Barry Goodell Named Head of Virginia Tech Department of Wood Science and Forest Products
 FPS President Barry Goodell has been named head of the Department of Wood Science and Forest Products in Virginia Tech’s College of Natural Resources and Environment. Goodell succeeds Audrey Zink-Sharp, who has served as interim department head since Paul Winistorfer became dean of the college in August 2009.
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FPS Special Webinar – Biomass Fuels at Midwestern Universities: Reducing Carbon Emissions at Combined Heat & Power Plants
Join us on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 2:00 pm (Central Standard Time) for a SPECIAL WEBINAR focused on reducing carbon emissions at combined heat & power plants. Efforts are underway at colleges and universities around the US to introduce energy conservation and sustainable-design strategies in order to reduce their overall carbon-based emissions. This 1-hour webinar will present case studies from the University of Missouri at Columbia, which is using a biomass boiler to generate a portion of its energy, and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, which recently broke ground on a combined heating and power plant.
Read about the presenters and their presentations, and sign up today. CEUs are available.
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Associate Editors Appointed to FPJ
We have enlisted the help of several Society members to serve as Associate Editors of the Forest Products Journal. The Associate Editors will oversee the peer review of manuscripts in their respective areas of expertise, reviewing submissions assigned to them and assigning confidential peer reviewers. Once the reviews have been submitted, the Associate Editors will review comments and then submit their recommendation to the Editor in Chief.
New Associate Editors with subject matter areas:
Matt Bumgardner
Secondary Processing, Timber Policy, Marketing and Management
Lech Muszynski
Mechanical Properties, Nondestructive Evaluation
Adam Taylor
Primary Processing, Durability Issues
Daniel Yelle
Chemistry, Adhesives, Composites
Jan Wiedenbeck
Biomass, Special Assignments
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FPJ Article Submissions
 Interested in submitting an article to the Forest Products Journal? The process is easy through the eSubmission system. Simply create an account and upload your manuscript and any associated figures. The eSubmission system facilitates the submission and review process, helping to speed up publication time. If you haven’t published in the FPJ for a while or are new to the Journal, consider submitting an article today.
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Call for Posters – Joint International Symposium on Wood Composites & Veneer Processing and Products, April 5-7, 2011, Seattle, Washington
This joint meeting represents a combination of Washington State University’s longstanding International Wood Composite Symposium along with the biannual International Symposium on Veneer Processing and Products. This year’s symposium is co-sponsored by Washington State University, APA-The Engineered Wood Association, and FPInnovation. The deadline for submission of paper and poster abstracts is February 28, 2011.
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Position Available
Forest Products Management Development Institute Endowed Chair, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota
The Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences is searching for an outstanding candidate to fill a Forest Products Management Development Institute Endowed Chair in the area of Sustainable Bio-based Products Development and Management. The candidate’s research should focus on sustainable bio-based products development and management including conceptualization, design, development, production, performance assessment, and end-of-life strategies focused on bio-based building materials and industrial and consumer products. This position is a nine-month tenure-track appointment at the rank of assistant professor.
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