SWST
Society of Wood Science and Technology
George Marra Award Recipients
2007
John A. Naim, "Numerical simulations of transverse compression and densification in wood" in 38(4) -- First Place
R. Cristian Neagu, E. Kristofer Gamstedt, Mikael Lindstron, "Characterization methods for elastic properties of wood fibers from mats for composite materials," published in 38(1) -- Second Place
Mohammed Jahangir A. Chowdhury and Philip E. Humphrey, "The effect of sequential ammonia and methyl formate injection on the strength development of phenol-formaldehyde bonds to wood" published in 38(2) -- Honorable Mention
2006
Sigurdur Ormarsson and Dave Cown, "Moisture-Related Distortion of Timber Boards of Radiata Pine: Comparison with Norway Spruce", Volume 37(3): 424-436 -- First Place
Kathy L. Woo, Paul Watson, and Shawn D. Mansfield, "The Effects of Mountain Pine Beetle Attack on Lodgepole Pine Wood Morphology and Chemistry: Implications for Wood and Fiber Quality", Volume 37(1): 112-126 -- Second Place
Mohssine Moutee, Mario Fafard, Yves Fortin, Aziz Laghdir, "Modeling the Creep Behavior of Wood Cantilever Loaded at Free End During Drying", Volume 37(3): 521-534 -- Honorable Mention
Mohammed Jahangir A. Chowdhury and Philip E. Humphrey, "A Sealed Pressing System and its Use to Explore the Ammonia Plasticization of Natural Fiber Mats", Volume 37(1): 42-50 -- Honorable Mention
2005
Kate E. Semple, Ross B. Cunningham, and Philip D. Evans, "Manufacture of Wood-cement Composites from Acacia Mangium: Mechanistic Study of Compounds Improving the Compatibility of Acacia Mangium Heartwood with Portland Cement", Volume 36(2): 250-259 -- First Place
Chi-Leung So, Stan T. Lebow, Leslie H. Groom, and Timothy G. Rials, "The Application of Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy to Inorganic Preservative-Treated Wood", Volume 36(3): 329-336 -- Honorable Mention
Siqun Wang, Paul M. Winistorfer, and Timothy M. Young, "Fundamentals of Vertical Density Profile Formation in Wood Composites. Part III. MDF Density Formation During Hot Pressing", Volume 36(1): 17-25 -- Honorable Mention
Balazs G. Zombori, Frederick A. Kamke, and Layne T. Watson, "Sensitivity Analysis of Internal Mat Environment During Hot Pressing", Volume 36(2): 195-209 -- Honorable Mention
2004
Zombori, Balazs G.; Kamke, Frederick A.; Watson, Layne T., "Simulation of the internal conditions during the hot pressing process", Volume 35(1): 2-23 -- First Place
Green, David W. and Evans, James W., "Effect of low relative humidity on properties of structural lumber products", Volume 35(2): 247-265 -- Honorable Mention
Stark, Nicole M. and Rowlands, Robert E., "Effects of wood fiber characteristics on mechanical properties of wood/polypropylene composites", Volume 35(2): 167-174 -- Honorable Mention
2003
Muszynski, Lech, Wang, Fenghu, and Shaler, Steven M., "Short-term creep tests on phenol-resorcinol-formaldehyde (PRF) resin undergoing moisture content changes, Volume 34(4): 612-624 -- First Place
Lang, Elemer M.; Bejo, Laszlo; Szalai, Jozsef; Kovacs, Zsolt; and Anderson, R. Bruce, "Orthotropic strength and elasticity of hardwoods in relation to composite manufacture. Part II. Orthotropy of compression strength and elasticity", Volume 34(2): 350-365 -- Second Place
2002
Dai, Chunping, "Viscoelasticity of wood composite mats during consolidation", Volume 33(3): 353-363 -- First Place
Tabarsa, Taghi and Chui, Ying Hei, "Characterizing microscopic behavior of wood under transverse compression. Part II. Effect of species and loading direction", Volume 33(2): 223-232 -- Second Place
2001
Zhang, Jun and Pascal Kamdem, "Interaction of copper-amine with southern pine: Retention and migration", Volume 32(3): 332-339 -- First Place
Anagnost, Susan E., Mark, Richard E., and Hanna, Robert B. "Utilization of soft-rot cavity orientation for the determination of microfibril angle - Part I", Volume 32(1): 81-87 -- Second Place
2000
Jhang, Jian and Perry N. Peralta, "Moisture content-water potential characteristics curves for red oak and loblolly pine", Volume 31(4): 360-369. -- First Place
Chowdhury, Mohammed Jahangir and Philip E. Humphrey, "The effect of acetylation on the shear strength development, Volume 31(3): 293-299. -- Second Place
1999
Paul Cooper, "Diffusion of copper in wood cell walls following vacuum treatment," Volume 30(4) -- First Place
Peter W. Lau and J. Dave Barrett, "Modeling the reliability of wood tension members exposed to elevated temperatures", Volume 30(3) -- Second Place
Yi-ru Chen, Elmer Schmidt, and Kurt Olson, "Effect of compression of green wood chips on conidial germination and colonization of a biopulping fungus, phanerochaete", Volume 30(1) -- Honorable Mention
1998
John W. Stelmokas, Audrey G. Zink, and Joseph R. Loferski, "Image Correlation Analysis of Multiple-Bolt Wood Connections", 29(3)--First Place
Stefan Zauscher and Philip E. Humphrey, "Orienting Lignocellulosic Fibers and Particles by Means of a Magnetic Field", 29(1)--Second Place
Dongjin Song and Simon Ellis, "Localized Properties in Flakeboard: A Simulation Using Stacked Flakes", 29(4)--Honorable Mention
Ying H. Chui and Chun Ni, "Load-Embedment Response of Timber to Reversed Cyclic Load", 29(2)--Honorable Mention
1997
Laurence Mott, Stephen M. Shaler, and Leslie H. Groom; 28(4)--First Place
Greg C. Foliente, Mahendra P. Singh, and J. Daniel Dolan; 28(1)--Second Place
Barbara L. Gartner; 28(1)--Honorable Mention
1996
Charles B. Vick, Klaus Richter, Bryan H. River, and Albert R. Fried, Jr.; 27(1) First Place
Stan T. Lebow and Jeffrey J. Morrell; 27(2) Honorable Mention
Thomas D. Skaggs and Donald A. Bender; 27(3) Honorable Mention
1995
M.P. Wolcott, F. A. Kamke, and D. A. Dillard; 26(4) First Place
Paul A. Cooper and Dibyendu N. Roy; 26(3) Second Place
1994
Chungping Dai and Paul Steiner; 25(4) First Place
Jerrold Winandy and Jeffrey Morrell; 25(3) Second Place
David Ritter, Robert Kroll, and Roland Gertjejansen; 25(2)
Honorable Mention
1993
David E. Kretschmann and B. Alan Bendtsen; 24(2) First Place
Charles B. Vick and Thomas E. Kuster; 24(1) Second Place
Kelly LaFave and Rafik Y. Itani; 24(1) Honorable Mention
1992
David W. Green and David E. Kretschmann; 23(3) First Place
Steven E. Taylor and Donald A. Bender; 23(4) Second Place
Michael L. Hoag and Robert L. Krahmer; 23(1) Honorable Mention
1991
M. P. Wolcott, F. A. Kamke, and D. A. Dillard; 22(4) First Place
William T. Simpson and Yi-Fu Tan; 22(1) Second Place
1990
Philip Humphrey and Larry Ostman; 21(3) First Place
Irving Sachs, Gary Myers, and Gary Leatham; 21(4) Second Place
1989
Terrence E. Conners and Thomas E. McLain; 20(2)
1988
Leslie Groom and Anton Polensek; 19(3)
1987
Michael Thurmond, Frank Woeste, David Green; 18(1)
1986
Kirk Nadler, Elvin Choong, David Wetzel; 17(3)
Last updated: 8/1/07
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