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Something different – tree art

3 April 2019 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Following an exchange of ideas on Twitter involving the artist Richard G Evans – who specialises in wonderful tree portraiture linked to GPS locations encouraging […]

Who looks like a forester? (#IWD2019)

9 March 2019 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

For international women’s day, foresters, arboriculturists and the other diverse professionals working with trees took to social media with the hashtag #ILookLikeAForester. Not only was […]

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Pianodrome Wood ID Workshop

14 April 2018 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Edinburgh International Science Festival The average piano is made up of between 8 and 16 different species of wood. Each part is designed carefully to […]

Wood in pianos

14 April 2018 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

A while ago we were contacted by the Pianodrome project, asking for some help identifying wood species.  They plan to build a 100-seat amphitheatre entirely from […]

Timber at a sawmill

Wood for materials

26 March 2018 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

Wood is a very useful material. In the future we will be able to make even more things from wood …and the components of wood.  […]

Being one with the trees

8 December 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

On 20th December 2017 the BBC will broadcast a program about Judi Dench and her love for trees (edit 9/11/2019, not currently on iplayer, but […]

CALEDON game

7 May 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 2

You may have seen the article by Max Coleman in Scottish Forestry about CALEDON – a computer game about tree health – and seen that […]

Forestry career route map (survey)

19 January 2017 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The Forest and Timber Technologies ILG Skills Group are currently undertaking a review of the Forestry Career Route Map website in order to update the […]

H0 H0 H0 (Santa’s hypothesis testing)

24 December 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

We all know that Santa is going to find out whether a child has been naughty or nice – but how does he do it? […]

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 […]

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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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