A golden opportunity.

Wood Based Panels International, June, 1999

As representatives of the world's panel industry assembled for the 33rd Pullman Symposium at Washington State University in April, its Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory celebrated 50 years of research and innovation into all panel types. Mike Botting and Bill Keil join forces to give a flavour of the papers presented at this year's event

Washington State University (WSU) has become internationally famous in the wood products industry as a major seat of learning and research into wood's properties and uses.

Its Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory (WMEL) was founded in 1949 as the laboratory of the Washington State Institute of Technology. In 1972 it became part of the Department of Material Science and Engineering and in 1985 was...