Heather Crozier, Director of Development

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Elizabeth Fritsch. Development Officer

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Dr. Adam Maggard, Associate Extension Professor

Forestry Industry Management

https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/directory-new/u/adm0074

Dr. Marissa Jo Daniel, Assistant Professor

Forest Operations and Chip Quality (Former International Paper / Packaging Business)

https://cfwe.auburn.edu/profile/marissa-daniel/

Dr. Georgios Arseniou, Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist

Urban forestry, forest measurements and modeling, tree biomass quantification and laser scanning technologies

https://ssl.acesag.auburn.edu/directory-new/u/Georgios-Arseniou-uK9i11n0

Dr. Abiodun Alawode, Extension Postdoctoral Fellow

Sustainable adhesives for forest products and wood packaging industry.

https://cfwe.auburn.edu/profile/abiodun-alawode/

Transdisciplinary project with University of Idaho (Maughan PI / Via Co-PI at Auburn)

Title: Developing a Circular Bio-Based Framework For Architecture, Engineering and Construction Through Additive Manufacturing

Team: https://printimber.org/team/

Wood Innovation Award #: FS-23-DG-11083150-207-FWE

The Auburn Mass Timber Collaborative involves partners between Architecture, Forestry, Engineering, and the Forest Products Development Center. This initiative was started by funding obtained through the wood innovation grant for extension and outreach for workforce development).

Mass Timber Partners (also listed below)

Name	Program
Heather Alexander Contact | Auburn Forest Fire and Ecology Lab	Forest Ecology
Tom Chung Tom S. Chung – College of Architecture, Design and Construction (auburn.edu)	Architecture
Wes Collins Wesley Collins – College of Architecture, Design and Construction (auburn.edu)	Building Science
Jim Davidson Jim Davidson – College of Engineering (auburn.edu)	Structural Engineering
Jacob Elbrecht Jake Elbrecht – College of Architecture, Design and Construction (auburn.edu)	Building Science
Emily Knox Emily Knox – College of Architecture, Design and Construction (auburn.edu)	Landscape Architecture
Adam Maggard Adam Maggard – Staff Directory – Alabama Cooperative Extension System – ACES.edu (auburn.edu)	Extension
Kiel Moe (Principal Investigator) Kiel Moe – College of Architecture, Design and Construction (linkedin)	Architecture
Yucheng Peng Yucheng Peng – College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment Yucheng Peng (auburn.edu)	Sustainable Packaging and Bioproducts
David Roueche David Roueche – College of Engineering profile (auburn.edu)	Structural Engineering
Kadir Sener Kadir Sener – College of Engineering (auburn.edu)	Structural Engineering
David Shanks David Shanks – College of Architecture, Design and Construction (auburn.edu)	Architecture
Brian Via Director – Forest Products Development Center (auburn.edu)	Forest Products

Award Funding: United Soybean Board (SBC-USB24-101-D-C-1-C/2433-101-0103)

Title: Commercial Implementation Of Soy Flour Substituted Resins For Wood Composite Panels (and Packaging)

Sujit Banerjee – Chemical Engineer

Sujit Banerjee | School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (gatech.edu)

Brian Via – FPDC (PI)

Director – Forest Products Development Center (auburn.edu)

Auburn became a member in 2018. Collaboration of faculty with industry to perform relevent research in wood composites.

Faculty – (wbc.center)

Leadership – (wbc.center)

Forest Products Journal (allenpress.com)

EDITOR IN CHIEF
Brian K. Via, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

ASSOCIATE EDITORS
George Cheng, JELD-WEN, Inc., Charlotte, NC, Expertise: Wood Composites George Cheng (LinkedIn)
Kevin Cheung, Western Wood Products Association, Portland, OR, Expertise: Wood Engineering Kevin Cheung (LinkedIn)
Frederico França, Mississippi State, Starkville, MS, Expertise: Primary Processing & Lumber Testing Frederico Franca – (msstate.edu)
Kathryn Gazal, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, Expertise: Forest Products Marketing and Economics Kathryn Gazal – (wvu.edu)
Hongmei Gu, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, Expertise: Carbon & Life Cycle Assessment Hongmei Gu – (usda.gov)
Tom Hammett, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, Expertise: Packaging, Non-timber Forest Products Tom Hammett – (vt.edu)
Eric McConnell, Mississippi State, Starkville, MS. Expertise: Economics, Business, Forest Operations Dr. Eric McConnell – (msstate.edu)
Nan Nan, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Expertise: Biomass Processing for Products Nan Nan – (latech.edu)
Arijit Sinha, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Expertise: Wood Engineering Sinha, Arijit – (oregonstate.edu)
Rod Stirling, FPInnovations, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Expertise: Wood Degradation and Preservation ‪Rod Stirling‬ – ‪(Google Scholar‬)
Liqing Wei, Hanwha Azdel, Inc., Lynchburg, VA Expertise: Packaging, Polymeric Materials Chemistry/Physics Liqing Wei (researchgate.net)