The May issue of “Wood Industry” was published.　Prof. Kenji UMEMURA’s preface was posted. Click here for the details

Dr. GRIL Joseph’ｓ activity report at RISH is posted on the website. Click here for the report

On Apr. 26th, we held an online joint seminar with Nanjing Forestry University in China. This time, Dr. Min Zhang gave a lecture on the situation of wooden materials in China.

Associate Professor Miyuki Matsuo presented a paper on the results of joint research. Unique characteristics of residual stress distribution of large-diameter keyaki (Zelkova serrata) logs and examination of their measurement method. Click here for the paper

The Wood Science Society of Japan [ed.] “Wood Science – Applications” has been published. Chapter 15: “Adhesion” is written by Professor Kenji Umemura. Click here to purchase the book

Dr. Shuoye Chen (陳 碩也) was appointed as an assistant professor.(April 1, 2023) Updated laboratory members.

Associate Professor Miyuki Matsuo presented a paper on the results of joint research. 「Analysis of hygrothermal recovery of tension wood induced by boiling at 50–80 °C」Click here for the paper

Dr. Sandi Sufiandi from BRIN, Indonesia visited our lab. Each member of our laboratory introduced their research and had a discussion.

The 73rd Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society (Fukuoka) was held from 3/14 to 3/16. Members of our laboratory participated in that meeting held offline for the first time in three years. It was a productive time , with not only research presentations and lectures, but also exchanges of opinions and interaction with […]

Dr. Joseph GRIL (CNRS, Univ. Clermont Auvergne, Institut Pascal, France), Visiting Professor, gave an online seminar on Feb.8th at the 294th Regular Open Seminar of the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere.The theme is “Some research on mechanics of tree and wood” . Click here for the abstract ↓PDF file （145 KB）