Institution/Company Name:

University of Minnesota Duluth

Department:

Center for Applied Research & Technology Development, Forest Products,

Address:

5013 Miller Trunk Hwy
Duluth, Minnesota 55811

Phone:

(218) 720-4294

Website:

www.nrri.umn.edu/cartd/forestp/forestproducts.htm

Institution Types:

4 Year College/University

Types of Programs:

Forestry/Forest Products
Wood Technology
Ind Training - Forestry/Forest Products

Achievements/Degrees:

4 Year
Graduate

Program Description:

The Market Oriented Wood Technology program provides rapid response housing, residue/waste streams, and industry outreach. The Wood Materials and Manufacturing program covers
Lean manufacturing, nondestructive evaluation techniques and industry outreach.

Industry Training Description:

The location of one of thirteen national Centers for Wood Utilization Research established to generate the new knowledge and technologies needed to maintain a vigorous, competitive, domestic forest products industry based on sustainable use of our forest resources. Jointly these Centers address major problems and opportunities confronting the domestic forest products industry and have the science and technology breadth to address issues with sustainable utilization and harvesting of eastern hardwood, southern pine, western softwood, and northeastern species.

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