Wood Design Focus
Purpose
Wood Design Focus provides a quarterly communications link between design professionals, educators, researchers, building code officials, and manufacturers of engineered wood products through the publication of technical articles related to contemporary engineered wood construction.
Each issue of Wood Design Focus features a Focus section that presents technical papers on a particular aspect of wood engineering and a list of related literature. In addition, each issue may contain technical papers not related to the Focus topic plus readership discussion and news items.
Editorial Board
The Editorial Board consists of:
- John “Buddy” Showalter, P.E. – Editorial Board Chair
- Don Bender, P.E., Ph.D.
- Chris Brandt, P.E.
- Robert Leichti, Ph.D.
- Patrick M. McGuire, P.E., S.E.
- Thomas D. Skaggs, P.E., Ph.D. and
- Frank Woeste, P.E., Ph.D.
Submitting a Paper
If you are interested in submitting a paper for publication in Wood Design Focus, consult the Instructions for Authors.
Subscriptions
A subscription to Wood Design Focus is not included in the Forest Products Society annual membership dues. Members and nonmembers can subscribe separately; subscription prices range from $36 per year for members of the Forest Products Society to $125 per year for institutions. A subscription form is available in PDF format.