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PROF PETER VINDEN



Contact Details

Organization: Forest and Ecosystem Science
Position: FOUNDATION CHAIR OF FOREST INDUSTRIES
Email:
Homepage: http://www.forestscience.unimelb.edu.au/people/staff/peter_vinden/index.html
Work: 8344 5238
Mobile: 0407 554 113
Fax: 9349 4172
Building: Institute Of Land And Food Resources
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom University of Wales, Bangor Research
United Kingdom Building Research Establishment Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) Wales
Diploma in Industrial Chemistry University of London
Master of Engineering University of London
Doctor of Philosophy University of London

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Fellow of the Institute of Wood Science (FIWSC)

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Conveyor belt treatment of wood and wood products with novel environmentally improved preservatives. Chief Investigator FOREST WOOD PRODUCT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Research Grants 10/08/2004
Protection of whole-of-house timbers from subterranean termites Chief Investigator FOREST WOOD PRODUCT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION Research Grants 10/08/2004
Dynamics of carbon stocks in timber in Australian residential housing Chief Investigator FOREST & WOOD PRODUCTS AUSTRALIA LTD,
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE		 Research Grants (FOREST WOOD PRODUCT RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION) 01/06/2007
Investigate control of in-situ termite and decay protection and control using microwave technologies Chief Investigator POWERCOR AUST LTD & CITIPOWER PTD,
PCT INTERNATIONAL PTY LTD,
REDCENTRE,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL		 Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/07/2007
Increasing downstream value adding in PNG's forest and wood products industry Chief Investigator AUST CENTRE FOR INTL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH Collaborative Agricultural R&D Projects (ACIAR) 01/01/2008
STUDY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN MICROWAVE INDUCED PERMEABILITY OF TIMBER Principal Supervisor FOREST & WOOD PRODUCTS AUSTRALIA LTD Postgraduate Scholarships 20/07/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WOOD INNOVATIONS - COMMONWEALTH AGREEMENT Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 02/11/2001
Project Agreement 1.1 - Growth stress relief in timber Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 01/07/2003
Project Agreement 1.2 - Microwave modification of wood to assist wood drying Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 01/07/2003
Project Agreement 1.4 - Microwave modified solid wood (MMW) products Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 01/07/2003
Project Agreement 2.3 - Innovative techniques in bending of wood components Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 01/07/2003
Project 1.3 - Microwave timber modifications for preservative treatment Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 01/07/2003
PROJECT 5.1 IMPROVED PYROLYSIS TECHNOLOGY Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 01/07/2006
IMPROVEMENT OF OPERATOR SKILLS AND TECHNOLOGY IN SMALL RURAL SAWMILLS IN VIETNAM Chief Investigator AUSAID,
HASSALL AND ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL		 01/04/2007
Project 1.3 - Microwave timber modifications for preservative treatment Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 12/05/2008
PROJECTS 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 AND 4.4 - EDUCATION, TRAINING AND COMMUNICATION (CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS) Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 12/05/2008
PROJECT 2.3A - WOOD SHAPES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROJECT (CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS - DEED OF VARIATION) Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 12/05/2008
PROJECT 1.5 - FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF MICROWAVE ENERGY AND ITS INFLUENCES ON WOOD MODIFICATION (CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS) Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 12/05/2008
PROJECT 2.1 - SURFACE ENGINEERING OF MACHINED SOLID WOOD PRODUCTS FOR ENHANCED ADHESION AND LONG-TERM RETENTION OF BONDABILITY (CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS - DEED OF VARIATION) Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 12/05/2008
PROJECT 2.2 - INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF HIGH VALUE FURNITURE AND WOOD PRODUCTS FROM MICROWAVE MODIFIED WOOD (CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS - DEED OF VARIATION) Chief Investigator CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS 12/05/2008
DESIGN DURABILITY OF BIOCOMPOSITES Chief Investigator TIMTECH CHEMICALS PTY LTD 19/06/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Assessment of cadmium distribution in some Australian krasnozems by sequential extraction
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Water, Air and Soil Pollution
    Volume: 190
    Page numbers: 157-169
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  • Microwave Pretreatment of Backsawn Messmate Boards to Improve Drying Quality: Part 1
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Drying Technology
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 579 - 584
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Performance of softwood preservative treated stakes after 4 years exposure in-ground to decay fungi and termites in tropical Australia


    Year: 2008
    Event name: International Research Group on Wood Protection
    Conference Publication: International Research Group on Wood Protection
    Page numbers: 1-13
    Publisher: IRG Secretariate(Stockholm)
    Author(s):
  • Main aspects of microwave wood modification applicable to the timber industry
    Year: 2008
    Event name: GCMEA 2008 MAJIC 1ST
    Conference Publication: Global Congress on Microwave Energy Applications: GCMEA 2008 MAJIC 1st Proceedings
    Page numbers: 407-410
    Publisher: AMPERE(Cavriago)
    Author(s):
  • Microwave manufacturing of solid wood composites from Paulownia fortunei and Paulownia elongata
    Year: 2008
    Event name: International panel Products Symposium 2008
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the International Panel Products Symposium 2008
    Page numbers: 211-219
    Publisher: Bio Composites (BC) Bangor University(Gwynedd)
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  • Microwave wood modification of timber surfaces for preservative treatment
    Year: 2008
    Event name: GCMEA 2008 MAJIC 1st Proceedings
    Conference Publication: Global Congress on Microwave Energy Applications: GCMEA 2008 MAJIC 1st Proceedings
    Page numbers: 229-232
    Publisher: AMPERE(Cavriago)
    Author(s):
  • Whole-of-house protection from subterranean termite attack and damage after four years of field exposure
    Year: 2008
    Event name: International Research Group on Wood Protection
    Conference Publication: International Research Group on Wood Protection
    Page numbers: 1-27
    Publisher: IRG Secretariate(Stockholm)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Assessment of commercial low viscosity resins as binders in the wood composite material Vintorg
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff: European journal of wood and wood industries
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 209-214
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  • Biodeterioration of treated Pinus radiata timber by Australian decay fungi and the termite Coptotermes acinaciformis in laboratory bioassays and field conditions
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Holzforschung
    Volume: 61
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 207-213
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Microwave Applicator for Intensive Timber Radiation to Modify Wood Structure.

    Year: 2007
    Event name: 11th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating,
    Conference Publication: 11th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating,
    Page numbers: 335-338
    Publisher: University of Oradea(Oradea)
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  • The effect of high and low boron soils on foraging termite behaviours and their metabolic system
    Year: 2007
    Event name: 38th Annual Meeting
    Conference Publication: The International Research Group on Wood Protection 38th Annual Meeting
    Page numbers: 1-17
    Publisher: IRG Secretariate(Stockholm)
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  • The manufacture of solid wood composites from Microwave Modified Wood
    Year: 2007
    Event name: International Panel Products Symposium
    Conference Publication: International Panel Products Symposium
    Page numbers: 111-120
    Publisher: University of Wales, Bangor(Cardiff)
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Publications in 2006

Conference Publications/Papers

  • B AHMED, J HANN, S PRZEWLOKA, P VINDEN, P BLACKWELL and P PLEWS (2006)

    One year performance of graveyard stakes in the Northern Territory of Australia

    International Research Group on Wood Preservation Do No IRG/WP/06-30398, 1-9


    Year: 2006
    Event name: International Research Group on Wood Preservation
    Conference Publication: International Research Group on Wood Preservation
    Page numbers: 1-9
    Publisher: IRG Secretariate(Stockholm)
    Author(s):
  • Microwave Processing of Wood: The Design of Commercial Plant
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 10th European Panel Products Symposium
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 10th European Panel Products Symposium
    Page numbers: 291-298
    Publisher: University of Wales Press(Cardiff)
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  • Microwave method for increasing the permeability of wood and its applications
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 8th International Conference on MIcrowave and High-Frequency Heating
    Conference Publication: Advances in Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 303-311
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(Berlin)
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  • New 300KW plant for microwave wood modification
    Year: 2006
    Event name: International Microwave Power Institite's 40th Annual Symposium
    Conference Publication: International Microwave Power Institite's 40th Annual Symposium
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 260-263
    Publisher: International Microwave Power Institute(Mechanicsville, VA)
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  • Preliminary screening of a boron based wood preservative for biological efficacy (fungicidal) in treated timber
    Year: 2006
    Event name: International Research Group on Wood Preservation
    Conference Publication: Preliminary screening of a boron based wood preservative for biological efficacy (fungicidal) in treated timber
    Page numbers: 1-9
    Publisher: IRG Secretariate(Stockholm)
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Reports

  • Low uptake aqueous boron timber treatment using the univac process
    Year: 2006
    Publisher: CRC Wood Innovations(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Microwave processing of Radiata pine corewood. Progress report on initial works - Peeler core and heart in 100 x 100 timber 
    Year: 2006
    Customer: CRC Wood Innovations
    Publisher: CRC Wood Innovations(Melbourne)
    Authors:
  • Protection for whole-of-house timbers from subterranean termites
    Year: 2006
    Customer: Forest & Wood Products Research & Development Corporation
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
    Authors:

Publications in 2005

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Enhancing performance of plantation timbers


    Year: 2005
    Event name: XXII IUFRO World Congress Forest in Balance: Linking Tradition and Technology
    Conference Publication: Proceedings XXII IUFRO World Congress
    Page numbers: 169
    Author(s):
  • Impregnation of timber with stains
    Year: 2005
    Event name: XXII IUFRO World Congress
    Conference Publication: The International Forestry Review
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 5
    Publisher: Commonwealth Forestry Association
    Author(s):
  • Microwave modified wood impregnation with metal
    Year: 2005
    Event name: XXII IUFRO World Congress Forest in Balance: Linking Tradition and Technology
    Conference Publication: Proceedings XXII IUFRO World Congress
    Page numbers: 110
    Author(s):
  • NEW EQUIPMENT FOR MICROWAVE WOOD MODIFICATION
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 10th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating
    Conference Publication: Proceeding Book. 10th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating
    Page numbers: 293-297
    Publisher: AMPERE(Cavriago)
    Author(s):
  • Protection for whole-of-house timbers from subterranean termites in Australia
    Year: 2005
    Event name: International Research Group on Wood Protection
    Conference Publication: The International Research Group on Wood Protection
    Page numbers: 1-14
    Publisher: IRG Secretariate(Stockholm)
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  • new microwave technology and equipment for wood modification
    Year: 2005
    Event name: Fourth World Congress on Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications
    Conference Publication: Mircrowave and radio Frequency Applications: Proceedings of the Fourth World Congress on Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications
    Page numbers: 91-98
    Publisher: The Microwave Working Group(Arnold)
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Reports

  • Conveyor belt treatment of wood - final report

    Forest & Wood Products Research & Development (FWPRDC) PN02.3700

    Soft copy evidence of this document is available from the author or the FWPRDC upon request.

     


    Year: 2005
    Publisher: Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation (FWPRDC)(Melbourne)
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  • Conveyor belt treatment of wood - milestone 8 report. One year performance report for graveyard stakes test in NT. Forest & Wood Products Research & Development (FWPRDC) PN02.3700

    Soft copy evidence of this report is avaiable from the author or the FWPRDC upon request.


    Year: 2005
    Authors:
  • Influence of Solvent Carriers on the treatment of Radiata pine Part 1: Swelling and treatment uptake characteristics.
    Year: 2005
    Publisher: CRC Wood Innovations(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Evaluation of barate formulations as wood preservatives control subterranean termites in Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Holzforschung
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 446-454
    Publisher: Walter de Gruyter(Berlin)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A road map for innovation in wood product design and manufacture


    Year: 2004
    Event name: Future Forests and Timber Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings Future Forests and Timber
    Page numbers: 1
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  • New MW Technology and Equipment for Wood Modification


    Year: 2004
    Event name: 4th World Congress on Microwave and Radio Frequency Applications
    Conference Publication: Book of Abstracts
    Page numbers: 77-78
    Author(s):
  • Impregnatin of timber with stains
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Postgraduate Conference Land and Food Resources
    Conference Publication: ILFR Postgraduate Conference
    Page numbers: 45
    Publisher: Institute of Land and Food Resources, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Innovative use of CNC Wood processing machinery
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Postgraduate Conference Land and Food Resources
    Conference Publication: ILFR Postgraduate Conference
    Page numbers: 7
    Publisher: Institute of Land and Food Resources, The University of Melbourne(Melbourne)
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  • Report on the efficacy and performance of the insecticide pyrazole in H2 level field trial. 
    Year: 2004
    Event name: 35th Annual meeting of the International Research Group on Wood Protection
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the International research group on wood protection
    Page numbers: 1
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  • Research at the cutting edge in forestry and forest products
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Forest Growers Association Annual Conference
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the Forest Growers Association
    Page numbers: 1
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Changes in markets, technology and resources: prospects for wood-based products
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 66
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 51-54
    Publisher: Institute of Foresters of Australia
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Effect of intensive MW radiation on wood structure
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 9th International Conference on
    Conference Publication: UK Proceedings Book
    Page numbers: 501-504
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  • Microwave modification of wood
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 1st European Conference on Wood Modification
    Conference Publication: Proceedings 1st European Conference on Wood Modification
    Page numbers: 169-176
    Publisher: Ghent University(Ghent)
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Reports

  • Conveyor belt treatment of wood - milestone 6 report. Evaluation of a novel wood rpeservative for biological efficacy (fungicidal) in treated timber.

    Forest & Wood Products Research & Development Corporation (FWPRDC) PN02.3700

    Soft copy evidence of this document is available from the author or the FWPRDC upon request.


    Year: 2003
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  • Project 1.3 Microwave modification for preservative treatment. Investigaiton of novel wood preservative formulations for biological efficacy (fungicidal) in treated timber.

    This is an internal CRC Wood Innovations report. Soft copy evidence of this document is available from the author upon request.


    Year: 2003
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Boron protection of simulated wooden houses against Coptotermes acinaciformis (Froggatt) (Isoptera:Rhinotermitidae) in an accelerated field simulator
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Material und Organismen
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 289-318
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  • Tension wood occurrence in Eucalyptus globulus Labill.L. The spatial distribution of tension wood in one 11 year old tree
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Forestry
    Volume: 65
    Issue: 2
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Innovative microwave technology for the timber industry
    Year: 2002
    Event name: 3rd World Congress on Microwave and RF Applications
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 3rd World Congress on Microwave and RF Applications
    Page numbers: 133-141
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Reports

  • Project 1.4 - Microwave modified solid wood products. Procedure for the preparation of trifurfurylborate-formaldehyde resin.

    This is an internal CRC Wood Innovations report. Soft copy evidence of this document is available from the author upon request.


    Year: 2002
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  • Project 1.4 - Microwave modified solid wood products. Procedure for the preparation of triphenoxyborate-formaldehyde resin.

    This is an internal CRC Wood Innovations report. Soft copy evidence of this document is available from the author upon request.


    Year: 2002
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Boron protection of simulated wooden houses against Coptotermes acinaciformis (Froggatt)(Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in an accelerated field simulator.
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Material und Organismen
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 289-318
    Publisher: Duncker and Humblot GMBH(Berlin)
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  • Relationships between density, shrinkage, extractives content and microfibril angle in tension wood from three provenances of 10-year-old Eucalyptus globulus Labill
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Holzforschung
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 176-182
    Publisher: Walter de Gruyter(Berlin)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Future stream-line processing of solid wood products
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Elmer Forest Industries Exhibition
    Conference Publication: Address to Elmer Forest Industries Exhibition, Sweden
    Page numbers: 1
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  • Laboratory evaluation of borate formulations as wood preservatives to control subterranean termites of the Coptotermes acinaciformis (Isoptera Rhinotermitidae) in Australia
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 32nd International Research Group on Wood Preservation
    Conference Publication: 32nd International Research Group on Wood Preservation Do No IRG/WP/01-30266
    Page numbers: 1-11
    Publisher: International Research Group of Wood Preservation(Melbourne)
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  • Microwave modification of wood: Influence on wood properties
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 27th Forest Products Research Conference
    Conference Publication: 27th Forest Products Research Conference "Shaping the Future" - Proceedings
    Issue: 200
    Page numbers: 47-48
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Clayton)
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