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OCTOBER 9-11, 2013 TORONTO, ONTARIO CANADA
ConferenCe program
SponSorS and exhibitorS // 1
WelCome letter // 2
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plenary SeSSion // 5
poSter SeSSion // 10
breakout SeSSionS // 15
planning Committee // 27
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Welcome to the International Conference on Wood Adhesives 2013 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada! The wood
adhesives conference is the leading international conference focused exclusively on new research and devel-
opment related to wood adhesives and bonded wood products and has been held once every 4-5 years with
superb participation from both industry and academia.
The International Conference on Wood Adhesives serves as a premier forum for scientific and technical ex-
change. This year, in addition to the traditional topics surrounding wood adhesives and bonded products,
additional emphasis is placed on the environmental aspects adhesives and bonded wood products, and more
effective use of wood resources. Lower environmental impact and more efficient use of wood resources are
playing an increasingly important role in the 21st century. This has led to a continuing need for research and
implementation of new adhesives and bonded wood products. This conference provides an excellent oppor-
tunity to interact with leaders in these fields from around the world and to share knowledge and ideas among
industrial suppliers and users, academia, government, and NGOs.
We have recruited some of the best international technical experts in the field of wood adhesives as plenary
speakers to deliver to you a series of key topics related to new markets, standards, performance, and emerging
trends. You will also find ample social opportunities to reconnect with old colleagues and make new acquain-
tances at the welcome reception in the evening prior to the conference and at the reception during the poster
session.
This year we will have a large poster session that is co-sponsored by the Wood Based Composite Center (WBC),
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), the Forest Products Society (FPS), and the Centre for
Biocomposites & Biomaterials Processing at the University of Toronto. We strongly encourage you to attend
the session to learn more about the newest student research and to help further strengthen the connections
between academic research and industry.
Another exciting new initiative this year is that in addition to the peer-reviewed proceeding for the conference
that will be published after the meeting, selected papers from the conference will also be included in a special
issue to be published by the Forest Products Journal.
On behalf of the organizing committee, we hope you will find the next three days of the conference productive
and rewarding. This year will be the first time this conference is held outside the United States. Toronto, being
the largest city in Canada, is also a cultural, entertainment and financial capital well known for its multicultural-
ism and for wonderful cuisines from around the world. We hope you will also be able to find time to enjoy what
this great city has to offer while attending the conference.
Enjoy the conference!
Sincerely,
Ning Yan, on behalf of, The International Organizing Committee
WelCome!
Convened by:
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InternatIonal ConferenCe on Wood adhesIves 2013 In toronto, ontarIo, Canada3
1:30 – 4:30 pm WBC I/UCRC Event: An open session on the fundamental-science research
needs of the wood-based composites industry // Ontario Room
Pre-registration required
5:00 – 8:00 pm Reception for all attendees // Niagara Room
6:30 pm Welcome & Announcements
tueSday, oCtober 8
SChedule at a glanCe
7:00 – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast // Niagara/Ontario Room
8:30 – 12:05 pm Morning Plenary Session // Ballroom B
12:05 – 1:40 pm Lunch // Niagara/Ontario Room
1:40 – 5:00 pm Afternoon Plenary Session & Keynote // Ballroom B
6:30 – 9:00 pm Poster Session and Reception // Ballroom A and Foyer area
WedneSday, oCtober 9
7:00 – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast // Niagara/Ontario Room
8:15 – 11:35 am Breakout Sessions
Composites and Engineered Wood // Ballroom A
Developments in Fundamental Understanding of Wood Bonding // Ballroom B
11:35 – 12:50 pm Lunch // Niagara/Ontario Room
12:50 – 4:35 pm Breakout Sessions
Unconventional Products and Substrates // Ballroom A
Analytical and Testing Methodology // Ballroom B
thurSday, oCtober 10
7:00 – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast // Niagara/Ontario Room
8:15 – 11:35 am Breakout Sessions
Novel Adhesives and Resin Chemistry // Ballroom A
Structure, Properties, and Modeling // Ballroom B
11:35 – 12:50 pm Lunch // Niagara/Ontario Room
12:50 – 4:35 pm Breakout Sessions
Bio-Based Adhesives // Ballroom A
Structure and Properties of Wood Adhesive Systems // Ballroom B
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Tuesday, October 8
4:00 – 6:00 pm Niagara Room - Lower Level Confer-ence Centre
Wednesday, October 9
7:00 – 4:30 pm Lower Level Conference Centre
Thursday, October 10
7:00 – 4:30 pm Lower Level Conference Centre
Friday, October 11
7:00 – 1:00 pm Lower Level Conference Centre
ABOUT Forest Products Society:
The Forest Products Society is an international not-for-profit technical association founded in 1947 to provide an
information network for all segments of the forest products industry.
Society members represent a broad range of professional interests including private and public research and
development, industrial management and production, marketing, education, government, engineering and con-
sulting. The Society convenes technical conferences, produces several journals including the peer-reviewed Forest
Products Journal and publishes books on topics of relevance to the forest products industry.
Learn more at www.forestprod.org.
for more information viSit fpSConvention.org
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plenary SeSSion
WedneSday, oCtober 9 // ballroom b
7:00 – 8:30 am Continental Breakfast in the Niagara/Ontario Room
8:30 – 8:45 am Welcome
Ning Yan, University of Toronto
Professor Ning Yan obtained her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Uni-
versity of Toronto in 1997. She is a founding member of the Centre for Biocomposites
and Biomaterials Processing and an Associate Director of the Pulp and Paper Centre at
the University of Toronto. She has been the chair of the FPS wood adhesives techni-
cal interest group since 2011. Professor Ning Yan has more than 130 publications in
peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. Her research program is fo-
cused on forest biomass based products and wood adhesives. She has won a number
of prestigious awards for her research achievement from the Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada, the province of Ontario, and the University
of Toronto. She is currently leading the large academia-industry consortium on “Bark
Biorefinery” at the University of Toronto.
Chris Hunt, USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory
Chris Hunt has been a research chemist at the Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Bio-
polymer Science and Engineering group since he received his Ph.D. in analytical chem-
istry in 2006. He is interested in how wood cell walls interact with chemicals (water,
components in adhesives or coatings, wood modification), and how these interactions
impact the properties of the wood, the additive, and the composite. Recent projects
centered on the impact of infiltration on the bondlines of soy and PF adhesives.
MORNING MODERATOR:
Manfred Dunky, Manager R&D and Application Technology, Kronospan
8:45 – 9:30 am 2013 Update: Impact of U.S. Green Building Standards on Wood Adhesive
William Hull, Marketing Manager, and Ashlee Cribb, Business Manager,
Georgia-Pacific Chemicals
William Hull is a Marketing Manager with the Georgia-Pacific Wood Adhesives busi-
ness. He joined Georgia-Pacific in 2008 and has 15 years of experience in a variety of
business-to-business and business-to-consumer sales and marketing roles. In his role
as Marketing Manager, Hull advises the business and product management teams on
key developments and strategic opportunities in the green building arena. He holds a
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B.A. from Davidson College and an M.B.A. from Duke University.
9:30 – 10:15 am Past, Present, and Future of EU Wood Adhesive Research and Market
Andreja Kutnar
Assistant Professor, University of Primorska
Andreja Kutnar is Assistant Professor at the University of Primorska, Slovenia. Her areas
of expertise include wood composites, thermo hydro mechanical treatment of wood
and adhesive bonding of wood. Her work focuses on research projects in the fields of
natural science, technology and sustainable development of wood industry, environ-
mental impact assessment of new materials, products and technologies from origin,
manufacturing, use/alteration to reuse or recycle.
10:15 – 10:35 am Break
10:35 – 11:20 am Sustainable Formaldehyde-Based Resins for Composite Wood Products:
Formulations to Meet or Exceed All Global Emission Standards
Jeff Swartzentruber
North American PB & MDF Technical Service Leader, Momentive Specialty
Chemicals Inc.
Jeff graduated with both BS Chemistry and BS Business from Southern Oregon
University in 1985. After college, Jeff spent 12 years in MDF manufacturing with
Medite Corporation in Medford, Oregon and Las Vegas, New Mexico working in vari-
ous technical roles. For the past 17 years, he has worked in Technical Service roles
with Momentive Specialty Chemicals (legacy Borden Chemical and Hexion Specialty
Chemicals), currently responsible for coordinating technical service activities for Wood
Fiber (PB/MDF) throughout North America. He is also the current chairman of the
Composite Panel Association Production-Technical committee.
11:20 – 12:05 pm From Reinvigoration of Tannin Adhesives to Wood Welding
Antonio Pizzi, Professor, University of Lorraine
Antonio Pizzi is full professor of industrial chemistry at the LERMAB-ENSTIB, Univer-
sity of Lorraine, Epinal. Prof. Pizzi, who holds a Dr.Chem. (Polymers, Rome, Italy), a
Ph.D.(Organic Chemistry, South Africa) and a D.Sc.(Wood Chemistry, South Africa). He
has authored more than 500 research and technical articles, patents, contract reports
and international conference papers as well as 7 books on adhesion and adhesives
published in New York, and the recipient of numerous international prizes for new
industrial developments in his fields of specialization.. His best-known area of special-
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WedneSday, oCtober 9 // ballroom b
ization is on wood and fiber glueing and wood adhesives chemistry, formulation and
application, in particular to composite products based on natural materials.
12:05 – 1:40 pm Lunch in the Niagara/Ontario Room
AFTERNOON MODERATOR:
Dan Sand, RD/Innovation Manager, GP Chemicals
1:40 – 2:25 pm How Wood Adhesives Work and Areas for Improvement
Charles (“Chuck”) Frihart
Adhesives Group Leader, USDA FS Forest Products Laboratory
Charles (“Chuck”) Frihart is an organic chemist who studies both the fundamental
and applied aspects of wood bonding. After spending 25 years in industry working
on new processes and products, he is now working at the Forest Products Laboratory
(FPL) in Madison, WI. The FPL serves as a bridge between industry, academics, and
other research institutions to improve people’s lives by helping sustain our natural
resources through leading-edge science, technology development and peerless
information delivery. Related to this Chuck investigates reasons for bond failure from
molecular to macro scale aspects. This includes cooperative research with industry
and other research institutions and participation in organizations, such ASTM Interna-
tional.
2:25 - 3:10 pm Visualising the Wood Fibre-Adhesive Interface: Implications for Adhesive
Behaviour, Performance and Design
Warren Grigsby
Senior Scientist, Research Leader of Chemical Synthesis & Design, Scion
Dr Warren Grigsby is a research leader with Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Insti-
tute). He is a specialist in synthetic and polymer chemistry applications across a range
of materials and products including polymers and adhesives. His research focuses
on developing wood-based materials and composites that incorporate high-perfor-
mance bonding agents. Warren is leading the development of bio-based adhesive
and polymer systems that can be used as substitutes for chemicals derived from pe-
troleum. Other research interests include processing and manufacture of wood, fibre
and composite materials as well as the modification and applications of polyphenolic
lignins and tannins.
3:10 – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm Keynote: Transformational Thinking: Innovating for the Future
George Pilcher
Vice President, The Chemquest Group
Mr. Pilcher has spent that past 43 years in the paint and coatings industry in a variety
of technical, production and marketing capacities. Following his retirement from
AkzoNobel Coatings in 2005, where he was the Technical Director for Coil and Extru-
sion Coatings for The Americas and China, George Pilcher served as a management
consultant to BASF’s North American Industrial Coatings Business Unit, before joining
The ChemQuest Group, the leading global strategic management consulting firm
specializing in the coatings and adhesives industries, in 2007 as Vice President. Mr.
Pilcher has published over 30 invited papers in numerous U.S. and European technical
journals, and has written or co-authored several book chapters.
Mr. Pilcher delivered the Millennial Keynote Address at the Meeting of the National
Coil Coating Association (NCCA) in 2000 Chicago, which he repeated later in the year
at the European Coil Coatings Association (ECCA), in Brussels. Mr. Pilcher delivered
keynote addresses at the first Pan American Coatings Conference in Buenos Aires in
2001 and at FATIPEC in 2002 in Dresden, Germany. In 2004, Mr. Pilcher delivered the
Joseph J. Mattiello Memorial Lecture at the International Coatings Exposition in Chi-
cago, and in 2005 he gave the Keynote Address at the inaugural meeting of Coatings
Science International (CoSI) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. In 2009, he delivered the
Keynote Address at the Cleveland Coatings Society’s 52nd Annual Coatings Confer-
ence, and—more recently—he delivered the Keynote Address at paintistanbul 2012
this past year in Istanbul, Turkey, and this past May, 2013 at the 19th Annual Fusion UV
Technical Seminar in both Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.
Mr. Pilcher chaired both the Gordon Research Conference on the Chemistry and
Physics of Coatings and Films in 1991 and the Polymeric Materials: Science and Engi-
neering Division (PMSE) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in 1993. In 1995 he
became the first American to be elected an Honorary “Corresponding Member” of the
Paint and Pigment Division of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker and, in 1996, Mr.
Pilcher was presented by the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology with the
George Baugh Heckel Award, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the
coatings industry. Mr. Pilcher was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Committee of
the Athens Conference in 1998, and was elected a Fellow of PMSE in 2001. In 2006,
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WedneSday, oCtober 9 // ballroom b
he was honored by the Columbus Chapter of the American Chemical Society for his
outstanding contributions to science, and in 2007 the ACS’s PMSE Division bestowed
upon George its Distinguished Service Award.
George Pilcher currently serves on the Roon Awards Selection Committee of the
American Coatings Association, the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Coatings
Technology and Research, and the Advisory Board of CoatingsTech.
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poSter SeSSion
WedneSday, oCtober 9 // ballroom a, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Analytical and Testing Methodology
Poster # 1 Shawn Freitas, Student, Oregon State University
Investigation of Adhesive Bonds Using Fourier-Transform Infrared (FTIR) Microscopy
Poster # 2 Ashley Hellenbrand, Graduate Student, University of Maine
Formaldehyde Emissions from “Native” Wood
Poster # 3 Yingfeng Hu, Graduate student, University of Tokyo
Investigation of Influence of the Viscosity of Phenol-Formaldehyde Adhesive on Penetration
into Wood by LSM and a Statistical Analysis
Poster # 4 Joseph Jakes, Research Materials Engineer, USDA FS Forest Products Laboratory
Nanoindentation Methods To Assess Time-, Temperature-, And Moisture-Dependent
Mechanical Properties Of Wood Cell Walls
Poster # 5 Bernd Luetkemeier, Research Associate, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Evaluating Bonding Performance Of Modified Wood
Poster # 6 Eike Mahrdt, Junior Researcher, Wood K plus
Adhesive Detection In Chip Boards
Poster # 7 Daniela Maschek, PhD student, Georg-August University of Goettingen
Microscopic Analysis Of The Adhesive Distribution On Plasma Treated Wood Particles For
Particleboard Production
Poster # 8 Trine Viljugrein, Senior Development Chemist, Dynea AS
Rheological Methods To Simulate Adhesive Properties For The Wood Working Industry
Bio-based and Novel Adhesive Systems, Resin Chemistry
Poster # 11 Nandika Bandara, Graduate Student, University of Alberta
Adhesive Potential Of Proteins Extracted From Mechanically Separated Poultry Meat Residue
Poster # 12 Yusuf Celikbag, Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University
Modification and Characterization of Liquefied Switchgrass-Based Epoxy Resin
Poster # 13 Sujatha Dhanapal, Scientist, Indian Plywood Industries Research & Training Institute
Green Adhesives For Panel Products
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poSter SeSSion, cont.
WedneSday, oCtober 9 // ballroom a, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Poster # 14 Sankar Govindarajan, Post Doc Fellow, Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto
Novel Polyurethane Adhesives from Beetle Infested Lodge-Pole Pine Barks: Synthesis,
Characterization and Properties
Poster # 15 Zhigang Ling, University of Tokyo
The Analysis Of Chemical Structure Of Aqueous API Adhesive
Poster # 16 Hendrikus W. G. van Herwijnen, Deputy Area Manager, Wood K plus
Crosslinkable Resins Of Proteinous Material Using Enzymes
Poster # 17 Doroteja Vnučec, Researcher, BREST-POHIŠTVO d.o.o. Cerknica
A New Method Of Physical Modification Of Soy Proteins For Wood Adhesive
Poster # 18 Hong Wei Yu, Zhejiang A & F University
Bonding Properties and Curing Kinetics of Phenolic Resins Modified with Starch and Lignin
Poster # 19 Jizong Zhang, PHD Student, Beijing Forestry University
Study On Preparation Process And Characters Of Bio-Oil Starch Adhesive
Poster # 20 Yong Zhao, PDF, University of Toronto
Effect Of Synthesis Conditions On The Properties Of Bark Extractive-Phenol-Formaldehyde
Resins
Poster # 21 Yong Zhao, PDF, University of Toronto
Characterization of Phenol Formaldehyde Novolac Resins from Liquefied Lodgepole Pine Barks
Poster # 22 Shayesteh Haghdan, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia
Adhesion and Impact Properties of Wood-Polyester Composite Laminates
Poster # 23 Byung-Dae Park, Associate Professor, Kyungpook National University
Reinforcement Efficiency of Cellulose Nanowhisker and Cellulose Nanofibril in Polyvinyl
Alcohol-Based Nanocomposites
Poster # 24 Charles (Chuck) Frihart, Head of Wood Adhesives, Forest Products Laboratory
Comparing Soy Flour Wood Adhesives to Purified Soy Protein Adhesives
Poster # 25 Yao Chen, Visiting Scientist, Forest Products Laboratory
Lignin-based Phenol-Formaldehyde resins from purified CO2 precipitated Kraft lignin (PCO2KL)
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Bonding to Unconventional Substrates
Poster # 26 Alireza Bastani, PhD Student, Göttingen University
Bondability Of Phenol Formaldehyde Modified Beech Wood Glued With Phenol Resorcinol
Formaldehyde And Polyvinyl Acetate Adhesives
Poster # 27 Mario García, Student, University of Guadalajara
Performance Of Eleven Tropical Mexican Woods To Commercial Adhesives
Composites
Poster # 28 Yubo Chai, Assistent Professor, Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of
Forestry
Dimensional Stability, Mechanical Properties and Thermal Stability of PF-Boron Treated Wood
Poster # 29 Sumin Kim; presented by Jungki Seo, Professor, Soongsil University
Improving Thermal Conductivity Of Plywood On Flooring For Radiant Floor Heating System To
Save Heating Energy
Poster # 30 Pieter Samyn, Junior professor, Freiburg University
Sustainable Interface Engineering For Polymer-Wood Composites Based
On Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials
Poster # 31 Hui Wan, Associate Professor, Forest Products Department, Mississippi State University
Recycling Polyurethane Materials: A Comparison Of Polyol From Glycolysis With Micronized
Polyurethane Powder In Particleboard Application
Developments in Fundamental Understanding of Wood Bonding
Poster # 32 Henri Bailleres; presented by Michael Kennedy, Team leader, Queensland DAFF
Adhesion Fundamentals In Spotted Gum (Corymbia Citriodora) –
1. Phenol-Formaldehyde Performance
Poster # 33 César Polanco Tapia, Engineer, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
Glulam And Finger Joint Wood In Colombia: A Review Of Some Case Studies About Their
Manufacturing And Advantages Of Their Use
Poster # 34 Matthew Schwarzkopf, Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University
A Stereomicroscopic Optical Method for the Assessment of Load Transfer Patterns Across the
Adhesive Bond Interphase
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poSter SeSSion, cont.
WedneSday, oCtober 9 // ballroom a, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Energy Concerns and Opportunities for Forest Products
Poster # 35 Yao Chen, USDA FS Forest Products Laboratory
Characterization Of Industrial Kraft Pine Lignin For The Production Of Adhesives
Engineered Wood
Poster # 36 Felipe Hideyoshi Icimoto, Wood industrial engineer, University of São Paulo
Influence Of Resin Type In Glulam Mechanical Properties
Poster # 37 César Augusto Polanco Tapia, Ingeniero Forestal, Universidad Distrital Francisco José De
Caldas
Mechanic Resistance Comparison Between Two Types Of Spreading Levels Tested In Five
Different Woods With Four Adhesives
New Wood-based Bonded Products
Poster # 38 Soo Jung Lee, Researcher, Baytech Korea Inc.
Modified Inorganic Polymer As Adhesives And Fire-Resistant For Wood Based Panels
Other Applications
Poster # 39 Hamid Borazjani, Professor, Mississippi State University
Leaching Potential of Formaldehyde from Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF) Buried
in a Simulated Landfill
Poster # 40 Rebecca Hamner, Technical Services Representative, Georgia-Pacific Chemicals
Social Media and the Wood Products Industry: Insight From Downstream Customers and
Influencers
Poster # 41 Shin-ichiro Tohmura, Director, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Aldehydes Emission from Glue-Laminated Timber – Effects of Ethanol Content and Direction
of Exposed Area Structure and Properties of Wood Adhesive Systems
Poster # 42 Yusuf Celikbag, Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University
Modification and Characterization of Liquefied Southern Pine Wood-Based Epoxy Resin
Posters # 9 and 10 have been withdrawn.
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the planning Committee gratefully acknowledges the following Sponsors for their generous support of the Wood adhesives poster Competition!
Student poster Competition sponsored by the university of toronto
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7:00 – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast in the Niagara/Ontario Room
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Introduction by Session Chairs Greg Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia and Mark Anderson, Senior VP, Research & Technology, Arclin-Performance Applied
Introduction by Session Chairs Doug Gardner, Professor of Wood Science and Technology, School of Forest Resources and Advanced Structures and Composites Center, University of Maine and Fred Kamke, Professor and JELD-WEN Chair of Wood-based Composites Science, Oregon State University
8:15 – 8:20 am
Xiaodong (Alice) Wang, Assistant Professor, Luleå Univerity of Technology
Engineered Wood under Cold Climate Part one: Shear tests of glued wood joints under cold temperatures
Samuel Ammann, ETH Zurich
Delamination Behaviour of Adhesively Bonded Structural Hardwood Elements
8:20 - 8:45 am
Toshiro Harada, Head of Wood Protection Laboratory, Dr., Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Adhesive Strength and Fire Resistance of Structural Glued Laminated Timber
Michael Obersriebnig, BOKU University for Life Sciences
Deepened Understanding Of Wood-Adhesive Bond Strength Formation By Measuring Strength Of Adhesion On The Microscale Using Nanoindentation
8:45 - 9:10 am
Ying-Li (Ingrid) Tsai, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia
Coefficient of Static Friction between Resinated strand and Non-resinated Strand under Different Contact Pressure
Oliver Kläusler, Scientific assistant and PhD-Student, ETH Zurich, Institute for Building Materials, Group Wood Physics
Improvement Of Tensile-Shear Strength And Wood Failure Percentage Of 1C –PUR-Bonded Wooden Joints After Water Treatment By Means Of Priming
9:10 - 9:35 am
9:35 – 9:55 am Break
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Milan Sernek, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Wood Science and Technology
Bonding and bending performance of VTC wood composites
Jesse Paris, PhD Student, Oregon State University
Wood-Adhesive Penetration: Non-destructive, 3D visualization and quantification
9:55 - 10:20 am
Xiang-Ming Wang, Associate Re-search Leader and Principal Scientist, FPInnovations
Manufacturing Medium Density Particleboards from Black Spruce Bark/SPF Mixture and Different Adhesive Systems
Matthew Schwarzkopf, Graduate Research Assistant, Oregon State University
Analysis of Load Transfer in Laminated Wood Composites Based on Optical Strain Measurements Across the Bondline. Interfacing Between Empirical Data and Numerical Simulations
10:20 - 10:45 am
Frédéric Simon, Innovation Manager for Products & Process, F.C.B.A. Technological Institute
New generations of glulam beams made of French Domestic Hardwoods and Softwoods: new industrial applications in the field of Engineered Wood Products
John Nairn, Professor, Oregon State University
Direct 3D Numerical Simulation of Stress and Strains in Wood Adhesive Bond Lines Based on Actual Specimen Anatomy from X-Ray Tomography Data
10:45 - 11:10 am
Felipe Icimoto, Wood Industrial Engineer, University of São Paulo
Glulam Ties Manufactured With Pinus Oocarpa And Adhesive Polyurethane
Warren Grigsby, Research Leader, Scion
To What Extent Is Urea Formaldehyde Resin Really Cured In Medium Density Fibreboard?
11:10 - 11:35 am
11:35 – 12:50 pm Lunch in the Niagara/Ontario Room
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breakout SeSSionS, cont.thurSday, oCtober 10
traCk 1: unConventional produCtS and SubStrateS // ballroom a} traCk 2: analytiCal and teSting meth-
odology // ballroom b}
Introduction by Session Chairs Kaye-Uwe Schober, Professor of Timber Engineering & Structural Design, Mainz University of Applied Sciences and David Harper, Assistant Professor, Forest Products Center, University of Tennessee
Introduction by Session Chairs Chip Fraizer, Thomas M. Brooks Professor, Dept. of Wood Science & Forest Products, and Director, Wood-Based Composites Center, Virginia Tech and Johannes Konnerth, Deputy head, Institute of wood technology and renewable resources
12:50 – 12:55 pm
Mojgan Nejad, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Adhesion of Thermal Spray Metal Coating to Wood and Natural Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics
Gordian Stapf, MPA University of Stuttgart
Creep Behaviour and Testing of One Component Polyurethanes and EPI Adhesives
12:55 - 1:20 pm
Kensuke Kawarada, Group Manager, Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute
Effects of Air-Injection Press on Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds from Particleboard
Jörg Schaffrath, Technische Universität München
Stresses And Strains In Glulam Due To Moisture Change – Differences Between Testing And Realness With Reference To Various Wood Species
1:20 - 1:45 pm
Mehmet Hakki Alma, PROF DR, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University
Novolak Type Adhesive And Moldings From Liquefied Biomass
Meng Gong, Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick
Is Accelerated Aging A Reliable Approach To Evaluate Long-Term Performance Of Structural Adhesives?
1:45 - 2:10 pm
César Polanco Tapia, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas
Mechanical Characterization of Structural Glulam Widely Used Five Species In Colombia
Anti Rohumaa, Aalto University School of Chemical Technology
Impact Of Veneer Processing On Bond Properties And How To Reduce Testing Variablily
2:10 - 2:35 pm
2:35 – 2:55 pm Break
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traCk 1: unConventional produCtS and SubStrateS // ballroom a} traCk 2: analytiCal and teSting meth-
odology // ballroom b}
Kay-Uwe Schober, Professor of Timber Engineering and Structural Design, Mainz University of Applied Sciences
Adhesive Strength Of Timber Joints With Unconventional Glued-In Steel Rod
Alexandra Himsel, Junior Researcher, Wood K plus - Competence Center for Wood Composites and Wood Chemistry
Novel Analytical Method To Determine Factors Causing Unwanted Sticking Of Glued Wood Particles Onto Machinery Parts
2:55 - 3:20 pm
Marina Alipon, Scientist, Forest Products Research and Development Institute
Performance Evaluation of Adhesives on Engineered Bamboo
Johannes Konnerth, Associate Professor, BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
Nanoindentation For Direct Evaluation Of Adhesion At The Cell Wall-Adhesive Interface & AFM-Based Polarity Characterization Of Wood Surfaces
3:20 - 3:45 pm
Carlito Calil Neto, PhD Student, University of Sao Paulo - Brazil
Specie-Treatment-Adhesive Combinations Using 4 Brazilian Reforestation Species, 3 Preservative Treatments And 3 Adhesives For Glulam Purpose
Joseph Jakes, Research Materials Engineer, USDA FS Forest Products Laboratory
Mapping Adhesive Infiltration In Wood Cell Walls With Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence Microscopy
3:45 - 4:10 pm
Yusuf Celikbag, Graduate Research Assistant, Auburn University
Characterization of Wood Liquefaction Oil for Adhesive Production
Hendrikus W. G. van Herwijnen, Deputy Area Manager, Wood K plus
Novel Methods To Investigate The UF Resin Distribution Within Industrial MDF And Chip Boards
4:10 - 4:35 pm
Enjoy dinner with collegues and friends in the City of Toronto
4:45 – 5:30 pm open meeting to diSCuSS a poSSible ongoing Wood adheSiveS diSCuSSion forum
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breakout SeSSionS, cont.friday, oCtober 11
7:00 – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast in the Niagara/Ontario Room
novel adheSiveS and reSin ChemiStry // ballroom a} traCk 2: StruCture, propertieS, and
modeling of Wood adheSive SyStemS // ballroom b
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Introduction by Session Chairs Anthony Allen, Research Fellow, Ashland Water Technologies and Antonio Pizzi, Professor, University of Lorraine
Introductions by Session Chairs John Nairn, Richardson Chair in Wood Science and Engineering, Oregon State University and Peter Niemz, Head of Wood Physics Group, ETH
8:15 – 8:20 am
Derek Atkinson, Associate Chemist, Georgia-Pacific Chemicals
Advancements in NAF Adhesive Technology
Daniel Yelle, Research Forest Products Technologist, Forest Products Laboratory
Elucidating How Phenol Formaldehyde Adhesives Bond To Wood Cell Walls Using High-Resolution Solution-State NMR Spectroscopy
8:20 - 8:45 am
Andreas Zillessen, Project Manager Adhesives, Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research WKI
Microencapsulated PMDI Adhesives For Bonding Wood
Jan Vanerek, Ing. Ph.D., Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Modification Of Epoxy Adhesives Using Fibrous Reinforcement To Enhance Glue Ductility In Relation To Wood Adherends
8:45 - 9:10 am
Matthew Ellison, Director of Reactive Technology, Bioformix, Inc.
Novel Methylene Malonates and Cyanoacrylate Technologies - Key Advancements in High Speed, High Performance, Energy, Water and Formaldehyde Free Sustainable Adhesive Systems
Darren Riedlinger, Senior Analytical Chemist, Arclin
Particleboad Formaldehyde Emissions and Decay under Elevated Temperature and Humidity Conditions
9:10 - 9:35 am
9:35 – 9:55 am Break
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novel adheSiveS and reSin ChemiStry // ballroom a} traCk 2: StruCture, propertieS, and
modeling of Wood adheSive SyStemS // ballroom b
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Hao Zhang, Dr., Beijing Forestry University
Nanocrystalline Cellulose from Two Kinds of Materials Used for Improving Formaldehyde Emission and Bonding Strength of Urea-Formaldehyde Resin Adhesive
Charles Paul, Vice President - Technology, Henkel
New Hot Melts: Tailored Olefins for Laminating to Wood
9:55 - 10:20 am
Soo Jung Lee, researcher, Bio-energy Research Center Chonnam National University
Lignin-Phenol-Formaldehyde Adhesives With Residual Lignin From Hardwood Bioethanol Production
Manfred Dunky, Manager for Research and Application Technology, Kronospan GmbH
Influence Of The Degree Of Condensation Of Urea Formaldehyde (UF) Adhesives On The Penetration Into Wood Tissue And On The Shear Strength Of Adhesive Joints
10:20 - 10:45 am
Shin-ichiro Tohmura, Director, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
Effects Of Synthetic Process Of Melamine-Urea-Formaldehyde Resins On Chemical Structure Before And After Cure
Sardar Malekmohammadi, PhD Graduate research Assistant, University of British Columbia
Application of a Multiscale Modelling Framework in Reliability Analysis of Strand-Based Wood Composites
10:45 - 11:10 am
Yusuf Sudo Hadi, Lecturer, Bogor Agricultural University
Binderless Particleboard Resistance to Termite Attack
Lech Muszynski, Associate Professor, Oregon State University
Integrated Methodo For Multi-Scale/Multi-Modal Investigation Of Micro-Mechanical Wood-Adhesive Interaction
11:10 - 11:35 am
11:35 – 12:50 pm Lunch in the Niagara/Ontario Room
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breakout SeSSionS, cont.friday, oCtober 11
traCk 1: bio-baSed adheSiveS // ball-room a} traCk 2: StruCture and propertieS of
Wood adheSive SyStemS // ballroom b}
Introductions by Session Chairs Milan Sernek, Associate Professor, Dept. of Wood Science and Technology, University of Ljubljana and Charles Shuster, Franklin International
Introductions by Session Chairs Martin Feng, Principal Scientist, FPInnovations/Adjunct Profressor, University of Toronto and Byung-Dae Park, Associate Professor, Kyungpook National University
12:50 – 12:55 pm
Milan Sernek, Professor, University of Ljubljana
Bonding of wood with liquefied wood and analysis of the structure of formed bond line
Gordian Stapf, MPA University of Stuttgart
Curing Behaviour of Structural Wood Adhesives – Parallel Plate Rheometer Results
12:55 - 1:20 pm
Yong Zhao, PDF, University of Toronto
Synthesis And Characterization Of Bio-Based Phenol-Formaldehyde Resol Resins From Bark Autoclave Extraction
Charles Frazier, T.M. Brooks Professor, Sustainable Biomaterials, Virginia Tech
Structure/Property Analysis Of Polyure-thane Adhesives
1:20 - 1:45 pm
Yaolin Zhang, Senior Scientist, FPInnovations
Fungus-Modified Lignin and Its Use in Wood Adhesive for Manufacturing of Wood Composites
Martin Feng, Principal Scientist, FPInnovations
Development of a Heat-Resistant Polyurethane Adhesive
1:45 - 2:10 pm
Dian-Qing Yang, Senior Scientist, FPInnovations
Fungal Modifications of Chitosan Adhesives for Manufacturing Wood Composites
Byung-Dae Park, Associate Professor, Kyungpook National University
Crystalline Characteristics of Urea-Formaldehyde Resin Adhesives at Different Formaldehyde/Urea Mole Ratios
2:10 - 2:35 pm
2:35 – 2:55 pm Break
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traCk 1: bio-baSed adheSiveS // ball-room a} traCk 2: StruCture and propertieS of
Wood adheSive SyStemS // ballroom b}
Kenji Umemura, Associate Professor, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University
Development Of Wood-Based Materials Bonded With Citric Acid
Chris Hunt, PhD, Research Chemist, USDA FS Forest Products Laboratory
Wood as Size Exclusion Chromatography Media: Implications to Adhesives
2:55 - 3:20 pm
Alexander Tseitlin, Senior Scientist, EcoSynthetix
Novel Bio-Binders For Use In Compos-ite Wood Products
Xing Yang, PhD Student, Virginia Tech
Influence Of Organic-Filler On Phenol-Formaldehyde Adhesion To Wood
3:20 - 3:45 pm
Yonghwan Jang, PhD Graduate student, Oregon State University
Adhesion Mechanisms Of An Adhesive That Is Solely Based On Natural Materials
Jörn Dettmer, M. Sc. Candidate, University of British Columbia
Properties Comparison of North Ameri-can Particleboard
3:45 - 4:10 pm
Emelie Norström, PhD student, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Wood Adhesives Based On Polysaccharides
Hamidreza Edalat, PhD Student of Wood Sciences and Technology, University of Tehran
Effect Of Resin Penetration On Bond Strength In Oriented Strand Board By Using A New Quantitative Method
4:10 - 4:35 pm
Enjoy dinner with collegues and friends in the City of Toronto and safe travels home!
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planning Committee
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Charles (“Chuck”) Frihart, Head of Wood Adhesives Science & Technology, Performance Enhanced Biopoly-
mers, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Charles (“Chuck”) Frihart is an organic chemist who studies both the fundamental and
applied aspects of wood bonding. After spending 25 years in industry working on new
processes and products, he is now working at the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) in
Madison, WI. The FPL serves as a bridge between industry, academics, and other research
institutions to improve people’s lives by helping sustain our natural resources through
leading-edge science, technology development and peerless information delivery.
Related to this Chuck investigates reasons for bond failure from molecular to macro scale
aspects. This includes cooperative research with industry and other research institutions and participation in
organizations, such ASTM International.
Christopher G. Hunt, Research Chemist, Performance Enhanced Biopolymers, USDA Forest Products Labora-
tory, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Chris Hunt has been a research chemist at the Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Biopoly-
mer Science and Engineering group since he received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry
in 2006. His is interested in how wood cell walls interact with chemicals (water, compo-
nents in adhesives or coatings, wood modification), and how these interactions impact
the properties of the wood, the additive, and the composite. Recent projects have cen-
tered on the impact of infiltration on the bondlines of soy and PF adhesives.
Ning Yan, Professor, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Professor Ning Yan obtained her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Uni-
versity of Toronto in 1997. She is a founding member of the Centre for Biocomposites
and Biomaterials Processing and an Associate Director of the Pulp and Paper Centre at
the University of Toronto. She has been the chair of the FPS wood adhesives technical
interest group since 2011. Professor Ning Yan has more than 130 publications in peer-
reviewed journals and international conferences. Her research program is focused on for-
est biomass based products and wood adhesives. She has won a number of prestigious
awards for her research achievement from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada,
the province of Ontario, and the University of Toronto. She is currently leading the large academia-industry
consortium on “Bark Biorefinery” at the University of Toronto.
foreSt produCtS journal online The Forest Products Journal (FPJ) is the
source of information for industry leaders,
researchers, teachers, students, and everyone
interested in today’s forest products industry.
The Forest Products Journal is well respected
for publishing high-quality peer-reviewed
technical research findings at the applied or
practical level that reflect the current state of
wood science and technology.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Dr. Manfred Dunky, Manager R & D and Application
Technology, Kronospan, Austria
Prof. Charles Frazier, Virginia Tech University, Blacks-
burg, Virginia, USA
Dr. Warren Grigsby, Senior Scientist, Research Leader
of Chemical Synthesis & Design, Scion, New Zealand
Fred Kamke, Professor and JELD-WEN Chair of Wood-
based Composites Science, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Prof. Klaus Richter, Technische Universität München,
Germany
planning Committee, cont.
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SESSION CHAIRS
Anthony Allen, Research Fellow, Ashland Water Tech-
nologies, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Mark Anderson, Senior VP, Research & Technology,
Arclin-Performance Applied, Springfield, Oregon, USA
Martin Feng, Principal Scientist, FPInnovations -
Wood Products Division, and Adjunct Professor,
Faculty of Forestry, University of Toronto, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada
Chip Frazier, Thomas M. Brooks Professor, Dept. of
Wood Science & Forest Products, and Director, Wood-
Based Composites Center, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
Virginia, USA
Doug Gardner, Professor of Wood Science and Tech-
nology, School of Forest Resources and Advanced
Structures and Composites Center, University of
Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
David Harper, Assistant Professor, Forest Products
Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee,
USA
Fred Kamke, Professor and JELD-WEN Chair of Wood-
based Composites Science, Oregon State University,
Corvallis, Oregon, USA
Johannes Konnerth, Deputy head, Institute of wood
technology and renewable resourcesBOKU - Univer-
sity of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna,
Austria
John Nairn, Richardson Chair in Wood Science and
Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Or-
egon, USA
Peter Niemz, Head of Wood Physics Group, ETH,
Zurich, Switzerland
Byung-Dae Park, Associate Professor, Department of
Wood Science and Technology, Kyungpook National
University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
Tony Pizzi, Professor, University of Lorraine, Epinal,
France
Kay-Uwe Schober, Professor of Timber Engineering &
Structural Design, Mainz University of Applied Sci-
ences, Mainz, Germany
Milan Sernek, Associate Professor, Dept. of Wood
Science and Technology, University of Ljubljana, Lju-
bljana, Slovenia
Charles Shuster, Franklin International Inc. Colum-
bus, Ohio, USA
Greg Smith, Associate Professor, Department of
Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancou-
ver, British Columbia, Canada
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Joe Gravunder, Publications Manager
Rachel Klaven, Administrative Assistant