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FPS 58th Annual Meeting, Session 19: Extension and
Technology Transfer Practices in Forest Products
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SESSION 19: Extension and Technology Transfer Practices in Forest Products
- Introduction by Session Moderator
- Robert L. Smith, Associate Prof./Extension Specialist, Dept. of Wood Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
- Great Lakes Wood Manufacturing Partnership
- Brian K. Brashaw, Dir., Wood Materials & Engineering Program, and Michael J. Lalich, Natural Resources Research Inst., Univ. of Minnesota, Duluth, MN; Peter Cambier, Vice Pres., Northern Initiatives, Marquette, MI; Keith Jacobson, Utilization & Marketing Program Leader, Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN; Terry Mace, Forest Products Specialist, Wisconsin Dept. of Natural Resources, Madison, WI; Anthony K. Weatherspoon, Forest Products Specialist, Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources, Lansing, MI; Robert J. Ross, Project Leader, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI; and John R. Erickson, Research Scientist I, and John W. Forsman, Assistant Research Engineer/Scientist, Michigan Tech Univ., Houghton, MI
- Enhancement of the Wood Products Industry in Louisiana
- Todd F. Shupe, Associate Prof., Forest Products, School of Renewable Natural Resources, LSU AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA
- Transfer of Wood-Plastic Composites Extrusion Manufacturing Technology to Local Communities in Washington
- Vikram Yadama, Assistant Research Prof./ Extension Specialist, Karl R. Englund, Research Engineer/Technical Mgr., Composites, and Michael P. Wolcott, Associate Prof., Wood Materials & Engineering Lab., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA
- AF&PA American Wood Council Technology Transfer Program
- John (Buddy) H. Showalter, Dir., Technical Media, and Robert J. Taylor, Dir., Technology Transfer, American Forest & Paper Assn. / American Wood Council, Washington, DC
- Extending Animal Traction (Cow Logging) in the Nyalama Forest in West Africa
- David W. Patterson, Research Prof., Arkansas Forest Resources Center, Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello, AR
- Teachers Discover That Wood is Good
- Rado Gazo, Associate Prof., Wood Processing-Industrial Engineering, and Eva Haviarova, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Forestry & Natural Resources, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN
- Recent Success Stories of Technology Transfer from the Forest Products Laboratory
- Susan L. Levan-Green, Technology Marketing Program Leader, USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Lab., Madison, WI
- The Internet: "One More Chore" or a Tool to Help Busy Extension Professionals?
- Scott Leavengood, Wood Products Extension Agent, Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Beaverton, OR
- Cataloging Results of Projects Funded Under the National Fire Plan Community Assistance Program
- Eini C. Lowell, Research Forest Products Technologist, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR; Mark Nechodom, Research Social Scientist, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Davis, CA; Dennis R. Becker, Research Scientist, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Flagstaff, AZ; Dean Graham, Economic Action Program Coordinator, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, MT; Tad Mason, Vice Pres., Forestry Services, TSS Consultants, Red Bluff, CA; and John R. Shelly, Cooperative Extension Advisor, Woody Biomass Utilization, Univ. of California-Berkeley, Richmond, CA
- Technology Transfer in the Forest Products Industry: Where We Have Been and Where We Need to Go
- Delton Alderman, Research Scientist, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Princeton, WV; and David Brinberg, Prof., Dept. of Marketing, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
- Wood Products Extension and Outreach Programming at Virginia Tech
- Brian H. Bond, Assistant Prof., Robert L. Smith, Associate Prof./Extension Specialist, and Mark White, Prof., Dept. of Wood Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA