Washington State University and APA – The Engineered Wood Association
present

International Wood Composites Symposium
Market Dynamics, Product Development, Process Innovation

April 3 and 4, 2013
The Red Lion on Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington

Evening Welcome Reception
April 2, 2013
Hosted by APA and WSU

Renew acquaintances, meet with colleagues and establish new contacts the evening before the Symposium opens.

DAY 1: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Red Lion on Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington

7:30 am

Symposium Check-in / Registration

Continental Breakfast

8:30 am

WELCOME
Vikram Yadama and Robert Tichy
Symposium Committee Co-Chairs

Keynote Session

8:50 am

Lynn O. Michaelis
President
Strategic Economic Analysis, LLC
Happy days are nearly here again!

9:30 am

Dennis Hardman
President
APA -The Engineered Wood Association
Opportunities and challenges in a recovering economy

Break

10:30 am

Tom Julia
President
Composite Panel Association
Competitive and Regulatory Outlook for the North American Composite Panel Industry: Are Better Days Ahead?

11:00 am

Kip Howlett
President
Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association
Engineered hardwoods: its challenging future

11:30 am

Ivan Eastin
Professor and Director, CINTRAFOR
University of Washington
An Overview of China's market for wood products

Lunch

1:00 pm

Kirk Myers
Corporate Social Responsibility Manager
Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)
CSR at REI: Sustainability is a Team Sport

1:30 pm

Justin Price
Engineering Manager & Principal
Evergreen Engineering, Inc.
Engineering for product quality

Break

Fiber and Particle-based
Composites:
New Products and Processes

Engineered Wood
Products:
New Products and Processes

2:30 pm

Keith Mays
Vice President
Electronic Wood Systems North America
New on-line scanning technologies to measure finished panel area-weight and dimensions

Mike McCollum
National Sales Manager
Roseburg Forest Products Company
From forest floor to your door

3:00 pm

Jan T. Benthien
Research Assistant
Thünen Institute of Wood Research
Fiber size distribution for MDF - Requirements and possible solutions

Borjen Yeh
Director, Technical Services Division
APA –The Engineered Wood Association
Cross Laminated Timber standards and qualification

3:30 pm

Panagiotis Nakos
Senior Representative
Chimar Hellas, S.A., Greece
Optimized particle size distribution for increased profitability in particleboard production

Tony Pugel
Senior Manufacturing Technologist
LP Building Products
How to make 2.0E stiffness laminated strand lumber (LSL) and make money

4:00 pm

Saim Ates
Associate Professor
Kastamonu University, Turkey
Effects of thermal treatment on medium density fiberboard

Scott Leavengood
Director, Oregon Wood Innovation Center
Oregon State University
State-of-the-art in hardwood veneer checking research

4:30 pm

Cole Martin
Area Sales Manager
Dieffenbacher USA, Inc.
New developments in particleboard

Harry Moore
Manager, Research and Development
Metriguard Inc.
An improved sonic method for grading glulam stock

Technical Forum Poster Session and Reception
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Browse and network through poster displays and talk with vendors.
Students presenting posters will receive complimentary registration.

DAY 2: Thursday, April 4, 2013
Red Lion on Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington

Symposium Check-in / Registration

Continental Breakfast

Fiber and Particle-based
Composites:
New Products and Processes

Engineered Wood
Products:
New Products and Processes

8:30 am

Andrew Jowett
President
IMAL-PAL Group
Maximizing resource utilization of existing panel board mills

Juergen Bonigut
Scientist
Institute of Wood Technology Dresden (IHD), Germany
Comparing selected properties of thermally treated oriented strandboards from two different wood species

9:00 am

Michael Hurst
President & CEO
ChloroFill, LLC
Sorghum-based alternatives to bamboo and other engineered wood products

Chunping Dai
Principal Scientist
FPInnovations, Canada
Characterization and simulation of strand alignment in strand-based products

9:30 am

Brian Seenandan
Director, Vice President
TreeFree Biomass Solutions
Nilefiber for composite panel production

Alain Cloutier
Professor and Director, Wood Research Centre
Laval University, Canada
Thermo-hygromechanical densification of aspen and sugar maple wood

Break

Adhesives and Coating Technology

10:30 am

Martin Ohlmeyer
Lecturer, Researcher
Thünen Institute of Wood Research, Germany
European approaches to measure and assess emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

11:00 am

Mark Gruenwald
Director of Product Safety
Momentive Specialty Chemicals, Inc.
Formaldehyde Safety – Informed by 30+ Years of Scientific Research

11:30 am

Joseph Marcinko
Principal Scientist and President
Polymer Synergies, LLC and BioPolymer Technologies, LTD
Using vintage chemistry (circa 1886) to understand PMDI/protein hybrid adhesives

Lunch

1:00 pm

Marc A. Strand
Research Associate
Eastman Chemical Company
Effect of thermoplastic coatings on the MOR and MOE of engineered wood products

1:30 pm

Gregory D.Smith
Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science
University of British Columbia, Canada
Improving blending efficiency and resin distribution by using a discrete element model for rotary drum blender

2:00 pm

Anton Smit
Marketing Manager
Sasol Wax North America
Efficiency and quality: The influence of modern hydrophobing additives

2:30 pm

Sheldon Shi
Associate Professor, Renewable Biomaterials
North Texas University
Performance enhancement of soy protein based adhesive by incorporating cellulose nanowhiskers

3:00 pm

Peter Crammond
Director
RST Technology PTY, LTD, Australia
Adhesive tannin from eucalyptus bark

3:30 pm

Jinwen Zhang
Associate Professor, Composite Materials and Engineering Center
Washington State University
Use of lignin as feedstock for epoxy application

Adjourn