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| For more information about the Louisiana Forest Products Development Center contact: Richard P. Vlosky Director & Professor Director, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center Room 227, School of Renewable Natural Resources Louisiana State University Agricultural Center Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Phone: (225) 578-4527 Fax: (225) 578-4251 Email: rvlosky@agcenter.lsu.edu |
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Charles E. Clément has joined the Louisiana Forest
Products Development Center (LFPDC) as a full-time outreach
and extension specialist. Dr. Clément will work with
LFPDC researchers and Extension faculty to develop a
value-added wood products extension program focusing on
technology transfer of research in utilization of wood
products and innovative new products and processes to
the Louisiana industry. His education includes a Ph.D.
in Forest Products & Industrial Engineering from Purdue
University and a M.S. and B.S in Wood Science from Laval
University. Dr. Clément has a wealth of experience as a
private consultant as well as previous employment with
the Texas Forest Service, the Tennessee Forest Products
Center at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and
Forintek Canada Corporation.
Cornelis F. "Niels" de Hoop is an Associate Professor in the Louisiana
Forest Products Development Center at the LSU Ag Center,
where he has worked since 1992.
Prior to obtaining his PhD at Texas
A&M, he worked 12 years in the forest
products industry, mostly in logging supervision,
timber procurement, and log yards, in Canada and east Texas.
He also has two years of experience
in government forestry in Kentucky (USFS)
and Hawaii (state).
He has an MBA from Stephen F. Austin
and a BS in Forestry from Kentucky. At LSU, he teaches courses in timber
harvesting, procurement and GIS.
His research activities have included
expert systems for veneer lathe diagnosis,
assessment of cut-to-length harvesting, stormwater
runoff from log yards, wood supply for chip
mill, wood residue supply and demand,
accidents in the forest products industry,
and biomass energy.
Todd Shupe received his B.S. and M.S. degree from the University of Illinois and Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. He currently serves as Director of the LSU Wood Durability Lab, which is an IAS accredited testing laboratory. The lab provides a wide variety of wood durability testing services for the wood preservative industry. His current research interests include novel methods of recycling decommissioned preservative-treated wood, development of "green" wood preservatives, supercritical fluids, and bio-based processing of low-value trees or bio-based waste into bio-energy, bio-composites, or bio-chemicals. His past research was in the areas of wood quality, rapid assessment of wood properties, wood composites, finite element analysis, and utilization of agricultural fibers.
Rich Vlosky is Director of the Louisiana Forest Products Development Center and Professor of
Forest Products Marketing. He received a Ph.D. in Wood Products Marketing at Penn State
University, a Masters Degree in International Forest Products Trade from the University of Washington and a Bachelors Degree in Natural Resources and Forest Management from Colorado State University. His research includes Forest Certification, Internet Business, and International and Domestic Market and Economic Development. Dr. Vlosky has spent his 29-year academic and working career in the wood products industry. He has over 300 publications
and 350 national and international public presentations. Dr. Vlosky previously was: Vice President Sales and Marketing Optical Data Systems, Inc.,
Qinglin Wu holds the Roy O. Martin Sr. endowed Professorship in Composites/Engineered Wood Products at the Louisiana Forest Products Development Center,
School of Renewable Natural ResourcesHe holds a Ph.D. degree in Forest Products from Oregon State University an M. Eng. Sci. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Tasmania, Tasmania Australia and a B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering from Henan Agricultural University His past experience includes research on preservative-treated structural panels, chemical
coupling in wood polymer composites, wood surface chemistry, heat and mass transfer, wood and wood
composite mechanics, dimensional stability and
durability of wood composites, and utilization of
agricultural fibers. Dr. Wu teaches graduate level
courses on wood composite mechanics and wood
composite manufacturing at LSU. He is currently the
major professor for three Ph.D. students (two on
wood and polymer chemistry and one on composite
mechanics) and one MS student (wood composite); and
supervises a post-doctoral researcher (composite
mechanics) and two visiting scientists. Dr. Wu has
secured over $1,000,000 in grants, contracts, and
cooperative agreements. He has authored over forty
refereed publications and over sixty technical
reports, abstracts, and conference proceedings. His
research in wood-based material technology has been
supported by the Louisiana Board of Regents,
Governor's Biotechnology Initiative, USDA National
Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program,
National Science Foundation, and the wood-products
industry
Mark D. Gibson received a
Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from Clemson University in 1972, a
Master of Science degree in Forestry from Clemson University in 1974, and a
Doctor of Philosophy degree in Forest Products from Oregon State University in
1982. He has thirty years
of experience in research and teaching of wood technology and utilization at
major U.S. universities including California
Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, Clemson University, Oregon State
University, and Louisiana Tech University. Dr. Gibson is currently Interim Director of the School of Forestry and
Professor of Wood Utilization at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA and
has been a faculty scientist with the Louisiana Forest Products Development
Center
since its inception in 1992. He has over 75 publications and over 60
presentations at professional meetings. He
has served as a member of the
graduate faculty at Louisiana Tech University and an affiliate member of the
graduate faculty at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. His
current research examines the influences of forest management practices on
wood quality in plantation-grown and naturally-grown hardwoods and southern
pines, and the influence of wood quality on manufacturing processes. 
George
A. Grozdits received a
Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Engineering from the University of
British Columbia in 1959, a Master of Science degree in Wood Technology from
Virginia Tech in 1967, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Wood Science from
Virginia Tech in 1971. He has twenty-six
years of experience in the forest products industry and nineteen years of
experience in research and teaching at major U.S. universities. He has served as an
affiliate member of the graduate faculty at Louisiana State University in
Baton Rouge. His
international experience includes consulting in South America, Europe, Canada
and the U.S.A. Dr. Grozdits has
served as a consultant on wood in-service, wood adhesives and plant equipment
and process modifications. He has
been with the Louisiana Forest Products