PowerPoint Presentations in PDF from the FPS 60th International Convention, Moisture in Wood: Problem for Housing and Wood Construction Session

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Moisture in Wood: Problem for Housing and Wood Construction

Sponsor: SWST and FPS Physics Group and Drying & Storage Group (Joint)

Session Chair: Brian H. Bond, Assistant Prof., Dept. of Wood Science & Forest Products, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Session Moderator: Brian H. Bond

Emerging Issue of Wood and Mold in Residential Construction
Jeffrey J. Morrell, Prof., Dept. of Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR
Current Research in Moisture and Housing at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory
Charles Carll, Research Technologist, and Anton TenWolde, Research Physicist, Forest Products Lab., USDA Forest Service, Madison, WI
Design of Wood Thermoplastic Composites for Resistance to Decay and Moisture
Michael P. Wolcott, Prof. and Research Dir., Wood Materials & Engineering Lab., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA; and Anke Schirp, Research Associate, Inst. of Wood Biology & Wood Technology, Univ. of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
Assessing Kiln Drying Target Moisture Content for Square Hemlock Timbers
Stavros Avramidis, Prof., Katrin Rohrbach, Grad. Student, and Bingye Hao, former Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Wood Science, Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Development of a Theoretical Thermal Conductivity Equation for Uniform Density Wood Cells
John F. Hunt, Research Mechanical Engineer, Hongmei Gu, Post-Doctorate Research Associate, and Patricia K. Lebow, Mathematical Statistician, Forest Products Lab., USDA Forest Service, Madison, WI
Determination of Drying Stresses of Wood Using the Enhanced Digital Image Correlation (EDIC) Technique
Ohkyung Kwon, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, and Robert B. Hanna, Prof., Faculty of Construction Management & Wood Products Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, Syracuse, NY

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