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Articles by Dan Ridley-Ellis

An update to EN1912 update

8 November 2022 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

It has been a while since we posted about the revision of EN1912, but is time for another update. The draft is now out for […]

Strength grading of UK and Irish grown timber (big info drop)

2 April 2022 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Machine strength grading of structural timber in Europe is done mostly under a system called “machine control”. The machine settings are fixed based on large […]

A game of wordle

Lessons from Wordle?

22 January 2022 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The online game Wordle has got very popular lately, and resulted in several conversations about strategy – particularly the starting word. Some people pick a […]

Timber grading explained with plums

12 October 2021 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

What do plums and wood have in common? Probably more than you thought. In this video Marlene Cramer explains the basic idea of timber grading […]

David Gil-Moreno

David Gil-Moreno wins prize

6 September 2021 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

Congratulations to David Gil-Moreno, who has won a Special Award from The Scottish Forestry Trust for his PhD work here at Edinburgh Napier University, in […]

Brexit and standards update

1 July 2021 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

We have pontificated on the direction and implication of Brexit on standards – and in particular on the British Standards Institution’s membership of CEN – […]

Timber at a sawmill

(Guest post) Sustainability in the built environment: timber & natural materials

17 May 2021 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

This is a guest post by Dr Morwenna Spear. Dr Spear is a materials scientist at the BioComposites Centre at Bangor University, specialising in timber. […]

A view on sustainability of the built environment

14 May 2021 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

(by Dan Ridley-Ellis 14/05/2021) The Environmental Audit Committee is launching an inquiry into the sustainability of the built environment. It will look at the best […]

Callum Hill explaining wood

Wood science videos

15 March 2021 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Aalto University in Finland, has produced a series of short wood science videos featuring Callum Hill. The cover an introduction to wood as a material, […]

3D model of sawn wood

Intro to wood structure and grading

4 February 2021 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

We have not resolved the issue with embedding Sketchfab models into our WordPress deployment so what you see here will likely appear broken in one […]

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The Centres for Timber Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University are “Wood Science & Technology (CWST)”, and “Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures (COCIS)”.

They are part of the Institute for Sustainable Construction at Edinburgh Napier University, UK.

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RSS Scottish Forest & Timber Technologies events

  • Highlands & Islands Regional Meeting: 9th November 2022
  • North Scotland Regional Meeting: 26th October 2022
  • Central Scotland Regional Meeting: 3rd November 2022

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  • Fully-funded PhD studentships available – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 24 November 2022
  • Come and visit our stand at the SRPe Annual Conference on 21st November 21 November 2022

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