International Conference Wood Science and Engineering in the Third Millennium - ICWSE 2023
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 28555
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wood structure and properties; mechanical wood processing and surface quality; surface metrology
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Interests: wood drying; heat treatment of wood; wood technology
Interests: wood processing; wood modification; discolorations of wood; coatings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The International Conference Wood Science and Engineering in the Third Millennium (ICWSE), hosted by the Transilvania University of Brasov (Romania), Faculty of Furniture Design and Wood Engineering, has reached the 13th edition. The main scope of this conference is to provide a forum for discussion referring to the most recent advances in wood science and technology. The upcoming conference (ICWSE 2023) will take place between 2 and 4 November 2023. Over 80 participants from all over the world are expected at this event, to present their newest research achievements. Papers published under this special ICWSE 2023 issue will cover a range of 8 major topics which are listed as keywords below.
- wood structure and properties
- wood drying and heat treatments
- mechanical wood processing and quality
- wood-based materials
- wood preservation, modification, gluing and coating
- conservation-restoration of wooden objects
- furniture design
- wood constructions
Prof. Dr. Lidia Gurau
Prof. Dr. Mihaela Câmpean
Dr. Emilia-Adela Salca
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wood structure and properties
- wood drying and heat treatments
- mechanical wood processing and quality
- wood-based materials
- wood preservation, modification, gluing and coating
- conservation-restoration of wooden objects
- furniture design
- wood constructions
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