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06 Jul 2008 / 10 Jul 2008  -  United States

4th International conference on advanced engineered wood & hybrid composites

The 4th International Conference on Advanced Engineered Wood and Hybrid Composites will be held July 6-10, 2008, at the Harborside Hotel and Marina, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA.

The upcoming conference will provide a focused venue for presenting and discussing the commercial, scientific, and engineering aspects of advanced engineered wood and hybrid composites. This International Conference provides a setting designed to create dialogue among industrial researchers, business development specialists, wood scientists, structural engineers, polymer scientists and materials researchers.

Conference sessions include:
¤ Composites for Defense and Homeland Security
¤ Adhesion and Panels
¤ Trends in Green Building: Composite Materials. A half-day seminar offered by the Wood-Based Composites Center
¤ Marine Composites: ONR-Next Navy Composites
¤ Modeling
¤ Wood Plastic Composites
¤ Conventional and Hybrid Structural Wood Composites

Representatives from the following organizations and universities will be presenting at the conference:
¤ APA - The Engineered Wood Association
¤ LP - Building Products
¤ West Virginia University
¤ USDA Forest Products Laboratory
¤ University of Hamburg
¤ Virginia Tech
¤ Laval University
¤ Forintek
¤ Mississippi State University
¤ Pallmann Industries
¤ University of Tennessee
¤ US Army Natick Soldier RD & E Center
¤ Plum Creek Timber Co
¤ Noble Environemntal Technologies
¤ Hercules
¤ University of Sao Paulo
¤ National Renewable Energy Laboratory
¤ Washington State University

Conference Chairs
¤ Dr. Habib J. Dagher - Director of the AEWC Center
Professor of Civil/Structural Engineering
University of Maine
¤ Dr. Doug Gardner
Professor of Wood Science & Technology
University of Maine

Source : AEWC Center, University of Maine