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Dr. Barry Goodell

Professor, Wood Science and Technology.

Project Director, The Wood Utilization Research (WUR) program at UMaine. WUR is a 12-state National program promoting basic and applied research on the use of wood as a renewable, advanced biomaterial.

One of four Founding Faculty members of the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center (AEWC).

Cooperating Professor, Biological and Chemical Engineering Department.

Faculty member, Microbial Ecology and Environmental Microbiology (MEEM)

Dr. Goodell has over 25 years of wood science and engineering experience. He holds a Doctorate from Oregon State University and is currently a Professor and Program Leader in the Wood Science and Technology Program at the University of Maine. Dr. Goodell is the Project Director of the Wood Utilization Research (WUR) program at UMaine. He is also one of the four founding members of the Advanced Engineered Wood Composites Center (AEWC), a world class, ISO accredited research facility. He has published over one hundred articles on wood and biomaterials degradation and protection, engineered wood composites, and the development of novel products including hybrid biocomposites. He also holds two patents and one provisional patent, with other patents pending.

Dr. Goodell's current research interests include: Bioprocessing and Bioconversion, Production of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers from Wood and Plant Materials, and Biocomposites and Polymer Matrix Composite Production. Please check the links below to see more about these recent research activities.


	Bioprocessing and Bioconversion
	Free radical mechanisms involved in lignocellulose oxidation and fungal biodegradation mechanisms: Applications of this research range from the Conversion of wood and other biofibers to fuels and chemical feedstocks, to the development of new systems to protech wood and biocomposites from biodeterioration. Professor Goodell is a leading expert in brown rot wood decay mechanisms. Brown rot is the primary type of decay causing wood products to deteriorate. more >>


	Nanotechnology - Producing Carbon Nanotubes from Wood
	This is a new, and expanding area of research based on a new discovery (prov. pat.) that carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can be produced using wood/plant fiber as the initial carbon source. Our research group has been able to produce CNTs in relatively high yields, using low carbonization temperatures, with a unique oxidative process. Applications for CNTs, ranging from their use in structural composites to electrical conductors, are numerous. more >>


	Biocomposites and Polymer Matrix Composite Production
	Hybrid Biocomposites-PMC Development using ComPRIS (the Composites Pressure Resin Impregnation System). The ComPRIS process has many advantages over conventional VARTM- or SCRIMP-based composites production methods in that thick composites and hybrid laminates are readily produced. The ComPRIS process is imenable to the production of composites with imbedded sensors and hardware. more >>

What is the curious background design on this page? -- It is a TEM image of soft rot fungi attacking wood fiber (the image has been colorized and embossed). It shows fungal hyphae producing typical Type I soft rot cavities in the S2 layer of the wood cell wall.

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Bioconversion

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Carbon Nanotubes from Wood

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Matrix Composite Production