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Douglas J. Gardner
Professor of Wood Science and Technology
School of Forest Resources and
Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469
email: doug_gardner@umenfa.maine.edu
Degrees:
- Ph.D., Mississippi State University 1981 - 1985
Major: Wood Science and Technology;
Minor: Chemistry
- Certificate of Advanced Study, University of Maine at Orono 1980 - 1981
Major: Pulp and Paper Management
- B.S. University of Maine at Orono 1976 - 1980
Major: Forestry (Wood Science Curriculum)
Research Interests:
- Wood Adhesion and Adhesives
- Wood-FRP Hybrid Composites
- Wood-Plastic Composites
- Cellulose Nanocomposites
Professional Memberships and Associations:
- American Chemical Society
- Forest Products Society
- Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST), Past President
- University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation
Courses Taught: (click on link to view course syllabus)
Selected Publications and Presentations:
Gramlich, W. M., D. J. Gardner, and D. J. Neivandt. 2006. Surface treatments of wood- plastic composites (WPCs) to improve adhesion. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 20(16):1873-1887.
Gardner, D. J., C. E. Frazier and A. W. Christiansen. 2006. Characteristics of the wood adhesion bonding mechanism using hydroxymethyl resorcinol. In: Wood Adhesives 2005. C. R. Frihart, Ed., Forest Products Society Proceedings No. 7230, pp. 93-97.
Gardner, D. J. 2006. Adhesion Mechanisms of Durable Wood Adhesive Bonds. In: Characterization of the Cellulosic Cell Wall, D. D. Stokke and L. H. Groom, Eds., Blackwell Publishing, Ames Iowa, pp. 254-265.
Tze, W. T. Y., S. C. O’Neill, C. P. Tripp, D. J. Gardner and S. M. Shaler. 2007. Evaluation of load transfer in the cellulosic fiber/polymer interphase using a micro-raman tensile test. Wood and Fiber Science 39(1):184-195.
Oporto, G., D. J. Gardner, G. Bernhardt and D. J. Neivandt. 2007. Characterizing the mechanism of improved adhesion of modified wood plastic composite (WPC) surfaces. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 21(11):1097-1116.
Mengeloglu, F., R. Kurt, D. J. Gardner, and S. O’Neill. 2007. Mechanical properties of extruded high density polyethylene and polypropylene wood flour decking boards. Iranian Polymer Journal 16(7):477-487.
Mills, R. D. Gardner, and A. van Heiningen. 2007. Impact if hygrothermal aging on the dynamic mechanical properties of sheet molding compound. Journal of Material Science 42:9822-9826.
Chen, J. and D. J. Gardner. 2008. Dynamic mechanical properties of extruded nylon-wood composites. Polymer Composites 29(4):372-379.
Gardner, D. J., G. S. Oporto, R Mills, and M. A. S A. Samir. 2008. Adhesion and surface issues in cellulose and nanocellulose. Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology 22:545-567.
Mills, R. H., W. T. Y. Tze, D. J. Gardner and A. Van Heiningen. 2008. Inverse gas chromatography for the determination of the dispersive surface free energy and acid-base interactions of a sheet molding compound. I. Matrix material and glass. Journal of Applied Polymer Science 109(6):3519-3524.
Stark, N. M. and D. J. Gardner. 2008. Outdoor durability of wood-polymer composites. In: Wood Polymer Composites, K. Oksman Niska and M. Sain, Eds. Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, England. pp. 142-165
