Professor at Colorado School of Mines. Structural Engineering. Tall Wood buildings for earthquake zones.
Joined March 2020
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Jun 13
Haven't seen those guys for years!
Graham was the lead in construction eng. for the TallWood building (@timberlabinc did the fab and @swinerton constructed it).
Ari and Dave are collaborators I happened to run into in the workshop. Always nice to hangout with friends👍
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Jun 13
Finally visited @timberlabinc South Carolina facility😎 As part of the Clemson wood workshop program 👍
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Jun 13
Why visiting the south? I took part in Clemson's wood educator workshop to help faculty members who are interested in teaching wood in the US. Supported by @LumberBoard
@wudclemson
Workshop also included tours to Clemson's experimental forest and structures lab🤩
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Jun 13
Visiting Georgia Tech structural lab. Prof. Lauren Stewart shared about her mass timber research on ballistic performance of CLT, with thousands of samples!
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May 5
Tallwood Design Institute of Oregon State University is hiring a Professional Faculty for their wood lab. Submit an application if you are interested!
jobs.oregonstate.edu/posting…
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May 2
Finally visited USS Constitution myself in Boston during Structures Congress. It is the only wood battle ship still afloat and in service around the world😉
1 Mar 2025
Do you know U.S. Navy has a 200 year old wood battleship that is still in service?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Co…
At @fsWoodLab , I was able to hold a real wood sample (live oak) from the hull of USS Constitution (and copper dowel) sent to FPL for testing during the 1995 restoration!
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Apr 27
Free lecture by my collaborator Thomas Robinson. And it is about timber buildings 👍
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Apr 16
Our NHERI TallWood technical paper was just selected by ASCE Award committee to receive the 2026 Norman Medal!
The highest honor granted by the American Society of Civil Engineers for a technical paper that makes a definitive contribution to engineering science.
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The link was broken on the other post.
here you go🥳
ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/…
Let me know if there is any questions or comments
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Apr 14
A big Thank You to @strongtie for support Mines student TimberStrong competition team👍
A lot of screws were donated to Mines students and Looks like we got enough to cover us for years🤠
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Apr 10
Clemson is hosting the wood educator workshop again this summer. Great opportunity for U.S. faculty to learn how to teach wood. Sponsored by @ThinkWood & @LumberBoard
Please apply yourself or help spread the word to folks who might benefit.
form.jotform.com/26061481327…
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Mar 26
Back to ATLSS at Lehigh😎 Nice to see my friend Jim and his mass timber assembly still used for different damping device tests👍😉
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Mar 13
I am going to do a talk at Lehigh University in about a week. Dial in if you are interested (Link below):
"The Next Big Thing? Reflections from the NHERI TallWood Project"
March 24, 2026 | 3:30pm - 4:30pm ET
7tk1f.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/mr/…
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Mar 7
Mass timber sledge... looks like fun.
Mar 7
Onbashira, the 1,200 year old festival that happens in the deep mountains of Japan.
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Feb 6
Running into Dan from @Boise_Cascade at Forest Product Lab. Thanks a lot for their donations to our Timber Strong student competition every year!
We are also testing their VLT product at The lab😉
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Jan 31
New Semester, new group of students eager to learn about the latest and hottest timber design technology!
A big THANK YOU to @Weyerhaeuser for sponsor NDS and SDPWS books for students. Physical code is the best:)
Thanks AWC @woodcouncil for arranging the donation and shipping!
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13 Dec 2025
Want to see something stupid?
I was preparing my timber design notes and want to edit a picture using MS Paint. The automatic AI button keep popping up when I select an area, AND covered up the selected area! I cannot do a thing!🥲
How about a Paint program that actually works?
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18 Nov 2025
Interested in teaching Wood Design? Free webinar about wood design class by my friend Weichiang Pang of Clemson University. on Nov 20 this Thursday:)
mailchi.mp/ncsea/introducing…
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12 Nov 2025
The plot thickens😱
Some of these problems give me an "Idiocracy" vibe...
We are really living in the future I guess🥹
11 Nov 2025
UCSD’s “Math 2” course teaches grade-school math (grades 1–8) to freshmen. From page 49 of the university’s own report:
• 25% of students got 7 2 = ___ 6 wrong
• 61% of students, a large majority, couldn’t round 374,518 to the nearest hundred
• 37% of students couldn't subtract fractions
UCSD is ranked as the nation's 5th best public university. Universities are cooked.
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