He will lead a team of six other WSU engineering faculty researchers on the project. He won the 1992 Cahn Award for significant contribution to science and technology at West Virginia University. Gary McGinnis, professor, MTU School of Forestry and Wood Products, former leader of the Mississippi State Forest Products Lab, has won awards for faculty achievement and outstanding teaching. David Pendleton, research biologist and project manager involved in Navy waterfront wood research, revisionist of the Military's Waterfront Maintenance Handbook. The team is developing ways to convert wood and lignin waste from agricultural and forestry operations into products that, combined with complex polymers, are applicable products for the market.
Current work deals with wood-reinforced thermoplastic composites and recycling processes.