Michael Wolcott, Ph.D.
Director
Institute for Sustainable Design
Louisiana-Pacific Distinguished Professor of Wood Materials and Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering and Architecture
Michael Wolcott directs the new Institute for Sustainable Design at WSU and serves as the Lousiana-Pacific Distinguished Professor of Wood Materials and Engineering. He researches the design, production, and use of sustainable building materials from renewable resources and coordinates University initiatives for the design of sustainable-built environments. For more than a decade, he has led research teams developing novel building materials for the U.S. Navy, aiming to lower toxic chemical exposure from docks, piers, and other shoreline structures. He serves on teams planning integrated biorefineries that will produce fuels, chemicals, polymers, and nanomaterials using cellulosic feedstocks. Dr. Wolcott frequently keynotes at international conferences and is widely published. Both government and industrial sponsors fund his research and development activities.
Research Focus:
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Composite material development
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Extrusion processing
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Viscoelasticity and rheology
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Adhesion
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Anisotropic elasticity
Professional Experience and Education
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2008-present, Director, WSU Institute for Sustainable Design
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2004 - present, Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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1996 - 2004, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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1989 - 1996, Assistant Professor of Wood Science, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
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1985 - 1989, Graduate Project, Research, and Teaching Assistant, VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA
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1989, Ph.D., Materials Engineering Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
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1985, M.S., Forestry, University of Maine at Orono
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1982, B.S., Wood Science, University of Maine at Orono
AWARDS
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Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher Award, 2005, College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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Outstanding Research Faculty, 2004, College of Engineering and Architecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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Distinguished Alumnus, University of Maine, 2002
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Cahn Award, Cahn Instruments, 1992
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George Marra Award, Society of Wood Science and Technology, 1991 and 1995
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Wood Award, Forest Products Research Society, 1990
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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Yadama, V., M.P. Wolcott and D.G. Pollock. 2007. Out-of-plane strand deviation in oriented strand composites. Wood and Fiber Science. 39(4):603-613. Society of Wood Science and Technology owns a copyright for this article.
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Harper, D.P. and M.P. Wolcott. 2006. Chemical imaging of wood-polypropylene composites. Applied Spectroscopy. 60(8):898-905.
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Jiang, L., M.P. Wolcott, and J. Zhang. 2006. Study of biodegradable polylactide/poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) blends. Biomacromolecules. 7(1):199-207.
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Li, T.Q. and M.P. Wolcott. 2006. Rheology of wood plastics melt: 3. Non linear nature of the flow. Polymer Engineering and Science. 46(1):114-121.
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Schirp, A. and M.P. Wolcott. 2006. Fungal degradation of wood-plastic composites and evaluation using dynamic mechanical analysis. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 99(6):3138-3146.
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Yadama, V. and M.P. Wolcott. 2006. Elastic properties of hot-pressed aspen strands. Wood and Fiber Science. 38(4):742-750. Society of Wood Science and Technology owns a copyright for this article.
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Englund, K.R. and M.P. Wolcott. 2005. Friction of nonwoven wood-polypropylene fiber mats on heated steel platens. Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials. 18(2):95-105.
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Li, T.Q. and M.P. Wolcott. 2005. Rheology of wood plastics melt: Part 1. Capillary rheometry of HDPE filled with maple. Polymer Engineering and Science. 45(4):549-559.
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Schirp, A. and M.P. Wolcott. 2005. Influence of fungal decay and moisture absorption on mechanical properties of extruded wood-plastic composites. Wood and Fiber Science. 37(4):643-652. Society of Wood Science and Technology owns a copyright for this article.
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Yang, H.S., M.P. Wolcott, H.S. Kim and H.J. Kim. 2005. Thermal properties of lignocellulosic filler-thermoplastic polymer bio-composites. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. (82)1:157-160.
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Englund, K.R., M.P. Wolcott and J.C. Hermanson. 2004. The compression of wood/thermoplastic fiber mats during consolidation. Composites Part A. Applied Science and Manufacturing. 35(2):273-279.
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Harper, D.P. and M.P. Wolcott. 2004. Interaction between coupling agent and lubricants in wood-polypropylene composites. Composites Part A. Applied Science and Manufacturing. 35(3):385-394.
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Houghton, T.P., D.N. Thompson, J.R. Hess, J.A. Lacey, M.P. Wolcott, A. Schirp, K. Englund, D. Dostal, and F. Loge. 2004. Fungal Upgrading of Wheat Straw for Straw-Thermoplastics Production. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 113:71-93.
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Li, T.Q. and M.P. Wolcott. 2004. Rheology of HDPE-wood composites I. Steady state shear and extensional flow. Composites Part A. Applied Science and Manufacturing. 35(3):303-311.
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Wolcott, M.P. and E.L. Shutler, Jr. 2003. Temperature and moisture influence on compression-recovery behavior of wood. Wood and Fiber Science. 35(4):540-551. Society of Wood Science and Technology owns a copyright for this article.
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Wolcott, M.P. 2003. Formulation and process development of flat-pressed wood polyethylene composites. Forest Products Journal. 53(9):25-32.
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Pendleton, D.E., T.A. Hofford, T. Adcock, B. Woodward, and M.P. Wolcott. 2002. Durability of an extruded HDPE/Wood Composite. Forest Products Journal. 52(6):21-27.
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Rials, T.G., J. Nassar, and M.P. Wolcott. 2001. Interfacial contributions in lignocellulosic fiber reinforced polyurethane composites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 80(4):546-555.
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Harper, D.P., M.P. Wolcott, and T.G. Rials. 2001. Evaluation of cure kinetics of the wood/pMDI bondline. Int. Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives. 21(2):137-144.
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