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EDUCATION
Ph.D. Forestry (Wood Science and Technology).
1996. Louisiana State University
Dissertation: The effect of silvicultural
treatments on some mechanical and physical properties of loblolly pine wood composites. 91 p.
M.S. Forestry (Wood Science and Technology).
1994. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Thesis: An assessment of some of the chemical
properties of ten-year-old short-rotation hardwood biomass grown in
Illinois. 202 p.
B.S. Forestry (with honors). 1992. University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Jonathon Baldwin Turner (JBT) Scholar.
JBT Competitive Grant Award: The effects of
various relative humidities on the adsorption and desorption and
equilibrium moisture content of Kempas (Koompassia malacensis)
wood.
COURSES
TAUGHT
RNR
2043 Wood Science and Forest
Products
RNR 4061 Selected or Assigned
Forestry Problem
RNR 7071 Graduate Seminar in Forestry
RNR
8900 Research Problems in Forestry
RESEARCH
INTERESTS
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Closed-loop
recycling of decommissioned preservative-treated wood
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Wood quality
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Wood composites
and adhesives
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Utilization of
agricultural residues for bio-based, value-added products
CURRENT
RESEARCH
- Potential of super critical water and
liquefaction for detoxifying decommissioned preservative-treated wood.
- Influence of genetic variance on wood
properties assessed using near infrared spectra.
- Wettability and composite panels from
Honduran bamboo species.
- Development of "green" wood preservatives.
- Properties of composite poles fabricated
from decommissioned preservative-treated wood.
- Utilization of Chinese tallow tree and
bagasse for composite panels.
- Wood-plastic composite panel properties.
SELECTED
PUBLICATIONS
Shupe, T.F.,
C.Y. Hse, and E.W. Price, and. 2001.
Technical
feasibility of
structural flakeboard made from mixed hardwoods and cypress from
north
Florida. Forest Products Journal. 51(1):62-64.
Shupe, T.F., S.T.
Lebow, E.T. Choong, and M. Xiong. 2001.
Inadequate re-drying linked to dimensional instability of CCA-treated southern pine
lumber. Forest Products Journal 51(5):59-62.
Choong, E.T., P.N. Peralta, and T.F. Shupe, and. 2001.
Effect of hardwood
vessels on longitudinal moisture diffusion.
Wood and Fiber
Science. 33(2):159-165.
Shupe, T.F., C. Y.
Hse and W. H. Wang. 2001.
An investigation of selected
factors that influence hardwood wettability.
Holzforschung 55(5):541-548.
Shupe, T.F., C.Y.
Hse, and E.W. Price. 2001.
Flake orientation effects on
physical and mechanical properties of sweetgum flakeboard. Forest Products
Journal 51(9):38-43.
Vlosky, R.P. and T.F. Shupe. 2002.
Homeowner attitudes and preferences for
building materials with an emphasis on treated wood products. Forest Products
Journal. 52(7/8):90-95.
Shupe, T.F, Q. Wu,
I.D. Hartley. 2002.
Moisture meter correction factors for
several southern hardwood species.
Forest Products Journal. 52(7/8):59-62.
Dunn, M.A., T.F. Shupe, and R.P. Vlosky. 2003.
Homebuilder attitudes and
preferences regarding southern yellow pine.
Forest Products Journal.
53(4):36-41.
Catallo, W.J. and T.F. Shupe. 2003.
Hydrothermal treatment of creosote-impregnated wood. Wood and Fiber Science (in press).
Li,
W., T.F. Shupe, and C.Y. Hse. 2003.
Leaching of flakeboard produced from
recycled CCA-treated wood into deionized
Pugel, A.D., E. W. Price, C. Y. Hse, and T.F. Shupe. 2003.
Composites from
southern pine juvenile wood part 3: Juvenile and mature wood furnish
mixtures Submitted to: Forest Products Journal (in press).
Donkor, B.N., S. Kallioranta, R. P. Vlosky, and T. F. Shupe. 2003.
A regional
comparison of U.S. homeowner perceptions about treated wood.
Accepted: Forestry Chronicle.
Shupe, T.F., M.H.
Freeman, and R.P. Vlosky. 2003.
The past, present, and future
of the wood preservation industry.
Forest Products Journal (accepted).
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