Welcome to the IAB Fall Meeting 2025
October 20 – 21, 2025 | UBC Gage Building
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
The Industry Advisory Board, Faculty and Students of the WBC come together once again to celebrate the collaboration between industry and academia through impactful fundamental research on wood composites
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MEETING AGENDA
THE DIRECTOR’S UPDATE
Learn about the research program, members, recruitment, and other news for FY2026, and projections for FY2027.
Download the Director’s Update
RESEARCH PROGRAM
Visit and learn more about this year’s project updates.
FINAL REPORTS & RESEARCH UPDATES
Open or download the Digital Book with all Final Reports & Research Updates.
FINAL REPORTS
IAB TC Lead: Chris Wren
Student: Seth Adusei | PI: Brian Via | Site: AUB
IAB TC Lead: TBD
Student: Shane Johnson | PI: Gerald Presley | Site: OSU
O-07-PE: Understanding the fundamental influence of wood extractives on wood adhesion (Final Report)
IAB TC Lead: Bob Breyer
Student: Diego Cuartas | PI: Soledad Peresin, Suhasini Gururaja, John Nairn, John Simonsen & Chip Frazier | Site: AUB
RESEARCH UPDATES
BOISE-22: Using Notch Delamination to Study Moisture-Adhesive Interactions
IAB TC Lead: Danny Way
Student: Samuel Ayeni | PI: Arijit Sinha & John Nairn | Site: OSU
Q-07-RI: Vibrational and stress-wave methods for rapid and cost-effective assessment of veneer-based mass timber elements
IAB TC Lead: Patrick Farrell
Student: Autumn Battisti| PI: Mariapaola Riggio & Vahid Nasir | Site: OSU
IAB TC Leads: Chris Hunt & Bob Breyer
Student: Razia Sultana Poppy | PI: Islam Hafez & Chip Frazier | Site: OSU, VT
AkzoNobel-24: Enhancing Coating Performance on Profiled Medium-Density Fiber Boards (MDF)
IAB TC Lead: Heath Saunders
Student: Manasseh Agbedam | PI: Mojgan Nejad, Chip Frazier, and Brian Love | Site: MSU
Q-12- FR: Simple cross-laminate adhesive durability test
IAB TC Lead: Jesse Paris
Student: Sumaya Mim | PI: Frazier, Dillard (VT), Peresin & Gururaja (AU), Nairn (OSU) | Site: VT
P-02-MU: Modeling of Edge Bending for Mass Timber Products
IAB TC Lead: Danny Way
Student: Samuel Donkor | PI: Lech Muszynski, John Nairn | Site: OSU
IAB TC Lead: Mohammad Tasooji
Student: Shane Johnson| PI: Gerald Presley, Laurence Schimleck, John Simonsen & Islam Hafez | Site: OSU
TC MEETING
Our IAB Technical Committees will hold closed-door meetings on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Please review the agenda to learn more about what will be discussed. Guests are welcome to attend both sessions.
- Introductions – Roll Call
- 2. Approval of Research Themes
3.Research Updates
•LIFE Form Summary review
•Appointment/Modification of Technical Advisors
•Feedback: TC impressions progress/student preparation.
3.New Business
4.IAB TC Decisions & Recommendations – Faculty Present
•IAB TC Feedback to Faculty
•Response from Faculty
•Open Discussion
TRAVEL INFO
Hotel Reservations
Gage Suites at UBC
5959 Student Union Blvd. Vancouver, BC, Canada
WBC Reservations
Our reservation block is part of the FPS International Wood Adhesives Conference.
Reservation by phone call:
+1 (604) 822-1000, Ext. 3 or toll-free at 1-800-822-1030
Book your reservation online HERE
Parking: Check in at the front desk, Gage Suites staff will direct you to parking locations.