Research Areas
These are reseach topics we are working on now or have been in the past. The newest items are usually added on top.
Wood-based building products and material properties
- Shear strength analysis of a Wood Concrete Composite System (Clouston, Schreyer)
- Long-term testing of a wood-concrete bridge in situ in New England (Clouston, Schreyer)
- Evaluation of Wood/Foam Composites made from Small-Diameter and Low-Value Material (Clouston)
- Computer modeling of Laminated Strand Lumber strength properties (Clouston)
- Strength properties of finger jointed connections (Clouston)
Bio-based materials and natural resources economics and marketing
- Sustainable use of woody biomass as a renewable alternative to gasoline (Damery, Catanzaro, Blanchard)
- Economic Viability of Land Ownership in the Deerfield Watershed of western Massachusetts (Damery, Catanzaro)
- Economic Impact Analysis of Regional Bioenergy Development (Damery)
Energy-efficiency of buildings and Green Building
- Interactive 3D Visualization of Building Envelope Systems Using Infrared Thermography and SketchUp (Schreyer, Hoque)
Architectural planning and visualization
- More soon…
