Recipients of the SWST Student Oral Presentation Award
2024
1st Place: Laura Schmidt, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, “How Much Does the Microstructure of Wood Effect Char Oxidation?”
2nd Place: Christoph Preimesberger, Wood K plus, Austria, “Enhancing Fire Safety in Plywood: Layered Treatment for Improved Flame Retardancy”
3rd Place: Victoria Diederich, Oregon State University, United States, “Innovation and Sources of Knowledge in the Western North American Hardwood Sector”
2023
1st Place: Andreas Tockner, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, “Individual Tree Analysis via Person-Carried Laser Scanning (PLS) in Forest Stands”
2nd Place: Fernando Urdaneta, North Carolina State University, United States, “Hemp Hurds Alkaline Peroxide Mechanical Pulp for Hygiene Tissue Applications”
3rd Place: Minami Suzuki, Chiba University, Japan, “Study on Load-Bearing Capacity and Failure Modes of Tensile-Bolted Joints in Timber Structures”
2022
1st Place: Lena Marie Leiter, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, “Developing a Continuous Measurement Setup for Electrostatic Surface Charges, Implemented in Woodworking Processes”
2nd Place: Stavros Spyridakis, University of Queensland, Australia, “A Novel Bench-Scale Test Method to Characterise the Ignition Conditions for Timber Protected with Intumescent Coatings”
3rd Place: Juan Roberto Vargas Garcia, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, “Ability of Shallow Preservative Barriers to Protect Australian Eucalyptus Heartwood Timbers: Accelerated Testing”
2021
1st Place: Adam Wade, Mississippi State University, United States, “Identification of North American Hardwoods: Wood Anatomists vs. Machine Learning Models”
2nd Place: Sujata Mandal, University of North Texas, United States, “Potential of Industrial Hemp Towards Environmental Applications”
3rd Place: Sameen Raut, University of Georgia, United States, “Image Analysis to Assess Wood Variability in Longleaf Pine Cross-Sectional Disks”