Seminar on Monday 9/28: Dr. Lech Muszynski on Cross-Laminated Timber

September 28, 2015 Recent News, Seminars, Wood Composites
Dr. Lech Muszyński, Assistant Professor, Department of Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University

SEMINAR: “Making CLT: The Whos, the Wheres, and the Hows”

Dr. Lech Muszyński, Department of Wood Science and Engineering at Oregon State University

UMaine Composites Center
Monday, September 28, 2015

All visitors must register with the UMaine Composites Center front office.

Dr. Lech Muszyński is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Wood Science and Engineering at Oregon State University.  A native of Poland, he received his M.S. in Wood Technology and Ph.D. in Forestry and Wood Technology from the Agricultural University of Poznań.  In 1998-2004 he worked in the area of wood composites in the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center at the University of Maine.  His research area includes mechanical performance of solid wood, traditional wood-based composites as well as advanced hybrid wood-plastic and wood-FRP composites, with stress on interface performance, bonding, durability, damage assessment, fracture properties, time dependent phenomena, and hygro-mechanical behavior.  He teaches mechanics of wood and wood composites, and wood composites manufacturing.