What we do
Cleaning out my temporary folders I found a recorded presentation I made about what our centre does. I forget what I made it for exactly […]
Research
WSE2024 best student papers
Every year since 2008 (its 4th conference) the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE) has awarded prizes for the best student presentations. […]
WSE2024 papers
We now have the final programme for the WSE2024 conference in October. You can read these papers on the network website (after first making a […]
Stem cracks in TreeAlert (Forest Research)
As our climate changes, stem cracking in conifers will become an increasing concern for the forestry industry. Forest Research is undertaking a major study and […]
Slides from timber strength grading webinar
Here are the slides from my bit of the BM TRADA webinar on strength grading of timber, Thursday 18 April 2024. This covers machine grading […]
WSE2024 conference dates: (22),23,24 October 2024
The 20th Annual Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering will be held at Edinburgh Napier’s Craiglockhart campus on the 23rd […]
Progress in my PhD (An easier route to strength grading hardwoods)
NOTE: This post should have been published in October, but I was very busy and didn’t finish the writeup until now… I have started my […]
Hardwoods with potential: A little bit about our “target species”
The timber industry in the UK (and this blog) has been focusing mainly on softwoods. Slowly, foresters, wood processors and researchers (including us!) are becoming […]