University Catalog 2024-2025

Forest Biomaterials (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Required Courses13
PhD Research Methods in Forest Biomaterials
Doctoral Seminar (students must take the seminar course twice )
Select three of the following courses: 1
Forest Products Colloids & Surfaces
Forest Biomaterials Physics
Forest Biomaterials Chemistry
Engineering Unit Operations for Biomass Conversion
Elective Courses15
Strategic Business Processes for the Forest Products Industry
Chemical Principles for the Papermaking Process Engineer
Wet-End and Colloidal Chemistry
Environmental Life Cycle Analysis
The Sustainable Bioeconomy
Additional Courses44
"Additional Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee to meet 72 total hours
Total Hours72
1

Students may choose two courses from the elective list and another graduate level class approved by the students advisory committee

Faculty

Professor

  • Jingxin Wang

Assistant Professor

  • Kai Lan

  • Dimitris S. Argyropoulos
  • Marko Hakovirta
  • Martin A. Hubbe
  • Hasan Jameel
  • Stephen S. Kelley
  • Melissa Pasquinelli
  • David C. Tilotta
  • Richard A. Venditti
  • Lucian A. Lucia
  • Philip H. Mitchell
  • Lokendra Pal
  • Sunkyu Park
  • Joel Justin Pawlak
  • Perry N. Peralta
  • Ilona Maria Peszlen
  • Daniel Erique Saloni
  • Ronalds Wilfredo Gonzalez
  • Paul Frederik Laleicke
  • Nathalie Marie Lavoine
  • Yuan Yao
  • Medwick V. Byrd
  • Melissa Anne Pasquinelli
  • Rico Ruffino
  • Hou-Min Chang
  • Adrianna G. Kirkman
  • Kai Lan
  • Elisabeth A. Wheeler
  • Jesse Daystar
  • Richard Phillips