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Dept. of Wood Science

UBC researcher sees future for flax and hemp as particleboard alternative

Wood scientist Solace Sam-Brew envisions a future where Canadian homes are furnished with products made from flax and hemp.

Apr 10, 2017

UBC students step up to Ikea hacking

UBC students step up to Ikea hacking

Wood science students at UBC have become Ikea hackers, transforming $20 Bekväm step stools into refined furniture pieces.

Apr 3, 2017

UBC PhD student recycles chopsticks for home décor startup

UBC PhD student recycles chopsticks for home décor startup

A research interest in bamboo and a love for sushi has inspired a UBC student to launch a line of home décor products made from recycled chopsticks.

Sep 15, 2016

Salmon roe

UBC students reproduce traditional wood finishes by B.C.’s First Nations

Chewing and spitting out salmon eggs wasn’t what Jun Lee and Vinicius Lube thought they’d be doing to complete a project in their wood finishing class at UBC.

Oct 22, 2015 - by Corey Allen

Out of the woods

Out of the woods

A UBC expert on how B.C.’s forestry industry can capitalize on the emerging bioeconomy.

Nov 13, 2014

Bamboo sprouts up in the concrete jungle

Bamboo sprouts up in the concrete jungle

UBC researchers are part of an international team that wants to see city skylines filled with buildings made of bamboo.

Jul 29, 2014 - by Heather Amos

Researchers design trees that make it easier to produce pulp

Researchers design trees that make it easier to produce pulp

Researchers have genetically engineered trees that will be easier to break down to produce paper and biofuel, a breakthrough that will mean using fewer chemicals, less energy and creating fewer environmental pollutants.

Apr 3, 2014

Tune in to clean wood

Tune in to clean wood

With the same technology that carries tunes through the airwaves into your old AM/FM radio, Stavros Avramidis decontaminates wood. It’s a new solution to an old problem.

Jun 17, 2013 - by Heather Amos

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