Quick talks on big topics
Edinburgh Napier’s university-wide Research Conference was held on Wednesday 15 June at our Craiglockhart Campus. The conference showcased the University’s leading research practice, and helped researchers […]
Articles by Dan Ridley-Ellis
Our new building
We are delighted that Edinburgh Napier University is investing in a new R&D building to support our work, and that of our sister research centres […]
Timber structures conference (New Forest)
Next year sees the first “International Conference On Timber Structures and Engineering”, 13 – 15 June, 2017, New Forest, UK. It is being organised by the Wessex Institute […]
Call out for ICWSE 2017 (Brasov)
The call for papers for the 11th edition of the International Conference “Wood Science and Engineering in the Third Millennium” is out. ICWSE 2017, will […]
Why grading isn’t about the grade
The strength grading of timber is not about the strength grade – it is about the properties of the timber. A strength grade (or, more […]
Wood NDT conference announcement
The organisers have announced the 20th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium, which will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, September 12–15, 2017. […]
Tree health research
We need trees – but trees also need us. Pests, diseases and climate change pose very significant threats to forests…both to native and to introduced […]
WoodWisdom comes to Edinburgh
The final seminar of the 4th joint call of WoodWisdom-net research programme will be held in Edinburgh. Date: Tuesday 4th – Wednesday 5th of April, […]
Jim and Spencer explain #3
Jim Coulson, a board member of the Wood Technology Society (IOM3), is making short videos about wood with his grandson Spencer. In the first installment, we […]
CEN voting maths (& Brexit again)
This summer, the CEN general assembly changed its voting system by adopting criteria inspired by the qualified majority voting rules under Lisbon Treaty of the European […]