FDPC members and collaborating experts:

Center Faculty Members/Collaborators

Experts in Pine Tree Conversion to Chemicals and Products

Dr. Oladiran Fasina, P.E. (Head)
Dept. Biosystems Engineering
Expertise: Characterization
Dr. Sushil Adhikari, P.E.
Dept. Biosystems Engineering
Expertise: Chemicals
Dr. Tim McDonald
Dept. Biosystems Engineering
Expertise: Sensors
Dr. Tom Gallagher
Dr. Tom Gallagher, SWFS (Professor Emeritus)
Expertise: Timber Harvesting & Analysis
Dr. Mathew Smidt, Forest Service
Forest Service
Expertise: Forest Operations & Harvesting


Experts in Forest Products

Dr. Brian Via, Director

Forest Products Development Center

College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment

Expertise: Forest Products, Adhesives, Composites, Chemometrics

Dr. María Soledad Peresin, Associate Professor

Forest Products Development Center

College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment

Expertise: Biopolymers, Nanotechnology, Surface Chemistry, Packaging

Dr. Yucheng Ping, Assistant Professor

Forest Products Development Center

College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment

Expertise: Biopolymers, Nanotechnology, Surface Chemistry, Packaging

Dr. “Beatriz” Vega-Erramuspe

Biosystems Engineering

College of Agriculture

Expertise: Biotechnology, Wood Chemistry, Wood Adhesives

Dr. María Auad, Associate Dean

Chemical Engineering

Expertise: Polymers and Adhesives, Packaging

Maria Lujan Auad – College of Engineering (auburn.edu)

Experts in Forest Products Business & Sustainability

Dr. Daowei Zhang, SWFS

Expertise: Economics
Dr. Yaoqi Zhang , SWFS

Expertise: Economics, Managment and Marketing
Dr. Adam Maggard, SWFS

Expertise: Forest Systems Managment



Dr. Magdalena Garmaz

College of Arquitecture and Design
Expertise: Design and Sustainability
FPDC Post Docs

Post-Docs

Dr. Abiodun Alawode, Post Doctorial

Forest Products Development Center

College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment.

Selected Research Projects

Experts in 3D Printed Construction
PrinTimber Team with University of Idaho

Interdisciplinary 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/

Experts in Mass Timber
Auburn Timber Collaborative Team

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

Purpose of Grant is to build collaboration across campus.

NameProgram
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
Experts in Soy Flour Adhesives Team

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 Mass Timber)

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)

Experts in Wood Composites
collaboration with Wood Based Composites Center with Oregon State, Virginia Tech, and Michigan State.

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

Editorial Team

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: 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: Polymeric Materials Chemistry/Physics Liqing Wei (researchgate.net)