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College of Forestry
Wood Science and Engineering
Updated
November 2007
EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND
Professor John A. Nairn, Wood Science & Engineering
Full CV
Click here for recent CV as PDF file. Brief excepts are given below.
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, California Ph.D. Chemistry, 1981
- Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire B.A. Chemistry, 1977
Professional Experiments
- Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, Professor & Richardson Chair of Wood Science and Forest Products, and Adjunct Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Jan 2006 to present.
- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Jul 1986 to Dec 2005
- E. I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Experimental Station, Wilmington, Delaware, Staff Scientist, Central Research & Development Department, Dec 1981 to Sep 1986
Editing and Editorial Boards
- Composites, Part A
North American Editor for Applied Science
(author and reviewer web site)
- International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives
- Advanced Composites Letters
- Polymers and Polymer Composites
- Journal of Materials: Design and Applications
Awards and Honors
- Visiting Professor, École Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne (Summer 2005, 2007,2009, 2011)
- Marie Curie Training Event Instructor ECCM 11, Rhodes, Greece (June 2004)
- Visiting Professor, École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France (June 2002)
- Visiting Professor, École Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne (Summer 1999)
- Chairman for Gordon Conference on Composite Materials (January 1998)
- Fulbright Fellowship to Imperial College in London, England (January-July 1994)
- Student's Choice Award for Teaching (University of Utah 1992)
- Accomplishment Award - Polymer Fracture (duPont, 1986)
- University of California Regents Fellowship (1977-1980)
- American Institute of Chemists Student Award (1977)
- Phi Betta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude, and Hartshorne Medal (Dartmouth College, 1977)