Conference Schedule

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

3:15 PM

Poster Session

Moderator: Alexis Achim (Canada)

• Approved Method for Efficient Inspection and Documentation of Not Only Historic Timber Structures based on Results Obtained in Hundreds of Successful Projects Since 1988, Frank Rinn*, Germany

• Urban Green Spaces and How They Affect Woody Species Diversity and Biomass Carbon Stock in Hawassa, Ethiopia, Abel Woldeyohanis*, Mesele Negash, Yoseph Melka, Ethiopia

3:45 PM

Technical Session #6: Condition Assessment of Historic Wood Artifacts & Structures

Moderator: Isabelle Duschene (Canada)

• Mechanical Performance and NonDestructive Test with Demolished Timber Collected from a Wood Building Several Hundred Years Old, Erina Kojima*, Hideo Kato, Yasutaka Watanabe, Ken Yamamoto & Ichirou Saitou, Japan

• Using Dielectric Orthotropy as an Indicator of Internal Decay of Wood Members, C. Adam Senalik*, James P. Wacker, Benjamin Farber & Xiping Wang, USA

Thursday, May 26, 2022

8:00 AM

Registration Opens

8:30 AM

Technical Session #2: In-Forest Wood Quality Assessment (Part A)

Moderators: Xiping Wang (USA) and Franka Brüchert (Germany)

• Using Time-of-Flight Acoustic Velocity to Assess the Modulus of Elasticity and bending Strength Properties of White Spruce from Tree Improvement Experiments, Iman Rashidi-Jouybari*, Alexis Achim, Patrick Lenz, Jean Beaulieu & Jean Bousquet, Canada

• Nondestructive Characterization of Sugar Maple Wood Decay and Modulus of Elasticity by Acoustic Tomography, Achraf Ammar, Ahmed Koubaa*, Dorra Gassara, Yves Bergeron, Pierre Grondin & David Voyer, Canada

• Effect of Partial Harvesting on Growth, Density and Dynamic Modulus of Elasticity of White Spruce in a Mixed Boreal Forest, Md Nazrul Islam, Ahmed Koubaa*, Brian Harvey & Suzanne Brais, Canada

• Effect of Silvicultural Practices on on Basic Wood Density of Sugar Maple in Lake States Region, Chinmoyee Das, Peng Quan, Xinfeng Xie*, Yvette Dickinson, Xiping Wang, Robert J. Ross & Christel C. Kern, USA

• Differentiation of Eucalyptus Clone Seedlings by NonDestructive Tests and Machine Learning Methods, Rafael Gustavo Mansini Lorensani*, Cinthya Bertoldo Pedroso, Raquel Gonçalves & Isabela Constantino de Toledo, Brazil

• Distinction of Eucalyptus Planting Areas Through Data Mining, Carolina Kravetz*, Cinthya Bertoldo, Rafael Mansini Lorensani & Fernanda Trisltz Perassolo Guedes, Brazil 

10:00 AM

Coffee and Tea Break

10:30 AM

Technical Session #2: In-Forest Wood Quality Assessment (Part B)

• Dynamic Modulus of Elasticity in Calophyllum brasiliense Cambess Trees from Bajo Calima (Columbia), Julio Bermúdez Escovar*, Roger Hernández, Alexis Achim & Claudia Cáceres, Canada

• Field Assessment of Downed Timber Strength Deterioration Rate and Wood Quality Using Acoustic Technologies, Munkaila Musah*, Javier Hernandez Diaz, Dana Mitchell, Mathew Smidt, Tom Gallagher, Maria S. Peresin & Brian Via, USA

• Models for Predicting the Within-Tree Variation of Ultrasonic Velocity and Dynamic Modulus of Elasticity of Plantation Loblolly Pine, David Auty*, Joseph Dahlen, Thomas L. Eberhardt, Laurence Schimleck & Nawa Pokhrel, USA

• Electric Resistance Tomograph: A NonDestructive Testing Approach to Valuation of High-Value Trees of India, Baragur Divakara*, S. Chaithra & C Balaji, India

11:30 AM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Conference Tour

Bus departure from Renewable Materials Research Centre to Saint-Jean-port Joli

2:10 PM

Visit Art Massif Wood Structure

4:10 PM

Visit Ras-L'Bock Microbrewery - An Art Massif Realization

6:00 PM

Free Time

7:30 PM

Banquet at Louis Hebert Restaurant

French cuisine restaurant located on Grande-Allee Est in the heart of Old Quebec

10:00 PM

Depart to Laval University

Friday, May 27, 2022

8:00 AM

Registration Opens

8:30 AM

Mixed Sessions | Online

Moderator: Alexis Achim (Canada)

• Relation of Ultrasonic Wave Velocity and Compression Strength of Artificially Decayed Wood, Kana Yamashita*, Hirofumi Ido, Yuko Ota & Toshihiro Yamada, Japan

• Combining Nondestructive Testing Technology and Digital Twin for Preventive Conservation of Wooden Cultural Relics, Xueyi Ma, Jian Zhao*, Puxiang Wang, Yuankai Weng, Lihua Fei & Dong Zhao*, China

• Influence of Moisture Content on Mechanical Properties and Damage Forms of Ancient Timber Members, Zhenbo Xin*, Houjiang Zhang, Dongfang Ke & Yongzhu Yu, China

• Nondestructive Evaluation of the Concealed Wood Columns in Historic Buildings, Houjiang Zhang*, Zhenbo Xin, Yongzhu Yu, Dian Zhang & Hui Wang, China

• Flexible Machine Strength Grading: Using Acoustic Nondestructive Testing of Green Sawn Timber to Calculate Grading Settings for Individual Batches of Spruce Sawn Timber, Andreas Weidenhiller* & Andreas Neumüller, Austria

• Nondestructive Detection and Three-Dimensional Mapping of the Root System of an Ancient Camphor Tree Based on Ground-Penetrating Radar, Zhang Xiaowei, Wang Zepeng, Xue Fangxiu, Li Haibin, Li Shuang & Wen Jian*, China

10:00 AM

Coffee and Tea Break

10:15 AM

Mixed Sessions | Online

• Nondestructive Timber Testing as a Tool to Detect Depletion of Carbon Storage in Stem of Aspen, Linda Čakša, Laura Ķēniņa, Nauris Siksna, Kristaps Ozoliņš, Ieva Jaunslaviete & Āris Jansons*, Latvia

• Loading Resistance of Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth.) and Eurasian Aspen (Populus tremula L.) in Urban and Peri-urban Forests, Oskars Krišāns, Linda Čakša, Roberts Matisons, Steffen Rus, Didzis Elferts, Andris Seipulis & Āris Jansons*, Latvia

• Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Coupled with Chemometric Analysis as a Valuable Nondestructive Tool for Prediction of Carbon Content in Wood Samples, Iris Beatriz Vega Erramuspe*, Dana Mitchel, Jason Thompson, Thomas Elder & Brian Via, USA

• Assessment of Incipient Decay on Wood Using Stress Wave Technique, Tamara Franca*, Brianna Duquette, Adam Senalik & Robert Ross, USA

11:00 AM

Technical Session #3: NDE for Urban Trees (Part A)

Moderators: Adam Senalik (USA) and Raquel Gonçalvez (Brazil)

• Tree Risk Assessment: Systemic Approach Involving Nondestructive Techniques and Tree Biomechanics, Raquel Gonçalves*, Gustavo Garcia, Karen Freitas, Mariana Reis, Stella Palma, Camila Linhares & Monica Ruy, Brazil

• Use of Tomographic Images to Support the Inference of Strength Loss in Trunk Using Equations from Literature, Mariana Nagle dos Reis, Raquel Gonçalves* & Camila Stephanie Fernandes Linhares, Brazil

• Influence of the Manner of Obtaining Coordinates of Contour of Irregular Discs in Tomographic Images, Stella Stopa Assis Palma, Mariana Nagle dos Reis & Raquel Gonçalves*, Brazil

• Adjustment of Ultrasonic Tomography Velocity Ranges to Represent the Variations within Tree Trunks Using Confusion Matrix Metrics, Stella Stopa Assis Palma, Mariana Nagle dos Reis & Raquel Gonçalves*, Brazil

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Technical Session #3: NDE for Urban Trees (Part B)

• Visual Tree Assessment and Static Integrated Assessment Do Not Allow Breaking Safety Evaluation of Defective Stems of Mature Urban Trees, Frank Rinn*, Germany

• Biomechanical and Mathematical Basics of “Allometric Self-Referencing” for Evaluating Breaking Safety of Defective Stems of Mature Urban Trees, Frank Rinn*, Germany

• Dynamic Tree Stability: Improved Testing Methodology and Indications of Reliability, Laszlo Bejo*, Imre Sumegi & Ferenc Divos, Hungary

• Comparing the Stability of the Trees in Different Seasonal and Weather Conditions by Using Nondestructive Method, Ferenc Divos, Laszlo Bejo & Shadabeh Fathi*, Hungary

• Identification of Wood Decay and Hollowness in Standing Tress using Electric Resistance Tomograph: A Nondestructive Testing Approach, Baragur Divakara*, S Chaithra & C Balaji, India

Technical Session #5: Advanced Grading Technologies for Solid Wood & Engineered Wood Products (Part A)

Moderator: Xinfeng Xie (USA)

• Prediction of the Tensile Modulus of Elasticity from Longitudinal and Transverse Natural Frequencies in Hardwood Species, Gonzalo Moltini*, Gonzalo Cabrera & Vanesa Baño, Spain

• Influence of Board Geometry to the Determination of Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Structural Lumber, Aleš Straže* & Luka Krajnc, Slovenia

3:00 PM

Coffee and Tea Break

3:15 PM

Technical Session #5: Advanced Grading Technologies for Solid Wood & Engineered Wood Products (Part B)

• Strength Grading Softwood Structural Lumber with MoE Low Point, Jon Shanks*, Richard Schaffner, Geoff Boughton & James Szabadics, Australia 

• Challenges and Opportunities Towards the Use of Northern Hardwood Species in Glued-Laminated Timber in Canada, Alexandre Morin-Bernard*, Alexis Achim & Pierre Blanchet, Canada

• Local Modulus of Elasticity by Constrained Optimization, Friend K. Bechtel*, USA

• Using Acoustic Tomography Techniques to Estimate Bonding Properties of Cross Laminated Timber, Frederico Jose Nistal França*, Christopher Adam Senalik, R. Daniel Seale, Robert J. Ross & Rubin Shmulsky, USA

4:15 PM

Closing Remarks

11:30 AM

Interior Courtyard of the Petit Séminaire de Québec