Wood Machining Institute

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Contact Areas of Expertise Product liability and patent infringement litigation support for cases involving wood machining equipment and operations, such as chipping, slicing, sawing, planing, molding, shaping, turning, and sanding. Support includes accident reconstruction, reports, and expert witness testimony. Consulted in over 100 cases. Testified in courts of California, Arizona, Florida and New York. Top Credentials Ph.D., Wood Science and Technology, University of California, Berkeley, 1977; M.Sc., Engineering Science - Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1974; M.Sc., Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1970; M.Eng., Wood Technology, College of Agriculture, Poznan, Poland, 1963. Top Professional History Founder/Director and Technical Consultant, Wood Machining Institute, an international information center for the wood industry and machinery and cutting tools manufacturers, Berkeley, California, 1984-Present; Adjunct Professor, Department of Wood and Paper Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, advisor to tooling research program, 1991-present; Research Scientist/Technical Consultant, California Cedar Products Company, Stockton, California, doing research on the wear of cutting tools, reduction of kerf losses during sawing, and consulting in the general area of wood machining, including machine guarding and worker safety, 1984-1998; Wood Processing Specialist, University of California, Berkeley, Cooperative Extension and the Forest Products Laboratory, Richmond, California, provided technical assistance to the wood industry in California and initiated short courses on circular and band saws, with international participation, 1979-83; Assistant Professor, Forest Products Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, taught courses on the manufacture of lumber, veneer and chips, and associated equipment, 1977-79; Assistant Specialist, University of California Forest Products Laboratory, Richmond, California, conducted research on veneer peeling, pre-stressing of circular saws and evaluation of saw stiffness and saw stability analysis, 1970-1977. Top Publications Published over 70 papers, 14 conference proceedings, and 30 research reports related to wood machining. Since 1984, Editor and Publisher of an international bimonthly newsletter, Wood Machining News, with subscribers in over 23 countries. Published 150 newsletters as of July 2009. Top Conferences and Workshops Initiated and served as program chairman for ten International Conferences on Sawing Technology (1989 - 2007) and three on Computers in Furniture and Cabinet Manufacturing (1992 - 1996). Developed technical programs for nine International Conferences on Scanning Technology and Process Optimization in the Wood Industry (1985-2007). Developed a program and served as a Program Chairman of ScanTech and SawTech 2006, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and two International Wood Machining Seminars held in California (1981 & 2001). Has been conducting annual workshops on design, operation, and maintenance of circular and band saws in the U.S.

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