Events (4)

Timber research update seminar 2018
Jun 6, 2018

Location	Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) 3 Watt Place, Hamilton International Technology Park Blantyre, G72 0AG
Description	A seminar to update you on the latest research on timber. The session is open to all and will include summaries on a recently completed PhD project at Edinburgh Napier University looking at properties of minor conifer species. This will be combined with ongoing research from Forest Research and Surrey University (modelling moisture movement in wood), and the very latest research from Edinburgh Napier University. We’ll still have time to fit in the latest news on ongoing research with NUI Galway (including new machine grading settings for Douglas-fir). The afternoon session will give further updates of the work being carried out at Edinburgh Napier University, the latest research from the timber properties group at Forest Research, and go into the latest developments in standardisation, and set the agenda for research going forward. If you want to know what’s coming before it comes, this is your opportunity. Free, but places are limited so please book tickets first at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sirt-research-seminar-tickets-45888618092
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis Steven Adams Stefan Lehneke
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
URL	http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/cwst/event/sirt-seminar-2018/

Pianodrome wood ID workshop
Apr 14, 2018

Location	Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh
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.
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis Stefan Lehneke
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

British Timber Seminar
Nov 29, 2017

Location	IOM3 London 297 Euston Road London, NW1 3AQ United Kingdom
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.
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
URL	http://www.iom3.org/wood-technology-society/

SIRT research update
Nov 17, 2017

Location	Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) Watt Pl Blantyre Glasgow, G72 0AG United Kingdom
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.
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
URL	http://blogs.napier.ac.uk/cwst/event/sirt-seminar/