Name:
Chuck
Ray
Email:
[email protected]
Biography:
Dr. Charles D. “Chuck” Ray is Associate Professor of Wood Operations Research at Pennsylvania State University. His specialty is in the area of operations research, specifically those operational issues that confront the majority of the wood products sector. He previously spent 15 years in research and quality management for two large building products corporations, Temple-Inland Forest Products and Louisiana-Pacific. Ray is the sixth generation of his family to work in the sawmill industry, the Ray Brothers Lumber Company, established in East Texas before the turn of the last century. He can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @ChuckDRay. He maintains an Extension website for Penn State at http://extension.psu.edu/woodpro and also writes a blog on all wood issues called Go Wood which can be found at http://gowood.blogspot.com.
Is Wood Part of the Ecosystem?
So many academic forestry programs have transformed themselves into "ecosystems" programs over the last decade or so that some say this new definition of "those who study the forest" is too broad for potential employers to evaluate. But is really is a matter of perspective.
By
Chuck Ray,
February 25, 2015 | 10:18 pm CST
Is There Anything Better than a Wooden Boat?...
I found myself wondering, as I toured Giesler Boat Builders factory in Powassan, Ontario.
By
Chuck Ray,
September 22, 2014 | 10:47 pm CDT
Rare Reading: Hough's American Woods
Kim Steiner made me aware of a most unusual opportunity for the discriminating wood/book collector.
By
Chuck Ray,
September 22, 2014 | 10:36 pm CDT
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