Phase II I/UCRC Oregon State U. Site: Center for Wood-Based Composites (WBC)

该项目提高了用于建造美国住宅和消费品的木质复合产品的实用性、性能和可持续性。从木材中提取的复合材料这一主题经常被忽视，因为对于普通人来说，木材复合材料就像树木本身一样司空见惯。然而，对于这位科学家来说，木材是一种极其复杂的生物材料，现代科学方法现在正在揭示出洞察力，从而为房主带来更好的表现，提高行业的效率，并为社会带来更大的可持续性。在俄勒冈州立大学木材科学与工程系，我们认为一个可持续的社会必须包括木材产品，未来需要这种古老的材料和最先进的科学和技术方法之间的结合。针对木基复合材料的IUCRC是三个关键合作伙伴共同努力的成果：工业、联邦政府和学术界。联邦政府将合作伙伴加入到一个利用资源和技能的互惠合作中。该行业定义了不断变化的技术挑战，并指导所需的研究。学术界对那些在实际环境中使用尖端方法的学生进行了这项研究。在俄勒冈州立大学，我们提供木质复合材料设计、制造效率和产品性能评估方面的专业知识。我们与我们的合作伙伴弗吉尼亚理工大学一起，提供以行业为导向的竞争前研究，并为学生提供一条途径，让他们成为美国可持续制造、创新和管理职位的未来领导者。随着行业适应不断变化的经济周期、立法压力和原材料供应，木材复合材料的科学和技术不断发展。因此，本课程的目标是促进胶粘剂、胶粘剂、木材/胶粘剂相互作用和木材化学方面的知识，因为这些主题在加工木材、制造复合材料和评估产品性能时会影响木材的流变学、热质传递和断裂力学。一个类似的目标是识别基本现象，并将它们减少到可定义的量，这些量可以为建模、模拟和性能预测的目的进行数字描述。在俄勒冈州立大学，我们专注于木质复合材料的设计、制造和性能方面的木材材料科学。我们提供各种显微技术(电子显微镜、荧光显微镜、微型X射线计算机断层扫描)、复合材料制造、加速老化和数值建模方面的专业知识，以研究胶粘剂粘合以及微观和宏观尺度的产品性能。

This project advances the utility, performance, and sustainability of the wood composite products used to build American homes and consumer products. The subject matter, composite materials derived from wood, is often overlooked because for the average person wood composites are as commonplace as trees themselves. However for the scientist, wood is an incredibly complex biomaterial for which contemporary scientific methods are now revealing insights that lead to better performance for the homeowner, improved efficiency for the industry, and greater sustainability for society. At Oregon State University, Department of Wood Science & Engineering, we believe a sustainable society must include timber products and the future requires a marriage between this ancient material and the most sophisticated scientific and technological methods. The IUCRC for Wood-Based Composites is a team effort among three critical partners: industry, federal government, and academia. The federal government joins the partners into a mutually beneficial collaboration that leverages resources and skills. The industry defines the ever-changing technological challenges, and guides the required research. Academia conducts the research with students that employ cutting edge methods within a practical context. At Oregon State University, we provide expertise for design of wood-based composites, manufacturing efficiency, and evaluation of product performance. Along with our partner, Virginia Tech, we provide industry-directed, pre-competitive research, and a pathway for students to become future leaders in sustainable U.S. manufacturing, innovation, and management positions.The science and technology of wood composites continually evolves as the industry adapts to changing economic cycles, legislative pressures, and raw material supplies. Consequently the goal is to advance knowledge in adhesives, adhesion, wood/adhesive interactions, and wood chemistry as these topics influence wood rheology, heat and mass transfer, and fracture mechanics while processing wood, manufacturing composites, and evaluating product performance. A parallel goal is to identify fundamental phenomena, and reduce them to definable quantities that may be described numerically for purposes of modeling, simulation, and performance prediction. At Oregon State University, we focus on the materials science of wood in the context of the design, manufacture and performance of wood-based composites. We offer expertise in various microscopy techniques (electron microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, micro X-ray computed tomography), composite manufacture, accelerated weathering, and numerical modeling to study adhesive bonding, as well as micro- and macro-scale product performance.