Ph.D., Materials Engineering Science, 1989 – Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
M.S., Forestry, 1985 – University of Maine at Orono
B.S., Wood Science, 1982 – University of Maine at Orono
Professional Experience
2017 – present, Associate Vice President for Research and Director, Office of Clean Technology, Washington State University, Pullman
2016-present, Director, ASCENT – FAA Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and the Environment
2012 – present, Regents Professor, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2008 – 2016, Director, Institute for Sustainable Design, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2004 – 2012, Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1996 – 2004, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1989 – 1996, Assistant Professor of Wood Science, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
1985 – 1989, Graduate Project, Research, and Teaching Assistant, VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA
Awards
President, Society of Wood Science and Technology, 2014-15, Madison, WI
Fellow, International Academy of Wood Science, 2012, meritorious recognition of wood scientists in evidence of high scientific standards
Leon Luck Most Effective Professor, 2009, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Career Achievement Award, 2009, College of Natural Resources (Alumnus), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Outstanding Teaching Faculty, 2007, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher Award, 2005, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Outstanding Research Faculty, 2004, Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Outstanding Research Faculty, 2004 and 2005, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Distinguished Alumnus, University of Maine, 2002
Louisiana-Pacific Professorship of Wood Materials and Engineering, Endowed professorship for research in wood materials and engineering. Washington State University, 1998 to present
