George Marra Award Recipients
2009
- Heiko Thoemen and Christian Ruf. "Measuring and simulating the effects of the pressing schedule on the density profile development in wood-based composites," 40(3) -- First Place
- Brad Jianhe Wang, Chunping Dai, and Steve Wharton. "Impact of mountain pine beetle-attacked lodgepole pine logs on plywood manufacturing," 40(3) -- Second Place
2008
- Russell J. Chedgy, Paul I. Morris, Young Woon Lim, and Colette Breuil. "Black stain of western red cedar (Thuja plicata donn) by Aureobasidium pullulans: The role of weathering," 39(3) -- First Place
- Lori Elkins, Jeffrey J. Morrell, and Robert J. Leichti. "Establishing a through-boring pattern for utility poles," 39(4)-- Second Place
- Erin N. Anderson, Robert J. Leichti, Edward G. Sutt, Jr., and David V. Rosowsky. "Sheathing nail bending-yield stress: Effect on cyclic performance of wood shear walls," 39(4) -- Honorable Mention
2007
- John A. Naim. "Numerical simulations of transverse compression and densification in wood," 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," 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," 38(2) -- Honorable Mention
2006
- Sigurdur Ormarsson and Dave Cown. "Moisture-Related Distortion of Timber Boards of Radiata Pine: Comparison with Norway Spruce," 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," 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," 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," 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," 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," 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," 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," 35(1): 2-23 -- First Place
- Green, David W. and Evans, James W., "Effect of low relative humidity on properties of structural lumber products," 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," 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," 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," 34(2): 350-365 -- Second Place
2002
- Dai, Chunping. "Viscoelasticity of wood composite mats during consolidation," 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," 33(2): 223-232 -- Second Place
2001
- Zhang, Jun and Pascal Kamdem. "Interaction of copper-amine with southern pine: Retention and migration," 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," 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," 31(4): 360-369. -- First Place
- Chowdhury, Mohammed Jahangir and Philip E. Humphrey. "The effect of acetylation on the shear strength development," 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," 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," 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)
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