The Department of Wood Science & Engineering (WSE) at Oregon State University invites applications for a full-time or (1.0 FTE), 9-month tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Advanced Wood Manufacturing. This appointment consists of a balance of instruction/teaching, research/scholarship, outreach, and service responsibilities, and is expected to begin September 16, 2022. The new faculty member can supplement this appointment during the summer through opportunities related to the position duties (e.g., grants, contract testing, consulting, summer teaching, and international study abroad). The new faculty member will have many opportunities to shape, expand, and diversify the WSE’s reputation for excellence in research, undergraduate ...
Read MoreBioProducts Business (BioBus) is a journal of the Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST). BioBus is dedicated to advance theoretical and practical understanding of wide ranging business topics related to wood products, bio/renewable products, and non-wood products and services. The journal publishes timely, rigorous, technically sound, and scientific manuscripts. It strives to disseminate new knowledge bridging the scientific and professional communities. By achieving these aims it is the top-tier, high impact journal in the field. The journal welcomes empirical and theoretical contributions covering both the micro (firm level issues) and macro environments (issues spanning social, technical, economic, and policy domains) surrounding ...
Read MoreJob Description Summary The School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University invites applications for an Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist in forest operations with an expected start date of January, 2020. This is a tenure-track, 12 month appointment, with 75% extension and 25% teaching. The successful candidate will perform educational functions of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES), the primary Extension organization for the land-grant mission of Alabama A&M and Auburn Universities. ACES is dedicated to delivering research-based educational programs designed to empower individuals to improve their quality of life and economic well-being. The position will support the professional logging ...
Read MoreThe Department of Sustainable Biomaterials at Virginia Tech is seeking applicants for professor and department head. This is a full-time, 12-month, 100 percent administrative, tenure-track position with a start date of January 1, 2020. Position description The Department of Sustainable Biomaterials in the College of Natural Resources and Environment at Virginia Tech is seeking a visionary and energetic leader to serve as professor and department head. The successful candidate will have proven leadership, administrative, and management potential and an exemplary record of teaching, discovery, and engagement in sustainable biomaterials, such as wood and other plant products, or a closely related ...
Read MorePosition Announcement - Bioproducts Systems Analysis Assistant Professor The Pennsylvania State University This is a 36-week, tenure track teaching and research appointment in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences. The successful candidate will develop a nationally and internationally recognized program applying analysis, optimization, and modeling tools to ecologically and socially transformative bioproduct and bioprocess systems. Examples of specific areas of research include applications of systems tools to bioproducts production, manufacturing and supply chains, sustainable food production and food safety; agriculturally and biologically derived materials, chemicals, and related products. Teaching responsibilities will include three courses in ...
Read MoreApplications are invited for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor level (tenure-track) in Markets and Economics in The Department of Wood Science or Forest Resources Management in the Faculty of Forestry at The University of British Columbia. Position details This is a tenure-track or tenured position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Qualifications required A PhD degree in forest economics, forest products marketing, or an affiliated field and evidence of excellence in research, and the potential to become a very effective teacher of undergraduate students and mentor to graduate students are required for this professorial appointment. Preference will be given to visionary candidates who show ...
Read MoreContacts: Jamie Anderson, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, 334-844-9248 (jla0015@auburn.edu); or Preston Sparks, Office of Communications and Marketing, 334-844-9999 (pjs0027@auburn.edu) Auburn University to offer forest finance and investment online graduate certificate The Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences has launched an online graduate certificate program developed for professionals to advance their knowledge about forest finance and investments. “The certificate program will improve students’ decision making skills associated with forest management and planning, operations and investments,” said Frank Walburn, Regions Bank senior vice president of natural resources and real estate. The forestry industry has grown more complex in ...
Read MoreMSc Sustainable Built Environments - scholarship for prospective students - Are you interested in contributing to the development of a sustainable built environment? Do you see yourself working in the fields of engineering, wood and material science, business innovation, and building design? Then the MSc study programme Sustainable Built Environments (SBE) is the right choice for you, since it offers a complete set of skills and knowledge that graduates will need to design, assess, construct, and renovate a new generation of buildings that consider human health and environmental and social impacts. This programme prepares students to solve complicated problems and face challenges that arise in the field of ...
Read MoreAn assistantship is available for a self-motivated graduate student (M.S. or Ph. D.) in the area of Biofuels and Bioenergy with focus on thermo-chemical conversion technology. The assistantship is available for 12 months beginning in the Fall of 2017. Further support will be provided based on the performance of the student. The student will work on a project related to production and characterization of novel bio-chars to be used for nitrogen and phosphorous capture from agricultural fields. Some research experience in related area of production and characterization of bio-chars and its use for nitrogen and phosphorous is highly desirable but ...
Read MoreConditional upon grant funding, a graduate research assistantship will be available for a Master of Science (MS) student in the Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University (LSU) to start fall semester 2017. The successful candidate will be involved in a cutting-edge project in the field of forest products marketing/business development with a focus on evaluation of market potential for Cross- Laminated Lumber (CLT) and Massive Veneer Panels (MVP) in the Southern United States using Southern Yellow Pine. In particular, the candidate will investigate awareness, willingness-to- participate, and markets for CLT and MVP from ...
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