International Conference Wood Science and Engineering in the Third Millennium–ICWSE 2025
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 527
Special Issue Editors
Interests: wood surface metrology; surface quality; surface roughness; wood microscopy; wood physical and mechanical properties; wood sanding; wood thermal treatment; wood processed by laser; secondary wood resources
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Interests: wood drying; heat treatment of wood; wood technology
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Interests: wood processing; wood modification; discolorations of wood; coatings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The International Conference Wood Science and Engineering in the Third Millennium (ICWSE), hosted by the Transilvania University of Brasov (Romania), the Faculty of Furniture Design and Wood Engineering, has reached its 14th edition. The main scope of this conference is to provide a forum for discussing the most recent advances in wood science and technology. The upcoming conference (ICWSE 2025) will occur between 6 and 8 November 2025. At this event, participants from all over the world are expected to present their newest research achievements. Papers published in this ICWSE 2025 Special Issue will cover a wide range of topics related to wood science and technology, which are listed as keywords below.
- wood structure and properties
- wood drying and heat treatments
- mechanical wood processing and quality
- wood-based materials
- wood preservation, modification, gluing, and coating
- conservation-restoration of wooden objects
- furniture design
- wood constructions
Prof. Dr. Lidia Gurau
Prof. Dr. Mihaela Câmpean
Dr. Emilia-Adela Salca
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wood structure and properties
- wood drying and heat treatments
- mechanical wood processing and quality
- wood-based materials
- wood preservation, modification, gluing, and coating
- conservation–restoration of wooden objects
- furniture design
- wood constructions
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