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WS&T is a discipline that deals with one of the most complex, renewable and useful materials in the world---wood. The field is a blend of
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the sciences involving the anatomical, physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of wood,
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the sophisticated technology used to efficiently make thousands of different kinds of wood products, and
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the marketing and business practices used by the private sector to meet society’s growing need for wood.
Because wood is essential to human existence, and demand for the thousands of wood products we consume each year is growing, career opportunities that start with a WS&T education are expanding.
Most important is a focus on innovative new products and uses for wood or materials that we can derive from wood and new business strategies that help keep our domestic industry globally competitive. That requires scientists and technologists who understand wood as a renewable composite material and how it can be used.
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Last updated: August 25, 2009