The AEWC Center   

Stephen M. Shaler, Ph.D.

Department of Forest Management

5793 AEWC Building

University of Maine

(207) 581-2886 (tel)   (207) 581-2074 (fax)

E-mail: shaler@maine.edu

Education:

Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University - 1986
Thesis: Prediction of mechanical properties of oriented strandboard by selected polymer composite theories

M.S. Colorado State University - 1982
Thesis: Nondestructive evaluation of wood properties by stress wave spectral analysis

B.S. Colorado State University - 1979
Major: Wood Science & Technology

Experience:

2003 - Present: Associate Director, Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center

1999 - 2003: Assistant Director, Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center

1998 - Present: Professor of Wood Science and Technology, University of Maine

1992 - 1998: Associate Professor, University of Maine

1986 - 1992: Assistant Professor, Michigan Technological University

1982 - 1986: Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University

Honors and Awards:

2004    L.J. Markwardt Wood Engineering Award - Presented annually by the Forest Products Society for the most outstanding paper in the field of wood as an engineering material

2003    Marra Award - First Place - Society of Wood Scientist and Technology Award given for excellence in writing and science.

1998    Panel Manager, USDA - National Research Initiation Competitive Grants Program for Wood Research

1998    G. Peirce & Florence Pitts Webber Outstanding Research Award - College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture. University of Maine

1997    Marra Award - First Place - Society of Wood Scientist and Technology Award given for excellence in writing and science.

1994    Visiting Professor. College of Forest Products, Northeast Forestry University. Harbin, People’s Republic of China.

Courses Taught:

Mechanics of Wood and Wood Composites, Wood Composites, Advanced Mechanics of Wood and Wood Composites

Publications & Presentations:

Over 130 publications, reports, and presentations since 1986 Research Principal or Co-Principal Investigator on projects with value in excess of $18 million  since 1985