
Oregon State University
Department of Wood Science & Engineering
Corvallis, OR 97331-5751.
B.S., 1968, Virginia Tech.
M.B.A., 1979, Virginia Tech.
Ph.D., 1984, Virginia Tech.
Research Interests
Wood processing, operations research, optical properties of wood; modeling secondary-manufacturing processes; computer-aided-manufacturing. Optimizing wood processing through optical scanning; interactive microcomputer-based sawmill simulation; optimization of lumber cutprocesses; spectral reflectance of wood surface features.
Teaching
WSE 210 Wood Technology and Utilization WSE 211 Wood Properties and Measurements Lab WSE 446/546 Secondary Wood Products Mfg.