{"id":758,"date":"2020-05-27T17:56:29","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T17:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/?p=758"},"modified":"2020-05-27T17:56:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T17:56:30","slug":"clt-industry-enters-2020s-to-face-a-different-world-than-imagined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/2020\/05\/27\/clt-industry-enters-2020s-to-face-a-different-world-than-imagined\/","title":{"rendered":"CLT industry enters 2020s (to face a different world than imagined)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In \u201cCLT industry enters 2020s (to face a different world than imagined),\u201d professor <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.forestry.oregonstate.edu\/people\/muszynski-lech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lech Muszy\u0144ski<\/a> looked into his crystal ball to see how the global pandemic is going to impact the future of this budding industry. Cross laminated timber (CLT) is an innovative wood panel product made from gluing layers of solid-sawn lumber together, and has been gaining in popularity.&nbsp; Will that continue?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.oregonstate.edu\/media\/t\/1_vv9dgg5y\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2020\/05\/Lech_blogpic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2020\/05\/Lech_blogpic.jpg 638w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3115\/files\/2020\/05\/Lech_blogpic-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lech Muszy\u0144ski is professor of novel composite materials and advanced manufacturing in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wse.forestry.oregonstate.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wood Science and Engineering<\/a> department. His work has led to innovations across a number of mass timber products, including cross-laminated timber. Our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forestry.oregonstate.edu\/undergraduate-programs\/renewable-materials\" target=\"_blank\">undergraduate degree in renewable materials<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wse.forestry.oregonstate.edu\/graduate-programs\">graduate degree in wood science<\/a> can lead to a career creating innovative products and building a sustainable economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8212;This lecture was part of the College of Forestry\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forestry.oregonstate.edu\/stay-home-lecture-series\" target=\"_blank\">Stay at Home lecture series<\/a>, featuring presentations by College of Forestry professors, students, and researchers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In \u201cCLT industry enters 2020s (to face a different world than imagined),\u201d professor Lech Muszy\u0144ski looked into his crystal ball to see how the global pandemic is going to impact the future of this budding industry. Cross laminated timber (CLT) is an innovative wood panel product made from gluing layers of solid-sawn lumber together, and&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/2020\/05\/27\/clt-industry-enters-2020s-to-face-a-different-world-than-imagined\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3455,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1292536,1292535],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":760,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758\/revisions\/760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/collegeofforestry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}