Moisture in Sitka spruce trees and logs (PhD thesis)
Congratulations to Mike Yerbury who graduated with a PhD. The thesis contains commercially valuable information so is embargoed for a period – but you can […]
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Drying and distortion of spruce wood (PhD thesis)
Congratulations to Jas Canavan on graduating with a PhD. His thesis (” The effects of drying on the dimensional stability of spruce wood”) is available to […]
Citius, Rigidius, Fortius
Today, 20th July, is Gregor Mendel‘s birthday*. And we are excited to see the new research developments in tree breeding and genomics – and the […]
“Wood Props” announced
We are delighted to be partner in the WoodProps project – which aims to maximise the value and use of Irish timber as their forests double production in […]
Job – Wood Props for Ireland project
NUIG 086-17 Postdoctoral Researcher 1 (WoodProps Project) College of Engineering & Informatics, National University of Ireland Galway. Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for […]
Early news on WCTE 2018
The next World Conference on Timber Engineering will be held in Seoul, Korea (19-23 August 2018). WCTE is a prestigious biennial international event in timber engineering, […]
Call for papers – ECWM9
The 9th European Conference on Wood Modification will take place on 18th–20th September 2017 in Wageningen, Netherlands. Oral and poster presentations will cover the following topics: – […]
Call for papers – WSE 2017
The 13th Annual Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE 2017) will take place on 28-29 September 2017 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Established in 2004, […]
Species survey open
We have launched a survey to gather together what is known / thought about timber species being considered for wider planting in the UK. There […]
Research note – minor conifer species
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 […]