Advanced Structures & Composites Center

Research Area:  Wood Composites

Publications:

Title	Publication Date	Publication Name	Author(s)	Research Area(s)	Keywords
Structural performance of HDPE and WPC lumber components used in aquacultural geodesic spherical cages	2019	Polymers - Advances in Wood Composites	Alrubaie, Murtada Gardner, Douglas Lopez-Anido, Roberto	Wood Composites	high density polyethylene Wood Composites wood plastic composite WPC
Surface characterization of weathered and heat-treated wood-based composites reinforced by styrene maleic anhydride	2019	Color Research & Application	Zor, Mustafa Can, Ahmet Gardner, Douglas	Wood Composites	fourier transform infrared SMA styrene maleic anhydride TFIR
Dewatering Behavior of a Wood-Cellulose Nanofibril Particulate System	2019	Scientific Reports	Amini, Ezatollah Tajvidi, Mehdi Bousfield, Douglas Gardner, Douglas Shaler, Stephen	Wood Composites	cellulose nanofibrils CNF
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Wood-Plastic Composites Made with Microfibrillar Blends of LDPE, HDPE and PET	2019	Fibers and Polymers	Mosavi-Mirkolaei, Seyyedeh Najafi, Saeed Tajvidi, Mehdi	Wood Composites	microfibrular morphology wood-plastic composites
Fully Bio-Based Hybrid Composites Made of Wood, Fungal Mycelium and Cellulose Nanofibrils	2019	Scientific Reports	Gardner, Douglas Tajvidi, Mehdi Hunt, Christopher Mclntyre, Gavin	Wood Composites	cellulose nanofibrils CNF hybrid composites Scanning electron microscopy Wood Composites
Experimental Investigation of the Hygrothermal Creep Strain of Wood Plastic Composite (WPC) Lumber made from Thermally Modified Wood	2019	Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials	Alrubaie, Murtada Lopez-Anido, Roberto Gardner, Douglas Tajvidi, Mehdi Han, Yousoo	Wood Composites	Composite Materials hygrothermal creep strain Wood Composites wood-plastic composites WPCs
Modeling the hygrothermal creep behavior of wood plastic composite (WPC) lumber made from thermally modified wood	2019	Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials	Alrubaie, Murtada Lopez-Anido, Roberto Gardner, Douglas Tajvidi, Mehdi Han, Yousoo	Wood Composites	hyglothermal creep thermally modified wood Wood Composites wood-plastic composites WPC
Ten-year Field Study of Wood Plastic Composites in Santiago, Chile: Biological, Mechanical and Physical Property Performance	2018	Maderas. Ciencia Y Tecnologia	Gardner, Douglas Bozo, Alejandro	Wood Composites	Wood Composites
Review of the Maine Tree Growth Tax Law	2018	Report to the One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Legislature Committee on Taxation	Shaler, Stephen Abello, Tom Daigneault, Adam Doak, Tom Dufour, Kate Noel, Renee Strauch, Patrick	Wood Composites	Wood Composites
Structural Performance of Hybrid SPFs-LSL Cross-laminated Timber Panels (2)	2017	Construction and Building Materials	Davids, William Willey, Nicholas Lopez-Anido, Roberto Shaler, Stephen Gardner, Douglas Edgar, Russell Tajvidi, Mehdi	Wood Composites	Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Structural Testing