News (4)

University academic to insist "no such thing as a tree" (to foresters)
Mar 13, 2019

Summary	Dan Ridley-Ellis, the Head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology, will be giving the Royal Forestry Society's Lawrence Pilling Memorial Lecture at the Worcestershire Federation of Young Farmers Clubs.
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.rfs.org.uk/events/2019/march/worcestershire-federation-of-young-farmers-clubs-worcestershire/

Edinburgh Napier University playing key role for structural timber throughout Europe
Mar 8, 2019

Summary	On the 19th and 20th of March, Dan Ridley-Ellis, head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology, will chair his first meeting as convenor of a key timber standards committee. This CEN task group TC124 WG2 TG1, plays an important role to ensure the safe grading of structural timber throughout Europe. The role of secretary of the committee is now taken by Edinburgh Napier PhD graduate David Gil-Moreno, now at NUI Galway.
Linked Funders	Scottish Forestry ConFor Confederation of Forest Industries (UK) Ltd
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis
Outputs	Strength grading of sawn timber in Europe: an explanation for engineers and researchers
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Projects	SIRT 2018-19 (WP1&2)
Research Areas	Timber engineering
Themes	Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups	Institute for Sustainable Construction
URL	https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/cwst/the-mysterious-tg1/

Edinburgh Napier University plays vital role for production of structural timber throughout Europe
Dec 7, 2018

Summary	Dan Ridley-Elis, head of the Centre for Wood Science an Technology at Edinburgh Napier University has been made convenor of the European Standards expert group that supports the production of graded timber, throughout Europe. David Gil-Moreno, former PhD student at Napier, and now researcher at NUI Galway, has taken over the role of secretary. TG1 reviews and approves reports for machine and visual grading of structural timber, and one very important aspect of its work is to avoid issues that could lead to unsafe grading. TG1 is the shorthand name for CEN TC124/WG2/TG1, a task group within the CEN (European Standards) committee structure for timber structures. It consists of a panel of experts with knowledge of the correct standard procedures, and sufficient experience to be able to query potential problems. Since it is a vital matter for construction safety, the reports are thoroughly examined before they are approved. This feeds back into the standards development process, but also allows the timber industry to advance at a much faster pace than standards review can work.
Linked Funders	DAFM Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine ConFor Confederation of Forest Industries (UK) Ltd
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Projects	Irish forest products and standards SIRT WP2 2017-18
Research Areas	Timber engineering Wood science
Themes	Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups	Institute for Sustainable Construction

Associate Professor on judging panel for national structural timber awards
Jan 18, 2018

Summary	Head of the Centre for Wood Science and Technology, Dan Ridley-Ellis, is on the judging panel for the 2018 Structural Timber Awards. These awards - covering several categories including social housing, new products, and buildings for education and healthcare - reflect the impressive innovation and growth within the timber industry. They are a rich vein of stunning, inspirational architectural design and engineering excellence. Entries demonstrate the construction industry’s growing confidence in the use of engineered timber - which Edinburgh Napier University has been supporting through the work of the Institute for Sustainable Construction.
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
Themes	Culture and Communities
Research Centres/Groups	Institute for Sustainable Construction
URL	www.structuraltimberawards.co.uk