Wood Physics and Drying Lab Department of Wood Science @ UBC
Home Prof. Stavros Avramidis Lab brains Current research Publications Links Lab facilities Mailing address: Department of Wood Science University of British Columbia 2424 Main Mall Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4 tel:   +1  604  8226153 fax:  +1  604  8229159 stavros.avramidis@ubc.ca Map		Current research projects Ø Modeling wood thermo-sorptive behavior with artificial neural networks. Ø Fractal description of wood properties. Ø Estimating timber drying quality from green wood attributes. Ø Modeling drying stresses in timbers and logs. Ø Development of new methods to increase wood permeability. Ø Sorting timber for optimized kiln drying. Ø Modeling of radio frequency vacuum drying and heating of wood Ø Radio frequency pasteurization of green timbers and logs. Ø Near-infrared evaluation of wood surface characteristics. Ø Superheated steam drying of timbers.