Dr Dan Ridley-Ellis' Events (4)

Pianodrome wood ID workshop
Apr 14, 2018

Description	A typical piano contains between 8 and 16 different species of wood - each part is carefully designed to achieve a very specific purpose, with a wood species selected to match. The hammers must be tough, the soundboard should be resonant and the case beautiful. Join Daniel Ridley-Ellis and Stefan Lehneke from the Centre for Wood Technology at Edinburgh Napier University, and Andrew Gibson of the Wood Technology Society, to discover which wood is used for each part of the piano, and how to tell your beech from your birch.
Location	Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis Stefan Lehneke
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas	Wood science
Themes	Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups	Institute for Sustainable Construction

British Timber Seminar
Nov 29, 2017

Description	Join this group of true wood enthusiasts for an entertaining and informative programme of short talks for the British forestry and timber community. The event will showcase some of the new products and progress in British timber and wood science, and its relevance to the industry today. There will be opportunity to ask questions, network and discuss with others in the trade, consultants and specialists. Refreshments from 16.30 pm 17.00 Home-grown timber now and in the future Dan Ridley-Ellis, Edinburgh Napier University 17.30 New products from UK timbers Morwenna Spear, Bangor University 18.00 Wood composites – microscopic to macroscopic Martin Ansell, University of Bath The Wood Technology Society is part of The Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining (IOM3). This free event is being held in ‘The Mine’, at the IOM3 headquarters, conveniently situated next to Warren Street tube station. The Wood Technology Society, formerly the Institute of Wood Science (IWSc). Our purpose is to advance and encourage the scientific, technical, practical and general knowledge of timber and wood based materials.
Location	IOM3 London 297 Euston Road London, NW1 3AQ United Kingdom
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas	Wood science Timber engineering
Themes	Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups	Institute for Sustainable Construction
URL	http://www.iom3.org/wood-technology-society/

SIRT research update
Nov 17, 2017

Description	On Friday 17th November we will be holding a seminar to update you on the latest research on timber. The morning session is open to all and will include summaries on two recently completed PhD projects at University of Glasgow (managing twist and other drying distortion, and understanding moisture variation in trees and roundwood). This will be combined with ongoing research from Forest Research and Surrey University (modelling moisture movement in wood, and moisture cracking of trees), and – of course – the very latest research from Edinburgh Napier University on grading settings, and alternative conifer species – both material properties and the results of our recent survey of sawmillers’ experience. We’ll still have time to fit in the latest news on what we are planning to do with NUI Galway (including new machine grading settings for Douglas-fir) and an update from Andrew Gibson on the Modern Apprenticeship Framework in Wood and Timber Industries Level 2.
Location	Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) Watt Pl Blantyre Glasgow, G72 0AG United Kingdom
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas	Timber engineering Wood science
Themes	Culture and Communities
URL	http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/cwst/event/sirt-seminar/

IStructE CPD Seminar: Structural Timber Engineering
Sep 20, 2016

Description	Timber is a versatile, natural, material with a wide range of properties. When properly understood, responsibly sourced, and produced through modern forestry and manufacturing processes it can provide technically capable, renewable and environmentally friendly construction products. Combining timber construction components appropriately through holistic design, informed detailing and quality-assured building practices will result in a highly energy efficient building fabric that provides user comfort. Developments in offsite manufacture and modern methods of construction (MMC) mean that there is far more to offsite timber systems than conventional timber frame construction – such as solid laminate timber products including mechanical laminated systems (nail-lam or dowel-lam also known as Brettstapel); and bonded laminated systems including GluLam and cross-laminated timber (known as CrossLam, or CLT). Timber material properties, grading techniques and ways of optimising selection. Timber Connections Design theory to Eurocode 5, including a demonstration of how to undertake value engineering. Timber products and systems including solid laminate timber systems, dowel-lam, nail-lam, and cross-laminated timber. Programme 1430 Arrival, Refreshments 1500 Timber Material Properties 1530 Grading techniques and ways of optimising selection 1630 Break, Refreshments 1700 Timber Connections – Design theory to Eurocode 5 1800 Timber products and systems 1900 Close This seminar will be delivered by expert speakers from the Institute for Sustainable Construction (ISC) at Edinburgh Napier University.
Location	Stirling Court Hotel – University of Stirling
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis Robert Hairstans Andrew Livingstone
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Research Areas	Materials Timber engineering Offsite construction and Innovative Structures
Themes	Culture and Communities
URL	https://www.istructe.org/events/regional/scottish/2016/cpd-seminar-structural-timber-engineering