Oklahoma State University - Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center

FAPC Building

Wood Products Workshop

Workshop Description
This one-day workshop will introduce fundamentals of wood as an industrial raw material. Basics of structural wood composites, wood destroying insects, small business planning for wood products, elements of carbon credits, and application of lean manufacturing concepts to wood products manufacturing are some of the subjects that will be covered.

Details:

October 26, 2009 - CANCELLED
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Room 120 FAPC
Speakers
Brad Kard is a professor and endowed professorship of structural and urban in the department of entomology and plant pathology at OSU. He has degrees from San Jose State University, Virginia Polytechnics Institute and North Carolina State University.

Craig McKinley is a professor and extension forester in the department of natural resource ecology and management at OSU. He has degrees from Oklahoma State University and Texas A&M University.

Chuck Willoughby is the business and marketing relations manager at the Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center at OSU. He has degrees from Oklahoma State University.

Win Adams is an applications engineer in the OSU department of biosytems and agricultural engineering. Adams holds a professional engineering degree and also is an extension agent for the Oklahoma Alliance for Manufacturing Excellence.

Salim Hiziroglu is a professor in the department of natural resource ecology and management at OSU. He has degrees from Karadeniz Technical University, University of California, Berkeley and Michigan State University.

Agenda

9 - 9:15 a.m	Registration
9:15 - 10a.m.	Value-added structural wood composites
10 - 10:45 a.m.	Wood destryoing insects
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.	Elements of carbon credits
12 - 1 p.m.	Lunch
1 - 1:45 p.m.	Small business planning in wood products manufacturers
1:45 - 2:30 p.m.	Application of lean manufacturers
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.	Break
2:45 - 3 p.m.	FAPC Video and Distribution of Certificates

Registration:

Cost: $20 before October 20; $25 after October 20
Registration includes all handouts, break and lunch. An Oklahoma State University certificate will be issued to each participant at the end of the workshop.
To register, call or Karen Smith at 405-744-6277 or e-mail karenl.smith@okstate.edu
Click here to complete the online registration form
Wood Products Workshop Brochure

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