2015 Symposium Agenda
As of 4/1/2015
International Wood Composites Symposium
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| Symposium Check-in / Registration begins at 8:00 am Continental Breakfast 8:00-9:00 am |
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| 9:00 am |
Welcome
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| 9:05 am |
Tom Maloney Memorial |
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| 9:15 am |
Distinguished Service Award |
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Keynote Session
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| 9:30 am | Lynn Michaelis Partner, Forest Economic Advisors The U.S. Growth Rocket is Fueled: Will it Launch? |
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| 10:15 am Break | ||
| 10:45 am | Kelly Shotbolt President, Arauco North America Arauco Continues North American Investment Program |
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| 11:15 am | Erol Karacabeyli Research Manager, Advanced Building Systems, FPInnovations Latest Developments of Wood and Wood-hybrid Systems in Midrise and Highrise Building Applications |
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| 12:00 – 1:30 Lunch | ||
Thermoset Session |
Thermoplastic Session |
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| 1:30 pm | Joe Elling Director of Market Research, APA – the Engineered Wood Association Recovery In Structural Panels and Engineered Wood Demand Continues |
Peter Kotiadis Director of Research & Product Development, Fiberon The Rise & Evolution of Capped Composite Decking |
| 2:00 pm | Bill Parsons National Director – Architectural and Engineering Solutions, Woodworks Converting Steel and Concrete Buildings to Wood Structural Frames |
Takeyasu Kikuchi CEO, WPC Corporation New Standardization of Wood Composites Environmental Friendliness and Current Status of Japanese Wood Composites Technologies |
| 2:30 pm | Kris Spickler Heavy Timber Specialist, Structurlam, Ltd. Timber Design Just Got Interesting… Cross Laminated Timber! |
Chakravarthy Ramadass Greenland Plaswood Private Limited Wood-Plastic Composite (WPC) Industry: An Indian Perspective |
| 3:00 pm | Chunping Dai Principal Scientist, FPInnovations Development of Veneer Strand Lumber (VSL) Product |
Victor Bravo Research Officer, National Research Council Canada Cellulose Fibre Reinforced Composites for the Automotive Industry |
| 3:30 pm | Greg Smith Associate Professor, The University of British Columbia Overview and results of research at UBC on StructuralBamboo Products (SBP) from Moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens Mazel) culms. |
Mickey Blake President/CEO, Mt Baker BioFloral Soil™ – A Commercially Viable Biopolymer Natural Fiber Reinforced Composite |
| 4:00 pm | Ying-Li (Ingrid) Tsai Graduate Research Assistant, The University of British Columbia Improving Rotary Drum Blending Process through Experimental Investigation and Discrete Element Method Simulation |
Dilpreet Bajwa Associate Professor, North Dakota State University Impact of Recycling on the Mechanical and Thermo-mechanical Properties of Wood Flour/HDPE and PLA Composites |
| 5:00 – 7:00 pm |
Vendor ReceptionComplimentary wine and beer, hors d’oeuvres Technical Forum Poster SessionBrowse through poster displays, network with colleagues and talk with vendors. |
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International Wood Composites SymposiumDay 2: Wednesday April 22, 2015 |
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| Symposium Check-in / Registration begins at 8:00 am Continental Breakfast 8:00-9:00 am |
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Thermoset SessionModerator: Mary Eun, Redbuilt |
Thermoplastic Session
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| 9:00 am | Alexander Root Regional Sales Manager, GreCon FIBERVIEW: Inline Fibre Inspection to Optimize Energy Consumption and Guarantee the Fibre Quality |
Donald Bender Professor, Director, Composite Materials and Engineering Center, Washington State University Deck Safety and Building Code Issues on the Horizon: Turning Challenges into Product Opportunities |
| 9:30 am | Sheldon Shi Associate Professor-Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas Nanoparticle impregnation Treatment of Natural Fiber for Functional Biocomposites |
Chris Ross Senior Chemist, NWP, Inc. Synergistic Additive Packages to Improve Processing, Physical Properties and Aesthetics |
| 10:00 am | Chris Whelan Business Development Manager, Henkel Corporation Advanced Polyurethane adhesives for Wood Bonding |
Ron Rau Senior Engineer, MBA polymers Innovative Plastics Separation Technology to Create Value-added Products |
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| 11:00 am | Somaieh Salehpour Product Development Manager, Ecosynthetix Development of Sustainable Engineered Biopolymers in Wood Composites |
Harshad Shah Senior Project Manager, Weyerhaeuser Company Wood Pulp Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites |
| 11:30 am | Kevin Biller President, The Powder Coating Research Group Environmentally Sound Strategies for Coating Wood Composites – Powder Coating Technology |
Jeff Cernohous CTO, Interfacial Solutions Novel Coupling Agents for Natural Fiber Composites |
| 12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch | ||
| 1:30 pm | Andy Sloop Resource Conservation & Recycling Manager, Sustainability Center, Metro How Should Portland Chuck Its Wood? |
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| 2:00 pm | Tim Young Professor, University of Tennessee Real-time Predictive Modeling of Wood Composite Products Utilizing the Data Warehouse of Manufacturing Facilities |
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| 2:30 pm | Karl Englund Associate Research Professor, Washington State University Hydrophobic wood particles developed from cold plasma polymerization |
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| 3:00 pm Break | ||
| 3:30 pm | Kim Katwijk President, Deck Builders Inc. Twenty Years of Man Made Decking |
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| 4:00 pm | Susan Jones Architect, atelierjones CLT Investigations |
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| Adjourn 4:30 pm | ||
Endorsement Disclaimer
Papers presented on processes or machines feature analyses of operating principles and some of the technical programs encountered. They show some of the approaches taken to accomplish particular objectives; however, there is no implied endorsement of any machine, process, or product by virtue of its inclusion in this program.