The Northwest Forest Products Academic Forum, sponsored by the Willamette Valley Chapter, Pacific Northwest and Inland Empire Sections of the Forest Products Society, was held May 16, 2008

The Northwest Forest Products Academic Forum, sponsored by the Willamette Valley Chapter, Pacific Northwest and Inland Empire Sections of the Forest Products Society, was held May 16, 2008. This academic forum highlights forest products research by undergraduate and graduate students in the Northwest. The forum was held at the headquarters of the APA Engineered Wood Association in Tacoma, WA.  Each student gave a technical presentation followed by a question and answer period from the judging panel and audience. Cash prizes were awarded for the top graduate and undergraduate presentations. Students from WSU were awarded the following:

• 1st Place Graduate Student Presentation: Nels Peterson – Wood-Thermoplastic Composites Manufactured Using Beetle-Killed Spruce from Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula (Dr. Vikram Yadama – Advisor)
• 2nd Place tie for Graduate Student Presentation: Zack Rininger – Pultrusion of Wood Strand Composites (Dr. Karl Englund – Advisor)