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MR GERRY HARRIS



Contact Details

Organization: Forest and Ecosystem Science
Position: WOOD TECHNOLOGIST, CRC WOOD INNOVATIONS
Email:
Work: 9250 6879
Mobile: 0409 926 420
Fax: 9250 6877
Building: Centenary Centre
Campus: ILFR - Burnley Campus

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Kiln drying and accelerated drying using microwave modification techniques Australia
Microwave bending Australia
Machine vision technology for colour matching and feature detection in timber Australia
Temperature and Relative Humidity measurement, Process control Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
PGDipForInd University of Melbourne 01-Jan-1994
Electronic Engineering Box Hill Institute of TAFE 01-Dec-1979

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Associate Institue of Wood Science Committe member 01-Jan-1995
Member Aust. Timber Drying Group General Member 01-Jan-1996

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
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

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 2009

Journal Articles

  • Microwave soil heating for controlling ryegrass seed germination
    Year: 2009
    Journal: American Society of Agricultural Engineers Transactions
    Volume: 52
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 295-302
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • 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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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Effect of cyclic humidity on creep behaviour of wood-based furniture panels
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Electronic Journal of Polish Agricultural Universities
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 1-11
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  • Evaluation of microwave soil pasteurization for controlling germination of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) seeds
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Plant Protection Quarterly
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 150-154
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