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A FPS Northwest Region spring meeting will take place on Thursday, Feb. 21, at Oregon State University. The purpose of this event is to hold a regional meeting that will include tours of the new OSU buildings, as well as provide professional feedback to students through mock interviews as they prep for job/intern season.
TENTATIVE MEETING SCHEDULE
Noon-2 p.m.: Tour of Peavy and Advanced Wood Processing Center (open to all)
2-4 p.m.: FPS Northwest Region update presentation/discussion (open to all)
4-6 p.m.: Mock interview session (open to all)
6-8 p.m.: Dinner in downtown Corvallis (open to all, pay on your own)
Questions about the event should be directed to Paige McKinley, President-elect of FPS, or Charles Gale, FPS Board member.
FPS
Nominations are now open for the Fred W. Gottschalk Memorial Award, the Wood Awards and the Wood Engineering Achievement Award. Nominations may be made online here. The call for nominations will close on Monday, April 1, and winners will be notified in mid-April.
Nominations are sought for the prestigious Fred W. Gottschalk Memorial Award, which recognizes and honors exceptional service to the Forest Products Society by an individual member. Candidates for the Gottschalk award must have been active members of FPS for a minimum of 10 years. Most importantly, candidates must have a long history of active service to the Society and a genuine desire and ability to further the objectives of the Society.
The FPS Wood Award recognizes the most outstanding graduate student research in the field of wood and wood products. Professors in the field are encouraged to nominate students who are pursuing original research on harvesting and forest operations, product development and manufacture, fundamental properties, end-use applications, distribution and marketing, and other topics contributing the mission of the Society.
This year’s Wood Engineering Achievement Award is focused on Lifetime Achievement and is eligible to individuals for their cumulative contribution to the discipline of wood engineering. Honorees demonstrate significant and measurable impact in the field and tangible impact in the marketplace.
FPS
The 21st International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium will take place Sept. 24-27, 2019, in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The event will be hosted by the Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg and co-sponsored by the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Products Society and the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations D5.01.09 unit "Non-Destructive Evaluation of Wood and Wood-Based Materials."
Registration opens Monday, April 1. Click here for additional information.
FPS
Wood and other natural fibers have been used in composites for many years. Recently there has been a resurgence of interest with the largest examples including the development of the wood-plastic composites industry and nanocellulose composites. A new generation of composites is emerging as material behavior is better understood, process and performance are improved, and new opportunities are identified. Recent trends such as the desire to decrease petroleum dependence, increase biocontent, commercial production of nanocellulose, and changing markets will play a major role in the future of these composites.
The 2019 Bio Fiber-Polymer Composites Symposium provides a forum for experts from scientific, technical, and industrial communication to exchange and disseminate information on the latest advances and future opportunities for fiber-polymer composites. Presentations covering wood fibers, natural fibers, and nanocellulose composites will be featured.
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FPS
The 12th International Conference on Wood Adhesives will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2020 at the Portland Hilton Downtown hotel in Portland, Oregon. This is one year earlier than originally planned, based on the strong interest and activity in bio-based adhesives. The International Conference on Wood Adhesives is the premier technical conference on advances in adhesion of wood and biomass. Industry representatives were the majority of the 241 attendees in 2017, evenly split between the US and the rest of the world.
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Korean Society of Wood Science and Technology
The Korean Society of Wood Science and Technology will hold BIOCOMP2020: The 15th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composite Symposium from Oct. 14-17, 2020, in Korea.
A video of the BIOCOMP2018: The 14th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composite Symposium can be viewed here.
Bloomberg
More than a century after steel and concrete became the standard for building high-rise buildings, the humble tree is making a comeback.
Sidewalk Labs LLC, a unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., is planning to use timber to construct all of its buildings for a mixed-use community along Toronto's eastern waterfront. Meanwhile, Oregon became the first U.S. state to amended its building code to permit taller buildings made from timber.
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Green Building Advisor
The school ranked by The Princeton Review as the number one green college in the U.S. has announced plans for a new campus center that will be built to the German Passivhaus standard.
In a news release, the College of the Atlantic said that the 29,000-square-foot Center for Human Ecology will be a multipurpose teaching and gathering space. It will include science laboratories, lecture halls, faculty offices, art studios and a teaching greeenhouse.
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KXAN-TV
Another brand new building is about to open its doors in east Austin.
The five-story office building is located near Interstate Highway 35 and East Sixth Street. According to its developers, it's the first building in Austin to use cross laminated timber.
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America's Forests with Chuck Leavell
Lumber has, and still is, used to frame and complete residential homes. But for decades, construction companies in Canada and Europe also have made mass timber buildings by using cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated beams — one such structure in London, U.K. is nine stories tall. Smaller pieces of wood are put together in panels up to 64 feet long, and these large panels then are assembled to build the building.
The technical aspects of building big with wood have been overcome. Many builders, engineers, contractors and architects are learning new techniques and embracing new thinking, so they can use CLT and glue-laminated beams in commercial buildings. They also are talking to their clients about why these wood-based products may be appropriate for their projects and are educating them about the advantages of CLT construction.
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Interesting Engineering
Simon Fraser University and Swiss researchers are developing an eco-friendly 3-D printed method for manufacturing wireless Internet-of-Things (IoT) sensors. A wood-derived cellulose material replaces the plastics and polymeric materials currently used in electronics.
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