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Guess the Strength of Timber II – Scores

20 October 2022 marlene cramer 0

Here are the scores from the second round of the Guess the Strength of Timber game. It worked the same as last time, but with […]

More on timber quality

13 September 2022 marlene cramer 1

Recently we made a game for people to guess the relative strengths of some timber beams – by inspecting the beams up close and hands […]

Callum Hill explaining wood

Wood science videos

15 March 2021 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Aalto University in Finland, has produced a series of short wood science videos featuring Callum Hill. The cover an introduction to wood as a material, […]

Insights in Timber Recycling and Demolition

2 November 2020 marlene cramer 0

Dan Ridley-Ellis and I visited and interviewed a number of companies in the last few months. We wanted to find out what happens to timber […]

Quick talks on big topics

16 December 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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 […]

Tree health research

8 November 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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 […]

Jim and Spencer explain #3

27 October 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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 […]

Build with carbon

13 April 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Wood for Good have information on their website about carbon sequestration in timber.  In a nutshell, trees make wood from CO2 and water. Wood consists […]

Still from ICF forestry careers video

Forestry careers in 60 seconds

24 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

This new video, produced by the Institute of Chartered Foresters (ICF) and sponsored by Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS), aims to  show young people the diversity […]

Still from Confor video

Our forests, our people

22 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Yesterday (March 21st) was International Day of Forests so this is a slightly belated post. Forests cover one third of the Earth’s land mass, performing […]

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The Centres for Timber Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University are “Wood Science & Technology (CWST)”, and “Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures (COCIS)”.

They are part of the Institute for Sustainable Construction at Edinburgh Napier University, UK.

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RSS Scottish Forest & Timber Technologies events

  • Highlands & Islands Regional Meeting: 9th November 2022
  • North Scotland Regional Meeting: 26th October 2022
  • Central Scotland Regional Meeting: 3rd November 2022

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  • Fully-funded PhD studentships available – CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 24 November 2022
  • Come and visit our stand at the SRPe Annual Conference on 21st November 21 November 2022

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