What’s the point of trees?
As part of my work at Edinburgh Napier University with Forest Research I’m involved in some projects looking at what tree species we should be […]
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A new Scotland-France Partnership: Hardwood springboard to propel underused wood species into construction
A new partnership between Edinburgh Napier University and the École nationale supérieure d’Arts et Métiers (ENSAM), funded under a Springboard grant by the British council, […]
The Wood Technology Group
With thanks to Andrew True for most of the text Introduction The Wood Technology Group (WTG) is a technical community in the Institute of Materials, […]
WSE2025 Växjö, Sweden
The 21st Annual Meeting of the Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering (WSE 2025) will be in Växjö, Sweden. This year, the theme […]
Guess the strength of timber “Insights day” scores
We have recently brought our “guess the strength” game to the Insights Day at the Borders College in Galashiels. Check out your score below! Here […]
Guess the strength of timber III scores
We have recently brought our “guess the strength” game to BE-ST Fest and two teaching events at NMITE and ENU. Check out your score below! […]
Workshop announcement
Guess the strength of timberFri 1 July 12:00-14:00, Glassroom, Merchiston We all know what wood is – but if you needed a good strong timber […]
What is “timber quality”? A challenge for creative programmers
Brief: We seek to commission a creative person or business to develop a prototype for a digital game that will encourage people (general public and […]
FIXED: The blog isn’t working correctly
Update – we think the issue is now fixed, but if you still have problems you may need to clear the temporary files in your […]
Thanks to all companies who helped with our research!
For the InFutUReWood project, Dan Ridley-Ellis and I visited a number of companies in Scotland and North England. We were interested in demolition and wood […]