2006 SEMI/WBC Center Industry Advisory Board Meeting
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. March 22-23 ( Meeting Agenda | Participants )

SEMI Overview, Research Progress and Financial Update (A. Zink-Sharp, Director) Research Presentation (430KB)

Relationships Between Age, Growth Rate, Density, and Mechanical Properties of Plantation Grown Sweetgum. (M. Jeffries) Research Presentation (709KB)

Nanocomposites for the Forest Products Industry. (S. Renneckar) Research Presentation (3.45MB)

Molecular Markers: Applications in Forest Breeding. (M.J. Iqbal) Research Presentation (2.36MB)

Silvicultural Influence on Yellow-poplar Surface Energy: Methods Development. (J. Fuller and C. Frazier) Research Poster (72KB)

Characterization of Southeastern Soft-Hardwoods over a Range of Management Intensities. (M. Jackson and S. Zedaker) Research Poster (147KB)

Wood Density and Ring Properties for Pith to Bark in a Loblolly Pine Spacing Study. (N. Herring and P. Radtke) Research Poster (201KB)

Proposed Addition to WBCSim. (J. Lee, D. Hindman, L. Watson and J. Shu) Research Poster (138KB)

Factors Controlling Microfibril Angle in Woody Plants. (T. Fujino, H. Wang, U. Eggertsdotter and M. Roman) Research Poster (201KB)

Denisified Radiata Pine for Structural Composites. (F. Kamke) Research Poster (1.44MB)

Impact of Silvicultural Treatments on Survival and Growth of Planted Loblolly, Shortleaf, Virginia and White Pine. (D. Amishev and T. Fox) Research Poster (186KB)

2004 Industry Advisory Board Meeting
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Sept. 21 ( Meeting Agenda | Participants )

The Wood Quality Consortium at the University of Georgia (R. Daniels and L. Schimleck) Research Presentation (6,107KB)

Field Data Collection. (S. Zedaker and Jeff Matthews) Research Presentation (6,558KB)

Micromechanical Intra-ring Variability and Surface Analysis. (A. Zink-Sharp and C. Frazier) Research Presentation (1,933KB)

Wood Modification, Composite Manufacture/Properties, and Modeling. (F. Kamke, L. Watson, J. Lee, M. Sernek, J. Fuller, and H. Sizemore) Research Presentation (801KB)

A Value Stream Approach to Product Costing: A case study using a wood-based composite product. (D. Cumbo) Research Presentation (1,263KB)

2003 Industry Advisory Board Meeting
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Sept. 25 ( Meeting Agenda | Participants )

Wood Surface Energy: Wood Quality Parameter? (C. Frazier) Research Presentation (1,024KB)

WBC-Sim: A Problem Solving Environment for the Simulation of Sustainable Engineered Materials Manufacturing Process and Analysis. (J. Lee, F.A. Kamke, B. Zombori, J. Shu, L.T. Watson) Research Presentation (6,525KB)

Characterizing the South's Wood Resources. (S. Prisley) Research Presentation (4,820KB)

Summer 2003 Field Data Collection. (M. Spinney) Research Presentation (5,498KB)

Geographic Information Systems. (L. Watson) Paper Handout (22KB)

Assessment of Wood Quality: Techniques & Definitions. (A. Zink-Sharp) Research Presentation (5,166KB)

Other Presentations:
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2007

Sustainable Engineered Materials from Renewable Resources, An Overview. (A. Zink-Sharp) Technical Poster. Feb. 26 (131KB)

Identification of Genetic Variation among Red Maple and Yellow Poplar Populations in Forests of the Southeast United States. (K. Kovach) Technical Poster.(139KB)

Nanocomposite-Based Wood Fibers for Reinforcement in Thermoplastic Composites. (S. Renneckar) Research Presentation. May 22 (3.05MB)

Effects of Process Variables in the Steam Explosion Process on the Mechanical Properties of Thermoplastic Composites. (J.N. Lee) Technical Poster. May 22 (75KB)

Genetic Control of Microtubule and Microfibril Organization in Confiers. (T. Fujino) Technical Poster. June 4 (733KB)

Tailored Cellulosic Fiber Surface: Layer-by-Layer Nanocoating of Polyelectrolytes and Clay Platelets on Steam Exploded Wood Fiber. (Z. Lin) Technical Poster. June 10 (1.2MB)

Nanoscale Surface Modification of Wood Veneer for Adhesion and Durability. (Z. Yu) Technical Poster. June 10 (608KB)

Nanocomposite-Based Wood Fibers for Reinforcement in Thermoplastic Composites. (Z. Lin) Research Presentation. June 12 (1.74MB)

Intra-ring Compression Strength of Loblolly Pine Normal and Reaction Wood. (A. Zink-Sharp) Technical Poster. June 12 (233KB)

Bio-Processing Wood into High Performance Composites. (A. Zink-Sharp) Technical Poster. Sept. 25 (197KB)

2006

2005

ODRPACK95: A Weighted Orthogonal Distance Regression Code with Bound Constraints. (L.Watson) Research Presentation. March 14 (172KB)

Silviculture and Diffuse Porous Woods. (M. Jeffries) Research Presentation. April 11 (1240KB)

Viscoelastic Compression Behavior (VCB) of Resinless Strand Mats Under Hot Pressing Environment. (J.N. Lee) Research Presentation. May 9 (713KB)

Meeting Minutes. (A. Zink-Sharp) Meeting Minutes. May 9 (623KB)

Bottom-up Composites. (S. Renneckar) Research Presentation. Nov. 18 (3045KB)

Estimating the Proportion of Peeler, Sawtimber and Pulpwood Trees in Loblolly Pine Plantations. (R. Amateis) Research Presentation. Dec. 9 (410KB)

2004

A Value Stream Approach to Product Costing: A Case Study Using a Wood-Based Composite Product. (D. Cumbo) Research Presentation. Jul. 29 (1,632KB)

SEMI Plot Locations. (T. Gallagher) Research Presentation. Jul. 29 (1,465KB)

Preliminary Tree Ring Analysis of Summer 2003 Sweetgum Core. (P.Radtke) Research Presentation. Mar. 19 (613KB)

Micromechanical Evaluation of Wood. (A. Zink-Sharp) Research Presentation. Feb. 20 (292KB)

2003

Growth and Yield Modeling: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. (R. Amateis) Research Presentation. Apr. 22 (5.08MB)

Silvacultural impacts on wood properties, and average wood density/volume distribution across the South. (M. Spinney) Research Presentation. Mar. 23 (3.4MB)

2002

Sustainability of Managed Forests. (T. Fox) Research Presentation. Dec. 12 (236KB)

WBC Center: An Industry-University Cooperative. (F. Kamke) Research Presentation. Nov. 14 (1.97MB)

Wood Quality: Influence of forestry practices on wood structure and properties(A. Zink-Sharp) Research Presentation. Nov. 14 (3.43MB)

Poplar Overdrive: Wood Growing Wide Open. (T. Gallagher) Research Presentation. Oct. 20 (2.19MB)

Silviculture 101 For Composite Wood Builders/Busters. (S. Zedaker) Research Presenation. Sept. 20 (5.6MB)

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