Tallwood Design Institute

Fire Performance

• Fire Performance of Timber-Concrete Composite Floors (Annabel Shephard, M.S. Civil Engineering, 2020)
• Fire Resistance of Unprotected Cross-laminated Timber Wall Assemblies Made in the USA (Seung Hyun Hong et al., M.S. Wood Science 2019)

Products Development and Utilization of Low Value Lumber

• Fabricating CLT Using Low-grade/Low-value Lumber: Investigation of Factors Affecting Product Performance (Sina Jahedi et al., Ph.D. Wood Science 2021)
• Analysis of Multiple Connection Types in Mass Plywood Panels (MPP) (Byrne Miyamoto, Ph.D. Wood Science 2020)
• Structural Feasibility of Salvaged Lumber from Portland Residential Building Deconstruction for CLT Manufacturing (Raphael Arbalaez et al., M.S. Wood Science 2019)

Structural and Seismic Performance

• Monotonic and Cyclic Testing of Large-scale CLT Diaphragms (Cody Beairsto et al., M.S. Civil Engineering, M.S. Wood Science, 2019) -

• Characterizing the Shear Performance of Panel-to-Panel Plywood Spline Connections for CLT Diaphragms (Brad Taylor, M.S. Civil Engineering, M.S. Wood Science, 2019) 

• Thermal Degradation of CLT Bracket-type Connection Under Cyclic Lateral Loading (Kolton Mahr, M.S. Civil Engineering, M.S. Wood Science, 2019)
• Experimental Investigation of Mass Plywood Panel Shear Walls (Ian Morrell et al., Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Ph.D. Wood Science, 2021) -
• Design and Testing Toe-screwed Cross-laminated Timber Shear Walls (Dillon Fitzgerald et al., Ph.D Civil Engineering, Ph.D. Wood Science, 2020) 
• Cross-laminated Timber Rocking Walls with Slip-friction Connections (SFCs) (Dillon Fitzgerald et al., Ph.D Civil Engineering, Ph.D. Wood Science, 2020) -

Moisture, Durability, Serviceability and Monitoring

• The Living Lab at Peavy Hall: Structural Health Monitoring of Mass Timber Buildings (Esther Baas, M.S. Civil Engineering, M.S. Wood Science, 2020)
• Effects of Moisture Content on the Dynamic Properties of a Cross-laminated timber (CLT) member (Ignace Mugabo, Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Ph.D. Wood Science, 2019)
• Effects of Moisture Intrusion on Shear Performance of CLT Connections (Shrenik Bora et al., M.S. Civil Engineering, M.S. Wood Science, 2020)
• Accessibility and Communication of Structural Health Monitoring Data of Mass Timber Buildings (Morvarid Dilmaghani, M.S. Wood Science, 2019) -
• Water Control Design Strategies: A Focus on "Extroverted" Enclosures (Noura Alhariri, B.Arch, 2019)

Resins and Coatings

• Developing the First Epoxy-based Wood Adhesive for Production of Water Resistant Wood-Based Composite Panels (Seyyed Yahya Mousavi et al., Ph.D. Materials Science, Ph.D. Wood Science, 2020)

Environment

• Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment of a Mass Timber Building Structure (Zalusky et al, University of Oregon, School of Architecture and Environment)