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Article ItemAlumni Profile: Christian Heine , article
Alumnus Christian Heine has come a long way — literally and figuratively — from his start as a woodworker’s apprentice in his home country of Germany to his current position as president of Bosch Power Tools North America.
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Article ItemStudents help to solve a real-world crisis , article
Students in Daniel Hindman’s Green Building Systems course were challenged to design sustainable housing units for use in Middle Eastern countries taking in Syrian refugees.
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Article ItemHammett appointed visiting professor at Nepal university , article
Under his four-year appointment, Hammett will work closely with the Agriculture and Forestry University's administration and faculty while continuing to teach and conduct research at Virginia Tech.
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Article ItemAdvances in microscopy benefit research , article
Researchers have explored and established a video microscopy technique that digitally acquires and stitches up to 50 microscopic images into a single large-scale image of a wood and adhesive bondline.
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Article ItemTwo Colleges Team Up for Study Abroad in Nepal , article
Faculty and students from the college joined with others from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to spend their winter break trekking through the Himalayas.
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Article ItemIndustry Donations Benefit Packaging Program , article
Packaging students have access to state-of-the-art equipment and software thanks to industry donations.
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Article ItemGrant aids compostable plastic bag development , article
Our summer 2014 issue included a story on Professor Emeritus Wolfgang Glasser’s work with the start-up firm cycleWood Solutions Inc. to produce plastic bags that degrade within six months when composted.
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Article ItemWEI 2015 product , article
The Wood Enterprise Institute (WEI), a student-run entrepreneurial venture, is taking orders for its 2015 product — custom wall-mount bottle openers.
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Article ItemFamed Damascus Steel Holds Key to Future Advancements , article
Professor Barry Goodell’s recent research provides a link to Middle Age weaponry.
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Article ItemServing community and the arts , article
As a service-learning project, students in Professor Robert Bush’s Senior Seminar in Forest Products Marketing and Management built an outdoor “theater” for the Blacksburg New School.
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Article ItemSmith Heads Sustainable Biomaterials Department , article
Robert “Bob” L. Smith, the college’s associate dean for engagement, has been named head of the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials.
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Article ItemFormaldehyde emissions challenge wood-based composites industry , article
Wood-based composites are used to make American homes and many of the wood-based items in them. These composites, often made from wood fibers, chips, and flakes, are versatile and useful, and they make timber resources more sustainable.
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Article ItemSustainable biomaterials students do their part at Shack-a-Thon , article
About 30 students built an 8-foot- square structure for the university’s annual Shack-a-Thon event, which raises donations for Habitat for Humanity.
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Article ItemWooden homes prefabricated in U.S. could help reduce housing deficit in Latin America , article
A research team from the Department of Sustainable Biomaterials is examining the market potential for wooden houses prefabricated in the U.S. as a way to help decrease the housing deficit in Latin America.
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Article ItemEdgar and Dong receive American Chemical Society awards , article
Professor Kevin Edgar and doctoral student Yifan Dong earned awards from the society’s Cellulose and Renewable Materials Division.
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