Achievements
Carry out of 174 research projects, the results of which were published as final reports or papers in the Institute's scientific research journal and other Iranian and foreign scientific journals and also in internal or foreign scientific conferences.
Regarding the division journal, since 1996 the results of the research of the wood science and forest products research division have been published in a special series entitled “ The Iranian Journal of Wood and Paper Research” covering hundreds articles.
The main topics for research projects of the division have been as follows.
- Basic projects on wood anatomy of forest tree species, fast growing resources and Iranian non-woods
- Basic projects on the engineering properties of commercial woods in Iran
- Applied projects on properties and optimal production conditions of wood composites including particle board, fiber board, board, wood, plastic, etc. made from forest species, fast growing sources and lignocellulosic material of non-wood species and agricultural residues
- Applied projects on properties and optimal production conditions of different pulp making methods made from wood of forest species, fast growing sources and lignocellulosic material of non-wood species and agricultural residues
- Projects for the conservation and improvement of woods include drying programs of commercial wood species, increasing the durability of commercial and fast growing wood species against biological destructive agents
14 patents issued from research projects by researchers of division
Habibullah Arabtabar, Firouzjayi 1 item
Hussein Hosseinkhani 4 items
Abolfazl Kargarfard 3 items
Saeed Mahdavi 3 items
Amir Noorbakhsh 3 items
The titles of the patent are as follows:
Production of pulp and paper packaging made by anthraquinone soda method from canola stems Provider: Said Mahdavi
Composite production made from palm fiber with two types of polyethylene and polypropylene polymers Provider: Saeed Mahdavi
Production of printing and packaging pulp by ethanol-alkali from wheat straw Provider: Said Mahdavi
Wood plastic composite production with the method of windfall made form of waste cartons and plastic waste Provider: Amir Nourbakhsh
Layered wood (wood shuttle) made from maple and alder wood Provider: Amir Nourbakhsh
Wooden acoustic panels made with poplar wood and palm waste Provider: Amir Nourbakhsh
Production of medium fiber density made from wood of Eucalyptus microteca Provider: Abolfazl Karegarfard
Production of medium fiber density made from wood of Eucalyptus cameldolensis Provider: Abolfazl Karegarfard
Production of medium fiber density made from wood of corn stem Provider: Abolfazl Karegarfard
Provider: Hossein Hosseinkhani MDF boards with palm pruning residual Production of
Blockboard production with stem of palm Provider: Hossein Hosseinkhani
Three-layer light panel production Provider: Hossein Hosseinkhani
Sandwich panel production Provider: Hossein Hosseinkhani
Three researchers of the department were selected as the top researcher of the year in the agriculture organization of research, training and promotion.
- Fardad Golbabai 1 year
- Abolfazl Kargarfard 1 year
- Amir Nourbakhsh 2 years
Election of Journal of Wood and Paper Science Research as the top Journal of the Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture in 2014