Wood Science and Forest Products Research Division

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