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Research note – minor conifer species

11 January 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

Forestry Commission has published a research note with a summary of the basic wood properties information that David Gil-Moreno obtained in his PhD project.  You […]

Thinking beyond strength classes

22 August 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

This paper summarises the processes and normative requirements involved in grading of structural timber, and outlines a number of areas in which matters may be […]

RFS species for climate change

6 May 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The Royal Forestry Society has published information for foresters about alternative tree species that might be used in Britain to improve resilience of the forest resource to climate […]

Report: sustainable construction timber

29 April 2016 Ivor Davies 0

The Forestry Commission have just published the report “Sustainable Construction Timber” by Ivor Davies. Ivor wrote the report to help building designers and contractors source […]

Strength grading of sawn timber in Europe: an explanation for engineers and researchers

Strength grading of timber explained

25 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 6

The paper “Strength grading of sawn timber in Europe: an explanation for engineers and researchers” by Dan Ridley-Ellis, Peter Stapel and Vanesa Baño is now published (online […]

Report on extractive content of Scottish roundwood

19 November 2015 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Steven Adams conducted a review of what has been published so far on extractive content of the main commercial softwood species in Scotland (namely Sitka […]

David Gil-Moreno presents his research in Brazil

5 November 2015 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

PhD student, David Gil-Moreno presented some of his research at the 19th International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium, in Rio de Janeiro. The paper […]

Steven Adams awarded PhD

30 April 2014 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

We are pleased to announce that Steven Adams has been awarded a PhD from the University of Glasgow for his work investigating the impact of […]

Review of “Making the grade”

16 February 2014 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Woodland Heritage has reviewed “Making the grade” – a guide to appearance grading of UK grown hardwood timber by Ivor Davies and Guy Watt. “This […]

PhD awarded to Greg Searles

18 May 2012 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Greg Searles’ PhD thesis entitled”Acoustic segregation and structural timber production” is now available online. Greg came to Edinburgh Napier from his native Australia to undertake […]

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Edinburgh Napier University now has a number of research groups that grew out of the former Centre for Timber Engineering. For a time the “Centre for Wood Science & Technology (CWST)”, and “Centre for Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures (COCIS)” were part of “the Institute for Sustainable Construction” in the School of Engineering and the Built Environment. This research continues, but now within the “School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment“.

We are also connected to the Centre for Conservation and Restoration Science, which is (mostly) under the School of Applied Sciences.

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