The 2013 Convention was organized as a partnership between the Forest Products Society and the Society of Wood Science and Technology.
Business meeting minutes (pdf)
Opening Remarks: Sheldon Shi (University of North Texas, Denton, TX USA)
Keynote: Dr. Paul Smith (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA) "Biorefinery Value Chain Outputs"
Dr. Jeff Wright (Arborgen Inc., Ridgeville, SC USA) "Advances in Hardwood Forest Plantation Systems: Implications for Bio-energy Feedstock"
Stevens Brumbley (University of North Texas Denton, TX USA) "Production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates in Plastids and Peroxisomers of High Biomass C4 Grasses"
Robert Radics and Priscilla Morris (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC USA) "Bioenergy Perception Study"
Les Groom (USDA Forest Service, Pineville, LA USA) "Thermal Properties of Loblolly Pine from Naturally Regenerated Stands"
Katja Lähtinen (University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland) "Cultural Sustainability as an Independent Dimension of Sustainability Reporting - Case Forest-Based Bioenergy in Finland"
Keynote: Dr. Rupert Wimmer (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Tulln, Austria) "Natural-fi bre Materials: From Ideas, to Products, to Markets"
Prof. Marius Barbu (University of Applied Sciences, Salzburg, Austria): "Pallet Blocks Made from Softwood Bark"
Yan Yu (International Centre for Bamboo and Rattan, Beijing, China): "A Novel Method for Directly Measuring the Interfacial Shear Strength between Plant Fibers and Thermoplastic Polymer"
Eini Lowell (USDA Forest Service, PNW Research Station, Portland, OR USA): "Advantages of Hot-Water Extraction Pre-Treatment in the Manufacture of Wood Composites"
Brian Vezeau (Université Laval, Québec, Canada): "Short-term and Time-dependent Behaviour of Wood-Plastic Composite Sandwich Panels"
Joseph Jakes (USDA, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI USA): "New Synchrotron-Based Technique to Map Adhesive Infiltration in Wood Cell Walls"
First Place Winner Morphology and Size Distributions of Cellulose Nanocrystals Prepared from Switchgrass Yujie Meng, University of Tennessee Second Place Winner Phenol Formaldehyde (PF) and Hybrid Polyvinyl Acetate (PVAc) Wood-Adhesive Bondlines in 3D Jesse Paris, Oregon State University
Third Place Winner Mechanical and Thermal Properties of High Density Polyethylene/Peanut Shell Composites Mauricio Londono, University of North Texas
Fourth Place Winner Time Effect on Strand Size Distribution Tumbling in an Oriented Strand Board Rotary Drum Blender Ying-Li (Ingrid) Tsai, University of British Columbia
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