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Why a BS in Renewable Materials?

A more sustainable society requires that we use more renewable materials to make the products we need rather than continue to depend on oil and other non-renewable materials.  The demand for a greener future is at the heart of the WS&E department and especially of our degree programs.  Please use this site as your entry into the research, teaching and outreach programs at OSU that support that vision.

We offer an undergraduate degree program in RENEWABLE MATERIALS to educate and train the next generation of leaders and innovators for exciting and diverse careers that will make a difference toward a sustainable future.

 

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:  Assistant Professor of Anatomy of Renewable Materials

WS&E News

OSU a partner in new $2.2M center for wood-based materials

Oregon State University announced Tuesday it was chosen along with Virginia Tech to lead a new $2.2 million National Science Foundation-funded research center focused on environmentally friendly wood-based composite materials.

The five-year research initiative will involve six faculty members and three graduate students per year at OSU and a similar team at Virginia Tech.

Visit the website:
$2.2M Center for wood-based materials

Getting more out of the forest

Composite wood products have had a bad reputation over the years, being considered a low-cost means of using commercial waste or low-quality wood.

That image is changing, and Fred Kamke is helping make sure it continues to change.

Download the Document:
http://woodscience.oregonstate.edu/sites/default/files/Getting more out of the forest - Kamke.pdf
Visit the website:
OSU Spotlight

Finding and supporting the "BEST" ideas

Take for instance, the research of Lech Muszynski, at Oregon State University.  He's come up with a way to use the same kind of woody debris that renewable energy producers are eyeing for biomass power, and instead meld that material with plastic.

Visit the websites:
OPB News
Sustainable Business Oregon
Daily Journal of Commerce
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Calendar/Events

16May2012

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Based on Oleic Acid

Speaker:  Yili Wu, MS Candidate, Department of Wood Science & Engineering Abstract:  …

17May2012

Research at Wilhelm-Klauditz Institute in Braunschweig, Germany

Speaker:  Bohumil "Bo" Kasal, Director, Fraunhofer-Institut für Holzforschung Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut WKI Braunschweig, Germany and Professor for Organic Materials and Wood Products Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences Technical University of Braunschweig Braunschweig, Germany…

22May2012

Organosolv-Based Biorefining for Renewable Chemicals Production

Speaker:  E. Kendall Pye, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Lignol Innovations Ltd. Abstract: http://tinyurl.com/7umbfju…

23May2012

Needs Assessment of Designers

Speaker: Travis Roth, MS Candidate, Department of Wood Science & Engineergin Abstract: To Be…

30May2012

Experimental Evaluation of Strain Patterns and Load Transfer in Elementary Wood-Polymer Matrix Systems in WPCs

Speaker:  Matthew Schwarzkopf, PhD Candidate, Department of Wood Science & Engineering Abstract: To Be…

06Jun2012

Assessing Check Development on Hard Maple Veneered Plywood Using an Automated Optical Method

Speaker:  Mike Burnard, MS Candidate, Department of Wood Science & Engineering Abstract:  To Be…