The AEWC Center   

The Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center

The Advanced Structures and Composites Laboratory

Douglas J. Gardner, Ph.D.

Professor of Wood Science

5793 AEWC Building

University of Maine

Orono, Maine 04469

Phone:  (207) 581-2846   Fax:  (207) 581-2074   E-mail:  Douglas.gardner@umit.maine.edu

Education

Mississippi State University, Ph.D. in Wood Science and Technology, 1985

University of Maine, Certificate of Advanced Study in Pulp and Paper Management, 1981

University of Maine, B.S. in Forestry, 1980

Academic and Professional Experience

2001 – present: Professor of Wood Science and Technology, University of Maine, Orono, ME

1998 – 2001:  Associate Professor of Wood Science and Technology, University of Maine, Orono, ME

        1995 – 1998: Associate Professor, Institute of Wood Research, Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI

1988 - 1994: Associate Professor of Forestry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

1986 – 1988: Post Doctoral Research Associate, School of Forestry, Auburn University, Alabama

Honors, Awards and Professional Affiliations

·         Outstanding Graduate Student 1983-1984 Mississippi State University, Department of Wood Science and Technology

·         Outstanding Senior 1980, Forest Products Research Society Award, University of Maine, Department of Forest Products

·         Xi Sigma Pi

·         1992 Cahn Award

·         1997 Whos’s Who in Science and Engineering

·         2000 Honorary Member of Union of Wood Processing Manufacturers of the Slovak Republic

·         Adhesion Society

·         American Chemical Society, Northern West Virginia Section, Chairman 1992-1993

·         Forest Products Society, Chair Publication Committee

·         Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST), Vice President

Research Interests

·         Polymer Science

·         Surface Chemistry

·         Adhesion and Adhesives

Selected Publications

Son, J. and D. J. Gardner. 2004. Dimensional stability measurements of thin wood veneers using the Wilhelmy plate technique. Wood and Fiber Science 36(1):98-106.

Pirvu, A. D. J. Gardner, and R. Lopez-Anido. 2004. Carbon fiber-vinyl ester composite reinforcement of wood using the VARTM/SCRIMP fabrication process. Composites Part A 35:1257-1265.

Son J., Gardner DJ, O'Neill S, Metaxas C. Understanding the viscoelastic properties of extruded polypropylene wood plastic composites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2003. 89 (6): 1638-1644.

Gardner, D. J., C. Tascioglu and M. E. P. Walinder. 2003. Wood Composite Protection. In: Wood Deterioration and Preservation Advances in Our Changing World, ACS Symposium Series 845, B. Goodell, D. D. Nicholas, and T. P. Schultz, Eds. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC pp 399-419.

Stokke, D. D. and D. J. Gardner. 2003. Fundamental aspects of wood as a component of thermoplastic composites. Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology Vol. 9, no 2, pp. 96-104.

Updated October 19, 2006