GLASSER
APPOINTED VISITING SCIENTIST
AT WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
BLACKSBURG,
July 21, 2003 - Wolfgang G. Glasser,
professor emeritus in the Department
of Wood Science and Forest Products,
will be a visiting scientist in
the Chemically Enhanced Materials
Department of the Weyerhaeuser
Company in Tacoma, Washington.
Glasser will spend eight months
at the Weyerhaeuser Technology
Center in Federal Way, Washington.
"My main goals at Weyerhaeuser
will be to help with the adoption
and implementation of new technology
that involves the modification
of wood and wood fiber by chemical
means," said Glasser. "I expect
to help with the adoption of selected
conversion technologies that are
perceived as holding great promise
for the future of wood utilization."
The
world-renowned wood scientist
has devoted most of his career
of 32 years at Virginia Tech to
the task of enhancing the value
of wood by chemical means. He
has published more than 200 articles
and 14 patents on the topic, and
he supervised nearly 50 graduate
students and post-doctoral research
associates. He has been a pioneer
in the field of wood composites.
In
1987, he founded the Biobased
Materials Center with a grant
from the Center of Innovative
Technology of Virginia. The center
charted new ground for enhancing
the value of low-grade biomass
from forest and agricultural resources
by chemical techniques. Glasser
will return to Virginia Tech to
resume teaching and research activities
in the fall of 2004.
