationships; drying; modeling. Founder and Past Director of the Wood-Based Composites Center.
Phone: (541) 737-8422 Moon G. Kim
Professor, Forest Products, Mississippi State University
Ph.D. Kansas State University, 1973 Thermosetting wood adhesive resins, wood composites, steam injection pressing of wood composites, tool wear of wood composites, curing chemistry of thermosetting resins and polymers, and molecular structure determination of resins and polymers. Thermosetting wood adhesive resins made from renewable resources.
Phone: (662) 325-3109 Chris Knowles
Assisant Professor, Oregon Wood Innovation Center (OWIC), Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University
Ph.D. Oregon State University, 2007 Development of a new measure of innovativeness in the forest products industry; green building with a focus on material selection, purchasing, and specification; development of global markets for locally sourced wood materials.
Phone: (541) 737-1438 Frank Lam
Professor, Wood Science, University of British Columbia
Ph.D. University of British Columbia, 1992 Timber engineering and applied mechanics.
Phone: (604) 822-6526 Kaichang Li
Associate Professor, Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University
Ph.D. Virginia Tech, 1996 Adhesives and adhesion science, development of formaldehyde-free wood adhesives, and improvement of interfacial adhesion in wood-plastic composites.
Phone: (541) 737-8421 ⇒ Joseph R. Loferski
Professor, Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. Virginia Tech, 1985 Performance of wood-based materials in construction.
Phone: (540) 231-4405 Roberto Lopez-Anido
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, P.E., Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center, University of Maine
Ph.D. West Virginia University, 1995 Fiber reinforced polymer composite mechanics, durability analysis of composite materials, characterization of composites for construction, structural composites health monitoring.
Phone: (207) 581-2119 Paul McFarlane
Professor and Department Head, Wood Science, University of British Columbia
Environment aspects of wood products and processes.
Phone: (604) 822-7667 Thomas McLain
Professor and Department Head, Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University
Ph.D, Colorado State University, 1975 Mechanical properties of wood and wood-based products, structural mechanical connections, new technology and methods for structural design.
Phone: (541) 737-4224 Lech Muszynski
Assistant Professor, Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University
Ph.D. Agricultural University of Poznan, Poland, 1997 Mechanics of wood and wood composites: time dependent phenomena, hygro-mechanical behavior, mechano-sorption; advanced hybrid wood-plastic and wood-FRP composites: interface performance, bonding, durability, damage assessment; multi-scale material characterization; full field imaging and measurement methods: Computed Tomography, Digital Image Analysis.
Phone: (541) 737-9479 John Nairn
Professor and Richardson Chair, Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1981 Deformation and fracture of wood and wood-based composites, advanced wood-polymer composites, residual stress effects in composites, interfacial characterization, analytical and numerical modeling, cracking of paints and coatings.
Phone: (541) 737-4265 Shri Ramaswamy
Professor and Department Head, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota
Ph.D, State University of New York, 1990 Bio-based products engineering.
Phone: (612) 624-8797 ⇒Scott Renneckar
Assistant Professor, Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech
Ph.D, Virginia Tech, 2004 Biomimetic (bottom-up) composites; applications of nanotechnology to wood and fiber-based composites; wood-plastic composites.
Phone: (540) 231-7100 Robert W. Rice
Professor of Wood Science and Technolgy, University of Maine
Ph.D. Virginia Tech, 1988 Wood rheology, forest products marketing, wood-based composite materials, wood drying, non-destructive evaluation of materials.
Phone: (207) 581-2883 ⇒ Maren Roman
Assistant Professor, Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 2002 Natural and bio-based polymers and composites, properties and applications of cellulose nanocrystals.
Phone: (540) 231-1421 Stephen M. Shaler
Professor and Co-Director, Advanced Engineering Wood Composites Center and Wood Science and Technology, University of Maine
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 1986 Wood mechanics, microstructure modeling and measurement, microscopic scale experiment mechanics.
Phone: (207) 581-2886 Sheldon Q. Shi
Assistant Professor, Forest Products, Mississippi State University
Ph.D. Michigan Tech, 1997 Wood composites, wood adhesion, durability.
Phone: (662) 325-3110 Rubin Shmulsky
Professor and Department Head, Forest Products, Mississippi State University
Ph.D. Mississippi State University, 1998 Design, production, applications, and performance of wood and wood-based products.
Phone: (662) 325-2243 John Simonsen
Professor, Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University
Ph.D. University of Colorado, 1975 Wood-polymer composite building materials, cellulose nanocrystal composites, adhesion and surface chemistry, wood preservation.
Phone: (541) 737-4217 Gregory D. Smith, P. Eng.
Associate Professor, Wood Science, University of British Columbia
Dr. sci. techn., Swiss Federal Institute of Tech, 1996 Wood Adhesion, blending, oriented strand board, particleboard, process modeling.
Phone: (604) 822-0081 William T. Y. Tze
Assistant Professor, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, University of Minnesota
Ph.D. University of Maine, 2003 Interfacial properties and material interaction in composites, and their contributions to product performance.
Phone: (612) 624-2383 ⇒ Layne T. Watson
Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1974 Numerical analysis, nonlinear programming, mathematical software, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, image processing, parallel computation, bioinformatics.
Phone: (540) 231-7540 Jerrold E. Winandy
Project Leader, Engineered Composites, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory and
Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota
Ph.D. Oregon State University, 1993 Wood science and engineering.
Phone: (608) 231-9316 ⇒Paul Winistorfer
Professor and Department Head, Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech
Ph.D, Iowa State University, 1985 Wood composite manufacture, testing and performance; wood structure and identification.
Phone: (540) 231-8853 Jilei Zhang
Associate Professor, Forest Products, Mississippi State University
Ph.D. Purdue University, 1995 Product engineering and strength design of furniture, durability study of wood composites as upholstered furniture frame stock, nondestructive evaluation of wood composite properties, mechanical properties of wood and composite wood products, and computer-aided engineering analysis and design of furniture.
Phone: (662) 325-9413 ⇒ Audrey Zink-Sharp
Professor and Interim Department Head, Wood Science and Forest Products, Virginia Tech
Ph.D. State University of New York, 1992 Wood structure and property relationships, experimental mechanics. Director of the Sustainable Engineered Materials Institute.
Phone: (540) 231-8820 ⇒ Linda C. Caudill
Managing Director, Wood-Based Composites Center
M.S. Virginia Tech, 1986 12 years industry experience in particleboard and fiberboard.
Phone: (540) 231-7092
⇒ Denotes Steering Committee member.
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