Sustainability of Wood Resources


Daian, G., Ozarska, B., 2009, Wood Waste Management Practices and Strategies to Increase Sustainability Standards in the Australian Wooden Furniture Manufacturing Sector. Journal of Cleaner Production, 17:17, 1594-1602.


Hann, J., Daian, G., and Przewloka, S., 2009, Determination of Acceptable Levels of Preservative Treated Timber in Timber Reuse Applications. Forest and Wood Products Australia project no. PNA09.0809.


Daian, G., 2009, Exploring the Commercial Viability of a Novel Ecological Sound Proof System. Report submitted to the University of Melbourne as fulfilment of the Strategic Research Initiative Fund (Internal Grant Scheme).


Daian, M., 2009, Improving Sustainability of Forest Product Supply Chains: A Case Study in the Hardwood Plantation Sawn Timber Sector. Report submitted to the University of Melbourne as fulfilment of the Early Career Researcher Grant (Internal Grant Scheme).


Daian, G, 2008, Adding Value Through Wood Waste Reduction And Recycling In Wooden Furniture Manufacturing Sector. Report submitted to the University of Melbourne as fulfilment of the Early Career Researcher Grant (Internal Grant Scheme).




Characterisation of Wood and Wood Products


Daian, G., (2009) Delamination in Timber Induced by Microwave Energy. In Voichita Bucur (Ed.) Delaminations in Solid Wood, Wood Products and Wood Based Composites, Springer-Verlag GmbH, Chapter 8. (In press) - Book Chapter


Ozarska, B., Daian, G., 2009, Assessment of Microwave Bending Capabilities for Australian Wood Species. Under review at Forest Products Journal.


Daian, G., Ozarska, B., 2009 Determination of minimum radius of bending curvature of heartwood and sapwood from young regrowth and quickly grown hardwood species using microwave wood bending technology. Report for the FWPA project no PN07.2037: Impact of sapwood on the properties and market utilisation of plantation and young hardwoods.


Daian, M., Taube, A., Torgovnikov, G., Daian, G., Shramkov, Y., 2009, Computer Modelling of the Energy Distribution within Wood throughout Microwave Processing. Computers, Materials & Continua, 8:3.


Daian, G., Ozarska, B., Ammala, A., Bell, C., Gutowski, W.S., Spicer, M., 2008, Mitigation of the UV-Driven Discolouration of Reconstituted and Dyed Veneers. Forest and Wood Product Australia, Project No: PN07.2036.


Daian, G., Ozarska, 2006, Assessment of Microwave Bending Quality and Minimum Radius for Various Wood Species. Report on the milestone of the CRC for Wood Innovation program 2.3: Innovative wood bending techniques.


Daian, G., Ozarska, B., 2006, Assessment of Quality of Nominated Softwood Products Subsequent to Artificial and Natural Weathering Exposure. Annex - Part 1 of the FWPRDC Project Novel Surface Modification Processes for High Value Softwood Products - Confidential Technical Report CMIT (C) - 2006 – 262, CSIRO Division of Manufacturing & Infrastructure Engineering.


Daian, G., Ozarska, B., 2006, Assessment of Quality of Nominated Softwood Products Subsequent to Artificial and Natural Weathering Exposure. Annex - Part 2 of the FWPRDC Project Novel Surface Modification Processes for High Value Softwood Products - Confidential Technical Report CMIT (C) - 2006 – 262, CSIRO Division of Manufacturing & Infrastructure Engineering.


Daian, G., Taube, A., Birnboim, A., Daian, M., Shramkov, Y., 2006, Modeling the Dielectric Properties of Wood. Wood Science and Technology. Wood Science and Technology Journal, Springer-Verlag GmbH, 40: 3, 237-246.


Daian, G., Taube, A., Birnboim, A., Shramkov, Y., Daian, M., 2005, Measuring the Dielectric Properties of Wood at Microwave Frequencies. Wood Science and Technology Journal, Springer-Verlag GmbH, 39: 3, 215-223.


Daian, G., 2005, Establish the Dielectric Properties of a Number of Wood Species for a Range of Frequencies, Temperatures and Pressures. PhD thesis, Swinburne University of Technology.


Daian, G., Taube, A., Birnboim, A., Daian, M., Shramkov, Y., 2004, Numerical Modeling Technique to Predict the Dielectric Properties of Wood. Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting Austin Conference Center, 7-12 Nov, Austin, Texas.


Taube, A, Demyashev, G., Shramkov, Y., Birnboim, A., Daian, G., Daian, M., 2003, Microwave Equipment Design and Non-Resonant Method Procedure for Measuring the Dielectric Properties of Wood. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating, 2-5 Sept., Loughborough University, UK.




Non-destructive Technologies for Wood


Daian, G. and Bucur, V., 2009, NDT for wood. A consultancy report for Monitor Innovation, Boston, USA


Daian, G. and Bucur, V., 2009, Market size of NDT for wood in terms of dollars. A consultancy report for Monitor Innovation, Boston, USA.

 

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