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Scott Leavengood is director of the Oregon Wood Innovation Center (OWIC) and has worked in Wood Products Extension with OSU since 1994. As a Wood Products Extension Agent, Scott provided technical assistance and training to manufacturers in south-central Oregon (Klamath County) for approximately 7 years and then in the Portland metro area for 5 years. His primary areas of emphasis for technical assistance are wood technology, quality and process control, and lesser known species utilization.

As director of OWIC, his focus is linking research and education with needs of Oregon wood products firms and assisting entrepreneurs with market assessments and product testing.

Scott is also working on a Ph.D. in Engineering and Technology Management at Portland State University studying quality management best practices for achieving quality and innovation performance.

Education

Research Interests

Publications

Leavengood, S. Using the Web to Facilitate Extension Program Delivery and Management. In: A Southern Region Conference on Technology Transfer and Extension in Natural Resources. Bill Hubbard Ed. 5 pp. In Press.

Kallioranta, S. M., R.P. Vlosky and S. Leavengood. “On-line Communities Support Extension Professionals.” ExtensionNet Newsletter. School of Natural and Rural Systems Management. The University of Queensland. Gatton, Australia. In Press.

D. Nicholls and S. Leavengood. 2003. Processing Red Alder for Maximum Local Benefit. In: Uses and Markets for Alaska Yellow Cedar and Red Alder, Proceedings from an 8-Hour Wood Products Workshop. Bob Gorman (University of Alaska-Fairbanks) and Dave Nicholls (USFS Sitka) Eds. 5 pp.

Reeb, J.E. and S. Leavengood. 2003. Operations Research: Simulating a Manufacturing System: An Introduction. Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry Series. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8837-E. 11 pp.

Leavengood, S. and Western Wood Products Association. 2003. Lumber Shrinkage Estimator. Excel program to estimate shrink and swell for wood. Revision of Wood.xls for WWPA species groupings and adaptation for WWPA website.

Leavengood, S. and I. Petaisto. 2002. WoodDensity.xls. Excel program to calculate density of logs for estimating yields from timber sales. Developed in collaboration with Inga Petaisto, Region 2 Logging Engineer, USDA Forest Service.

Reeb, J.E. and S. Leavengood. 2002. Operations Research: Transportation problem: A special case for linear programming. Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry Series. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8779. 35 pp.

Leavengood, S. 2001. Increasing the Production Capacity of a Work Cell Using Modeling and Simulation, In: Technology Management in the Knowledge Era, D. F. Kocaoglu, T. R. Anderson, and D. Milosevic, Eds., Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. 2 pp.

Charlton, B.A., S. Leavengood, and J. Dahm. 2001. Hybrid Poplar Performance. In: Crop Research in the Klamath Basin: 2000 Annual Report (OSU Klamath Experiment Station Annual Report. OSU Agricultural Experiment Station. 5 pp.

Leavengood, S. and J.E. Reeb. 2000. Statistical Process Control. Part 3 - Starting a Program: Pareto Analysis and Check Sheets. Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry Series. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8771. 9 pp.

Leavengood, S. and J.E. Reeb. 2000. Statistical Process Control. Part 4 – Flowcharts. Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry Series. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8772. 11 pp.

Reeb, J.E. and S. Leavengood. 2000. Operations Research: Solving linear programs - duality and sensitivity analysis. Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry Series. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8744. 24 pp.

Leavengood, S. and L. Swan. 1999. Western juniper drying project summaries, 1993-96. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-475, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. 8 pp.

Leavengood, S. and J.E. Reeb. 1999. Statistical Process Control, Part 1: An Introduction. Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry Series. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8726. 19 pp.

Leavengood, S. and J.E. Reeb. 1999. Statistical Process Control, Part 2: How and Why SPC Works. Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry Series. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8733. 27 pp.

Leavengood, S. 1998. Understanding Oregon Tree Names. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EC 1502. 7 pp.

Leavengood, S. 1998. Identifying Common Northwest Wood Species: A Woodworker’s Guide. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8688. 16 pp.

Reeb, J.E. and S. Leavengood. 1998. Operations Research: An introduction to models and probability concepts. Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry Series. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8718. 19 pp.

Reeb, J.E. and S. Leavengood. 1998. Operations Research: Using the graphical method to solve linear programs. Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry Series. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8719. 21 pp.

Reeb, J.E. and S. Leavengood. 1998. Operations Research: Using the simplex method to solve linear programming maximization problems. Performance Excellence in the Wood Products Industry Series. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8720. 27 pp.

Leavengood, S. 1997. The Dimensional Change Program. Software to calculate dimensional change of wood species based on species, initial and final moisture content conditions, and grain orientation. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications EM 8668. Used to supplement instruction in FP211 and FP446. (Revised to operate in Windows environment, 1998. Revised to operate as an Excel spreadsheet, 1999.)

Leavengood, S. 1997. User’s Manual for the Dimensional Change Program, OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM8668. 10 pp.

Leavengood, S. and J.E. Reeb. 1997. Product and Market Opportunities for Hybrid Poplar in Oregon. OSU Extension and Experiment Station Communications. EM 8667. 4 pp.

Leavengood, S., J. Dahm, and K. Rykbost. 1997. Hybrid Poplar Research. In: Crop Research in the Klamath Basin: 1996 Annual Report, Special Report 981 OSU Klamath Experiment Station Annual Report. OSU Agricultural Experiment Station. 5 pp.

Leavengood, S. 1996. What Kinds of Wood Products Go Into Building a House? Script for OSU Forestry Extension Low Power Radio public issues education program. Recorded and distributed 12/96. Reviewed by OSU Forestry Extension faculty.

Leavengood, S. 1996. The Manufacture of Oriented Strand Board. Script for OSU Forestry Extension Low Power Radio public issues education program. Recorded and distributed 12/96. Reviewed by OSU Forestry Extension faculty.

Research and Other Reports

Knowles, C., S. Leavengood, and J. Tokarczyk. 2006. Market Assessment, Options and Opportunities for: the Oregon Woodland Cooperative. Oregon Wood Innovation Center and Forest Business Solutions. 43 pp.

Leavengood, S. 2006. Results of tests comparing new product to existing products on market. for: Totem Forest Products, Portland, OR. Oregon Wood Innovation Center. 4 pp.

Reeb, J. E., J. W. Funck, and S. Leavengood. 1999. Environmental degradation testing of hardwood plywood. for: Columbia Plywood, Klamath Falls, OR. Forest Research Laboratory. 5 pp.

Leavengood, S. and L. Swan (eds.) 1998. Proceedings, Western Juniper Forum ‘97. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-432, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. 97 pp.

Leavengood, S. and L. Swan. 1998. Western Juniper Log Storage Project. In: Proceedings, Western Juniper Forum ‘97. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-432, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. pp. 67-68.

Leavengood, S. and L. Swan. 1998. Western Juniper Debarking Project. In: Proceedings, Western Juniper Forum ‘97. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-432, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. pp. 69-70.

Leavengood, S. and L. Swan. 1998. Western Juniper Drying Project Summary: 1993-1996. In: Proceedings, Western Juniper Forum ‘97. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-432, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. pp. 76-78.

Leavengood, S. 1998. Abstract: The Western Juniper Commercialization Project: Building an Industry Through Collaboration. In: Conference program for the First Extension Natural Resources Conference, May 17-20, 1997, Deerwood, MN. pp. 34-35.

Leavengood, S., and B. Love. 1997. Educational Tactics Reaching Small- to Medium-Sized Wood Products Firms: What’s Working, What’s Not. In: Conference proceedings, International Value-Added Wood Processing conference, Nov. 13-14, 1997, Vancouver, B.C.

Funck, J.W. and S. Leavengood. 1994. Measurement Capabilities of an Optical Imaging System for On-Line Size Control Analysis. In: Conference proceedings, Statistical Process Control: State of the Art for the Forest Products Industry, Nov. 7-9, 1994, Portland, OR. Forest Products Society, Madison, WI. pp. 97-99.