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	Dr.Charles E. Clément
	Title: Extension Specialist
	Mailing Address: School of Renewable Natural Resources Room 112 RNR Bldg Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA 70803
	Email: cclement@agcenter.lsu.edu Phone: (225) 578-4158 Fax: (225) 587-4251 Mobile: (225) 281-7565

EDUCATION

PhD Forest Products Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 2002.

Dissertation: Understanding rough mill yield through the interaction between lumber characteristics and processing parameters.
Co‑Advisors: Rado Gazo and Robert Beauregard

M.S. Wood Science, Laval University, 2001. Advisor: Yves Fortin.

B.S. Wood Science, Laval University, 1996.

EXPERIENCE

Private consultant
Texas Forest Service
Tennessee Forest Products Center at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Forintek Canada Corporation in Québec City, Canada

EXTENSION INTERESTS

Improve the use of underutilized lumber species, small-log timber, process analysis, and ergonomics to make the best use of available resources;
Raising awareness of changes in manufacturing technology and practices to assist industry improve production and reduce waste;
Developing new products, or alternate ways of making existing products – to help create stronger economic development.

CURRENT PROJECTS

Employee Empowerement – How to reduce employee turnover by developing new managerial tools
Education outreach – Raise youth’s awareness of forest products as a career opportunity through dissemination of industry-related information in high schools and community colleges

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Clément C., R. Gazo, R. Beauregard, and T. Lihra. 2006. The effect of manufacturing defects on yield. Forest Products J. 56(1):60-65.
Clément C., and B. Bond. 2005. The effects of lumber width on part yields in gang-rip-first rough mills. Forest Prod. J. 55(6):90-96.
Clément C., R. Beauregard, R. Gazo, and T. Lihra. 2005. Comparison of rough mill yield for white birch lumber between a conventional and a short-log sawmill. Forest Prod. J. 55(3):71-80.
Clément C., R. Gazo, R. Beauregard, and T. Lihra. 2004. Correspondence analysis as a tool towards optimizing the use of white birch in the panel industry. Wood Fiber Sci. 36(4):598-610.
Xu, W. C.E. Clément. 2005. Prevention of Sapwood Discoloration in Hardwood. Texas Forest Service. College Station, TX. 32p.
Eckelman Clément C., and W.W. Moschler. 2003. The use of computer-aided tomography to determine the critical points during lumber drying. Forest Products Society 57th Annual Meeting, Seattle WA. Abstracts p.41.
Gazo, R., Beauregard, R., Lihra, T. and C.Clément. 2003. Evaluating the remanufacturing potential of underutilized wood species : The case of white birch (Betula papyrifera). IUFRO - All Division 5 Conference.Rotorua, New Zealand. Proceedings p.176.
Bond, B.H., and C. Clément. 2002. Comparison of steam and atomized water for conditioning of hardwood lumber. Forest Products Society 56th Annual Meeting, Madison WI. Abstracts p. 39.
Clément C., Y. Fortin, and A. Cloutier. 2000. Super Heated Vacuum Drying of Lumber. Forest Products Society 54th Annual Meeting, Lake Tahoe NV. Abstracts p.5.
Clément C., and Y. Fortin 1996. Calcul de la consommation énergetique au cours du séchage du bois [Total energy consumption while dry-kilning lumber (in French)]. Ateliers - Conférences sur le sechage, Deuxième édition; AMBSQ; Québec, QC. Proceedings p.1.
Riedl, B., Y. Ngangue Hseke, C. Clément, and A. Béliveau. 1996. Recycled Plastic Fibre - Wood Particleboard. Composites '96 and Oriented Polymers Symposium; Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council Canada; Québec, QC. Proceedings p. 478.

OTHER

Member of the Forest Products Society (U.S.A.) [1996 – ]
Secretary/Treasurer Forest Products Society, Mid-South [2007 – ]
Trustee (Texas) Forest Products Society, Mid-South [2005-2007]
Forest Products Journal: Peer-Reviewer for [2004 – ]
Member of the Society of Wood Science and Technology (U.S.A.) [1996 – ]
Member of the Society of American Foresters (U.S.A.) [2004 – ]
Member of the Texas Foresty Association (U.S.A.) [2004-2006]
Member of the Louisiana Foresty Association (U.S.A.) [2007 – ]
Marketing Committee member, Texas Foresty Association [2005 – 2006]
President FPS Student Chapter, Pudue University [1999 – 2000]
Speaks and writes fluently in English and French
Familiar with simulation software (AweSim, ROMI), and optimization through algebraic modeling
Certified Forester (OIFQ – Québec) [1996 – 2001]
Softwood lumber grading (AMBSQ – Québec) [1994]

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updated:05-Feb-2009