![]() Martin Ansell is a University of Sussex graduate in materials science with a PhD researching glassy electronic materials awarded by the University of London. Morwenna is the vice Chair of the Wood Technology Society of the IOM3. She has written many book chapters on topics including: natural materials, wood based composites, timber properties and recycling. She is involved in the Places of Climate Change research group and Plastics Research Centre Wales within Bangor University. She has also conducted market studies on the forest products sector, the use of timber in construction and the bio-based composites sector.ĭr Spear has supervised a number of MSc and PhD students in topics relating to timber and bio-based materials. She works closely with the timber industry in Wales and the UK. Morwenna also has a strong interest in the use of timber as a renewable and sustainable construction material, considering availability, embodied and sequestered carbon, and the route to net zero. She also has experience of scaling-up new technologies for industry, and value-adding for timber. Her research interests include the physical, mechanical and thermal properties of wood and has applied a wide range of techniques to understand and develop wood modification technologies. Research Scientist, The BioComposites Centre, Bangor Universityĭr Morwenna Spear has a BSc (Hons) in Forestry and Forest Products, and a PhD in Natural Fibre Composite Materials. The emphasis on Canadian timber products in the badminton centre was primarily due to the fact that the architect and engineer, and Andrew, were experienced in the British Columbia forestry businessĪndrew is also actively involved with the Institute of Advanced Motorists and is currently a Chief Observer.įor recreation, Andrew is a hiker and cyclist, and a club bowls player. The waferboard was used as a decorative product in addition to being internal cladding. And, not forgetting, Douglas fir joists for the flooring in the social part of the structure. This made use of state of the (then) art timber technology! Glulam beams, waferboard (a forerunner to OSB), Canadian exterior plywood, Swedish sawfalling boards (for the exterior cladding), and a hemlock sprung floor, were blended into a totally timber building. From 1992 he was owner director of a softwood sales agency business, latterly representing primary German and Swiss softwood sawmills and selling to customers in the UK, Japan, USA, and the EU.Īndrew had a keen interest in badminton, and in the early 1980’s was instrumental in the building, from scratch, a purpose built 6-court badminton centre in High Wycombe. Then came 11 years working in the London office of the Canadian softwood shipper Seaboard, before moving to Weyerhaeuser Company at Windsor ending as UK Director. ![]() He has a BA (Hons) gained during employment with the National Coal Board, followed by 3 years at TRADA. In 2017 Andrew was awarded the IOM3 Outstanding Contribution Award.Īndrew has extensive experience in the softwood sector of the timber trade and retired from active trading in 2018. He was also a member of the IOM3 Membership Committee. He is a past Chair of the Wood Technology Society, and currently is involved with the WTG website. Andrew True FIMMM has been a Board member since the year 2000, initially with the Institute of Wood Science prior to assimilation into IOM3.
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