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Objectives

The Renewable Resources Laboratory conducts high-quality research focusing on novel measurement technologies and sensor design. Major application areas include:

• Design and practical implementation of advanced sensors for industrial wood processing. This work focuses on the effective use of wood as a renewable raw material. This is done by improving wood processing methods to reduce material wastage and to increase both the volume and quality of high-value products produced from unit volume of raw logs. This approach, which seeks to minimize logging pressures on forests, is very attractive both economically and environmentally.


• Use of Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry (ESPI) and Digital Image Correlation (DIC) for nano-scale surface deformation measurements. A major application is for measuring residual stresses, typically in metallic materials. Reliable methods for evaluating residual stresses are essential because of the dominant influence that residual stresses can have on material fatigue life, dimensional stability and structural safety.

Research Projects

• Coarse-Resolution CT Scanning for Log Grading


• Residual Stress Measurements using ESPI


• Portable Hole-Drilling ESPI Measurements


• Lumber Surface Height Profile Measurement


• Wood Property Estimation using Microwaves

People

• Gary S. Schajer -- Professor


• Yuntao An -- Ph.D. Student


• Luke Bingleman -- M.A.Sc. Student


• Sui Gao -- M.A.Sc. Student


• Colin Abraham -- M.A.Sc. Student


• Lei Chen -- M.Eng. Student


• Peter Georgas -- M.A.Sc. Student


• Ryan Loi -- B.A.Sc. Student


• Jake Rudko -- B.A.Sc. Student

Photo Gallery

Lab Photos	Dr Schajer's   Antarctica Travels	The Mech Guide   to Dating

Some Lab Alumni

• Darrell Wong -- Sawmilling Group Leader, FPInnovations


• Peter Lister -- Manager of Lumber Manufacturing Technology, FPInnovations


• Catherine Erkorkmaz -- Project Engineer, MDA Advanced Systems Group


• Javier Gazzarri -- Research Scientist, National Research Council


• Ray Alava -- Project Engineer, Klohn Crippen Berger


• Bahar (Orhan) Çekyay -- Design Engineer, Turkey Technology Center


• Sean Marte -- Mechanical Engineer, EIT, Jenmar Concepts Inc.


• Tom Takahashi -- Systems Engineer, Continental Automotive Corporation


• Yoyo Au -- Lead Mechanical Engineer, SEL, Inc.

Good News: Professor Gary Schajer was awarded the 2005 Teaching Award for Excellence in Engineering and Geoscience Education by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia. Article in Innovation magazine.

Contact Us

Gary S. Schajer
Tel: (604) 822-6004
Fax: (604) 822-2403

Mailing Address (Office):
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of British Columbia
6250 Applied Science Lane
Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 1Z4

Laboratory:
RH 121
(Civil and Mechanical Engineering Laboratories)

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