Technical Officer: Wood and Biofibre Technologies
Crown Research Institute Scion undertakes research, science and technology
development in forestry, wood product and wood-derived materials and other
biomaterials sectors. Scion's purpose is to drive innovation and growth
from these sectors to create economic value and contribute to beneficial
environmental and social outcomes for New Zealand.
Our leading edge Wood and Biofibre Technologies team, which is active in
global partnerships, is seeking a technical officer. Ideally you will have
an MSc in material sciences, preferably with some post-degree research and
development experience or be an engineer, with an equivalent degree and
research or industry experience. You will work in our Biofibres program and
other programs concerned with developing new products using wood and wood
fibre in bioplastic and biomaterial matrices. Experience with scanning
technologies or image analysis or product development is an advantage.
This role requires a person who is flexible and able to work in both large
and small project teams. Evidence of acquiring multiple skill sets and
experience of collaborative projects is an advantage. You will possess
excellent verbal and written communication skills and will contribute at an
appropriate level to the preparation of technical reports and publishing
journal articles.
Scion is proud to offer talented and motivated individuals the unique
opportunity to pursue a fulfilling professional career. With its head office
based on the edge of Rotorua's world-famous Whakarewarewa Forest, Scion also
offers an enviable working environment with excellent work/life balance
initiatives. Rotorua is one of New Zealand's leading tourist destinations
owing to its outstanding natural environment and proximity to coastal
beaches and inland lakes, native forests, geothermal areas and volcanic
ski-fields.
Closing date: 31st January 2011
If you would like any further information, please contact Human Resources on
(+64) 07 343 5475 or email: <mailto:careers@scionresearch.com>
careers(a)scionresearch.com (please do not email applications to this address,
these should be submitted through our website).
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From: Olle Hagman [mailto:olle.hagman@ltu.se]
Sent: January-10-11 4:01 AM
To: 'Stavros Avramidis'
Subject: PhD Positions LTU
Plesase find enclosed the flyers for two funded PhD positions in Wood Products Engineering at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden
Olle Hagman
Prof Wood Products Engineering
CEO WoodCentre North
Luleå University ióf Technology
+46(0)70-275 36 54
olle.hagman(a)ltu.se
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From: owner-wood-science(a)interchange.ubc.ca [mailto:owner-wood-science@interchange.ubc.ca] On Behalf Of Stavros Avramidis
Sent: Tuesday, 11 January 2011 5:03 a.m.
To: wood-science(a)interchange.ubc.ca
Subject: FW: Announcement COST FP0802 Workshop | April 27-28, 2011 | Vila Real, Portugal
For your information.
-----Original Message-----
From: Martina Pöll [mailto:martina.poell@tuwien.ac.at]
Sent: January-10-11 12:12 AM
To: Martina Pöll
Subject: Announcement COST FP0802 Workshop | April 27-28, 2011 | Vila Real, Portugal
Dear colleagues,
we are pleased to announce the COST FP0802 Workshop on "Mixed numerical and experimental methods applied to the mechanical characterization of bio-materials" which will take place in Vila Real, Portugal, April 27-28, 2011.
The objective of the workshop is to present and discuss the benefits and problems of combined numerical/experimental methods for the study of wood and possibly also more general to bio-materials (e.g.
micro-spectroscopy, mechanical tests in ESEM, full-field measurements of deformation, Finite Element simulation and optimization methods). The workshop will provide a forum to communicate current ideas and strategies in this field.
Please find attached the announcement folder for your information and for distribution among your colleagues. Please note that the deadline for submission of abstracts is February 11, 2011.
Updated information on the workshop and on COST Action FP0802 in general can be found at the webpage http://cost-fp0802.tuwien.ac.at
Looking forward to meeting you soon in Vila Real.
Best regards,
José Morais
Workshop Organizer
Karin Hofstetter
COST Action FP0802 Chair
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Mag.(FH) Martina Pöll
Technische Universität Wien
Institut für Mechanik der Werkstoffe und Strukturen
Vienna University of Technology
Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures
Karlsplatz 13, A-1040 Wien, Austria
Tel: (++43 1) 58801-20211
mobile: (++43 664) 862 72 42
eFax: (++43 1) 58801-920211
Fax: (++43 1) 58801-20299
mailto:Martina.Poell@tuwien.ac.at
Homepage: http://www.imws.tuwien.ac.at
DVR: 0005886
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Conference Theme
Formerly known as TAPPI?s International Conference on Nanotechnology for
the Forest Products Industry, the title of this annual conference has been
changed to reflect advances in nanotechnology in renewable materials and
their widespread applications in many other industries. To fully embrace
all nano-enabled biomaterials, the conference technical focus has been
expanded to include other nanomaterials along with cellulose.
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS/POSTERS
The 2011 Technical Program Committee invites contributions from
participants working in research, development and deployment of renewable
nanomaterials. Abstracts that focus on new and novel uses are highly
encouraged. Analysis of challenges and trends in emerging markets for
renewable nanomaterials are sought to provide a foundation for new
research and industrial activities. The organizers also encourage
submissions on other aspects of nanotech products including law, policy,
economics and environmental health and safety.
Nanocellulosics and Nanocomposites
Nanocellulosics and nanostructured materials
Separation processes for nanocellulosics
Nano-reinforced films, fibers, and foams
Bio-derived matrix polymers for sustainable nanocomposites
Processing of nanocomposites
Characterization techniques
Computer and Hierarchical modeling
Applications of Renewable Nanomaterials in
Biomedical
Printing inks
Smart materials
Sensing technologies
Molded composite structures
Biofuels, Paper, Paperboard and Wood products
Electronics
Structural application
Transportation
Nanostructured materials by self assembly
Nano manufacture & self-assembly
Photonic bandgap pigments for special optical effects in forest
products
Nanoporous materials for controlled delivery of actives,
immobilization of sensor liquids
Biomimetics
Nanotech coatings and novel nano-enabled functionalities
Surface modification and functionalization
Wear and scratch resistant coatings
Novel optical effects
High modulus paper coatings
Novel Piezoelectric effects
Governmental & Environmental Issues
Consumer perception
Policy issues
Environmental impacts
Health & Safety issues
Ethical, legal and social implications
Sustainability analysis
Defense applications
MEETING PROGRAM CHAIRS:
Sean Ireland, Verso Paper Corp., World Nieh, USDA Forest Service, Theodore
Wegner, USDA Forest Service
ABSTRACT SUBMITTAL
Submit title and 300 word or less abstracts via TAPPI?s Speaker Management
System: click here to sign in. Due by January 7, 2011. Extended abstracts
or papers due March 7, 2011 ?
Requirements for extended abstracts: 2 pages, single spaced, in a Word
format. Papers need to be single spaced, also in a Word format.
See www.tappi.org/11Nano for more information. Reduced conference rate
available for speakers.
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World L.-S. Nieh, Ph.D.
National Program Leader, Forest Products and Wood Utilization
USDA Forest Service, R&D, Resource Use Science
1601 N. Kent Street, RPC-4, Arlington, VA 22209
Phone: (703)605-4197, Fax: (703)605-5137
Mobile: (202)579-1089
Email: wnieh(a)fs.fed.us
11th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOOD & BIOFIBER COMPOSITES AND
NANOTECHNOLOGY IN WOOD COMPOSITES SYMPOSIUM
MAY 16-18, 2011
The USDA Forest Products Laboratory and Forest Products Society announce a
Call for Papers for the International Conference on Wood & Biofiber Plastic
Composites and Nanotechnology in Wood Composites Symposium to be held on May
16-18, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Learn more at
www.woodandbiofibercomposites.org.
Abstracts for formal presentations and poster presentations are due by
October 29. Manuscripts, extended abstracts, or PowerPoints based on the
presentation will be due a few weeks prior to the conference and symposium
and will be made available at the conference and symposium.
CALL FOR PAPERS - www.woodandbiofibercomposites.org
Wood and other natural fibers have been used in composites for many years.
However, interest in their use as fillers and reinforcements in plastics
waned with the development of synthetic fibers such as glass and carbon
fibers. Recently there has been a resurgence of interest with one of the
largest recent examples being the birth of the wood-plastic composites
industry. This involved the interfacing of industries that have historically
known little about each other and had very different knowledge, expertise,
and perspectives.
Today, this interaction continues and these composites continue to evolve. A
new generation of composites is emerging as material behavior is better
understood, processes and performance are improved, and new opportunities
are identified. Recent trends such as the desire to increase biocontent,
growing production in different parts of the world, and, of course, the
economy will play a major role in the future of these composites.
Additionally, the advent of emerging technologies related to biopolymers,
biorefineries, and nanotechnology are generating interest in new
combinations of polymers and materials derived from wood or other natural
fibers, some of which may be very different from those currently produced.
This conference and symposium seek to bring together industry, government,
and academia to share perspectives on what the future holds.
We are inviting formal or poster presentations on the following topics:
- Additives and formulating
- Advanced reinforcements
- Biopolymer matrices
- Enhanced performance
- Future applications
- Nanotechnology in wood composites
- New processing/recycling
We look forward to meeting you in Madison, Wisconsin.
Best regards
Craig Clemons
Conference Co-Chair
Nicole Stark
Conference Co-Chair
Zhiyong Cai
Symposium Chair
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The 2010 International Conference on Wood & Biofiber Plastic Composites and
Nanotechnology in Wood Composites Symposium are organized by USDA Forest
Products Laboratory and the Forest Products Society located in Madison,
Wisconsin.
Copyright 2010 C Forest Products Society. All rights reserved.
Julie Lang
Conferences & Meetings Director
Forest Products Society
2801 Marshall Court
Madison, WI 53705-2295
Phone: 608-231-1361, ext. 208
Fax: 608-231-2152
<mailto:conferences@forestprod.org> conferences(a)forestprod.org
<http://www.forestprod.org> www.forestprod.org
<http://www.forestprod.org/biomass>
<http://www.forestprod.org/biomass>
11th International Conference on Wood & Biofiber Plastic Composites and
Nanotechnology in Wood Composites Symposium
Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center, Madison, WI
May 16-18, 2011
www.woodandbiofibercomposites.org
<http://www.forestprod.org/biomass>
FPS 65th International Convention
Doubletree Hotel, Portland, OR
June 19-21, 2011
<http://www.fpsconvention.org> www.fpsconvention.org
Dear Colleagues,
The USDA Forest Products Laboratory and Forest Products Society announce a
Call for Papers for the International Conference on Wood & Biofiber Plastic
Composites and Nanotechnology in Wood Composites Symposium to be held on May
16-18, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Abstracts for formal presentations and poster presentations are due by
October 29. Manuscripts, extended abstracts, or PowerPoints based on the
presentation will be due a few weeks prior to the conference and symposium
and will be made available at the conference and symposium.
Wood and other natural fibers have been used in composites for many years.
However, interest in their use as fillers and reinforcements in plastics
waned with the development of synthetic fibers such as glass and carbon
fibers. Recently there has been a resurgence of interest with one of the
largest recent examples being the birth of the wood-plastic composites
industry. This involved the interfacing of industries that have historically
known little about each other and had very different knowledge, expertise,
and perspectives.
Today, this interaction continues and these composites continue to evolve. A
new generation of composites is emerging as material behavior is better
understood, processes and performance are improved, and new opportunities
are identified. Recent trends such as the desire to increase biocontent,
growing production in different parts of the world, and, of course, the
economy will play a major role in the future of these composites.
Additionally, the advent of emerging technologies related to biopolymers,
biorefineries, and nanotechnology are generating interest in new
combinations of polymers and materials derived from wood or other natural
fibers, some of which may be very different from those currently produced.
This conference and symposium seek to bring together industry, government,
and academia to share perspectives on what the future holds.
We are inviting formal or poster presentations on the following topics:
- Additives and formulating
- Advanced reinforcements
- Biopolymer matrices
- Enhanced performance
- Future applications
- Nanotechnology in wood composites
- New processing/recycling
We look forward to meeting you in Madison, Wisconsin.
Best regards,
Craig Clemons
Conference Co-Chair
Nicole Stark
Conference Co-Chair
Zhiyong Cai
Symposium Chair
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Headquarters
Dear IUFRO members of Forest Products,
In a move to make IUFRO D5 move visible to the Forest Products research
community, here's encouraging more academics/scientists of IUFRO member
institutions to sign up to div5 mailing list, so that you'd be updated on
the latest Forest Products events sponsored by IUFRO in future. Suprisingly,
this D5 mailing list stands at only about 67 subscribers at the moment!
Please ALSO pass on this invitation to your non-IUFRO member friends of
relevant organisations who may be interst to subscribe to this mailing list.
Of course encourage them to be IUFRO members.
Please click on the underlined below to subscribe to D5 (Forest Products)
mailing list.
Cheers
Andrew Wong
Coordinator, IUFRO Forest Products Division
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Email: awong.unimas(a)gmail.com
ahhwong(a)frst.unimas.my
Fax: 6082-583160
Tel: 6082-582936
Corresponding address: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
FRST
94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak
Malaysia
-----Original Message-----
From: Victoria L. Herian, Executive Director [mailto:vicki@swst.org]
Sent: Tuesday, 29 June 2010 7:04 a.m.
To: Dave Cown
Subject: Exhibition of innovative products at the United Nations
Dave,
can you please pass this information on to your mailing list?
Thanks. Vicki
Please see the attached request for proposals of samples to be used at
the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, in an "Exhibition of
Innovative Wood Products". This will first be exhibited during our
SWST/UNECE-Timber Committee Convention in October 2010 and then during
the Exhibit for the International Year of the Forest in January 2011.
If you would like to have one of your products (either commercial or
research) displayed in this prominent place, please contact me before
July 15.
I am excited about this unique opportunity and hope you will
participate! You can find out more about our upcoming convention by
visiting our webpages at
http://swst.org/meetings/AM10/index.html
A detailed program will soon be out, but you can begin registration
now. There is no registration fee. However, there is a fee for the
banquet and the tour. I hope to see many of you there!
Victoria L. Herian
Executive Director
Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST)
P.O. Box 6155
Monona, WI 53716-6155 USA
PH: 608-577-1342
FAX: 608-467-8979
email: vicki(a)swst.org
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-----Original Message-----
From: Zagt, Roderick [mailto:Roderick.Zagt@tropenbos.org]
Dear colleagues
We remind you of our web survey about the effects of forest
certification on biodiversity conservation in tropical forests. If you
did not have the time yet, we invite you to please visit
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V6CJBK6 and complete this survey. It
takes only ten minutes. We intend to close the survey by 15 June.
Please also share with colleagues. It is open to everyone. We are
especially keen to have more input from forest managers!
Through this anonymous survey, we try to obtain opinions and
perspectives from forest management and conservation researchers,
practitioners and other experts on the following broad topics:
*The effectiveness of certification for biodiversity conservation
*The objectives of biodiversity management in tropical forests
*Current management and certification practices
These are important topics and we want to hear your views. The more
input we get the more valuable the survey will be.
Background: The European Tropical Forest Research Network (ETFRN) plans
to issue an ETFRN News about experiences and best practices regarding
forest management certification and the conservation of forest
biodiversity. The editors of the ETFRN News (Douglas Sheil, Jack Putz
and undersigned) are conducting a brief survey to accompany the papers
contributed by authors for this news issue.
Thank you very much for your collaboration, and again we request you to
please forward to colleagues.
Best regards and many thanks for all the input!
On behalf of the editorial team
Roderick Zagt
Roderick Zagt
Programme Coordinator
Tropenbos International (TBI)
Lawickse Allee 11
6701 AN Wageningen
the Netherlands
T: +31-317-481418
F: +31-317-481426
www.tropenbos.orgwww.chainsawmilling.org
Making knowledge work for forests and people
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From: Secretariat ISFFP 2010 [mailto:isffp@frim.gov.my]
Dear Sir/Madam,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to participate in the inaugural
International Symposium on Forestry and Forest Products (ISFFP). ISFFP 2010
is being organized in conjunction with the Forest Research Institute
Malaysia's (FRIM) 25th anniversary this year. The main objective is to
discuss and disseminate the latest R&D findings that address the often
competing and challenging needs of both the forestry sector and forest
products industry.
Malaysia is committed to combating climate change, as reflected by the
Honourable Prime Minister's pledge at the recently concluded COP 15 under
the United Nations Framework on Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to
voluntarily reduce by up to 40% of its carbon emission in terms of emission
intensity based on Gross Domestic Product by 2020 from the 2005 level. The
Symposium is therefore aptly themed, "Addressing global concerns and
changing societal needs".
There will be discussions on issues pertaining to;
. climate change,
. biodiversity,
. forest ecology,
. forest plantations,
. applied biotechnology in forestry,
. green technology,
. eco-tourism,
. socio-economy,
. medicinal products from plant material,
. improved processing, and
. utilisation of wood and non-wood products.
ISFFP 2010 therefore, aims to bring together all the stakeholders to reflect
on these issues, in the hope of striking a balance between addressing global
concerns and fulfilling societal needs for sustainable development.
Those interested in presenting a paper or poster should submit an abstract
to the secretariat at isffp(a)frim.gov.my by 1 June 2010.
In the meantime, should you require any assistance regarding ISFFP 2010,
please do not hesitate to visit ISFFP 2010's official website at
http://www.frim.gov.my/isffp2010/index.html or contact us at:
The Secretariat
International Symposium on Forestry and Forest Products 2010
Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM)
52109 Kepong, Selangor
Malaysia
(Attn: Mr Mahmudin Saleh)
Tel: +603-62797280, 62797316
Fax: +603-62804620
E-mail: isffp(a)frim.gov.my
Official website: http://www.frim.gov.my/isffp2010/index.html
Last but not least, please pass this message to your contacts whom you think
might be of interest to ISFFP 2010.
Thank you.
Dr Mohd Nor Mohd Yusoff
Chairman
ISFFP 2010 Organising Committee
5-7 October 2010
The Legend Hotel, Kuala Lumpur
"Addressing global concerns and changing societal needs".
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Forest Research Institute Malaysia
52109 Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia
Hotline : +603-62797000
