会议名称：2013 杉木文化国际研讨会
　　　　　2013 International Wood Culture Symposium on Taxodiaceae
会议时间：2013年10月26-27日
会议地点：中国湖南省长沙市·中南林业科技大学
报 告 人：Howard Rosen
　　　　　美国农业部林务局研究员

Abstract: The Taxodiceae species in the United States (US) comprise our largest living trees. ;The redwoods include sequoia and giant sequoia, which grow near the west coast in California and Oregon and are excellent tourist attractions. These trees are featured in federal and state parks such as Sequoia National Park and Muir Woods National Monument. The bald cypress (the range includes southeastern and south central US) are large beautiful trees that are located mainly in riverside wetlands. The wood products from all of these trees make use of thewater resistance and resistance to decay of the wood. Roof shingles, posts, caskets, and carvings are some of the uses for the wood of these species. Because of the emphasis on preserving old growth trees in the US, the older and larger trees are not being harvested as they were many years ago. The impact of these Taxociceae species on the wood culture of the US in our history and in the present will be discussed.

Many Taxodiceae species, including non-native species, are used for gardening and decorative bonsai or penjing (盆景) trees in the US. These beautiful trees with interesting foliage are used to enhance the beauty of homes and commercial properties throughout the country.

Speaker profile：
Mr. Howard N. Rosen, Retired volunteer US Forest Service, Resource Use Sciences, perform outside organization duties and serve as consultant for forest products research and development, especially nanotechnology, woody biomass use, and bioenergy. He was the Research General Engineering as member of the Forest Products and Harvesting Research—Resource Valuation and Use Research-Resource Use Staff responsible for overseeing a complex and diversified national program from 1985-2006.

Mr. Rosen graduated from University of Maryland on 1964, BS in Chemical Engineering; 1966 Northwestern University, MS in Chemical Engineering; 1969 Northwestern University, PhD in Chemical Engineering. He has 104 publications in professional journals; over 140 presentations and invited papers at international symposia, scientific meetings and workshops and 6 patents on wood drying, psychrometry, and energy recovery.

Mr. Rosen is the member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Forest Products Society (FPS), International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS-Treasurer), International Union of Forest Products Organizations (IUFRO-Working Party Chair), International Wood Culture Society (IWCS-Vice President), Society of Wood Science and Technology (SWST), Renewable Natural Resource Foundation (RNRF-Chair of the Board), Editorial Board of: 1) Maderas: Cienca y Technology and 2) Wood and Fiber Science.

　　Howard Rosen博士长期从事木材科学与森林产品研究，曾任职于美国农业部林务局，研究方向是阔叶材的加工利用、木材干燥、木材物理和森林生物能源。他曾加入了美国农业部林务局林业服务研究和开发小组执行科学任务，为美国林产品的技术发展政策提供科学技术支持。Howard Rosen 博士于2006 年退休，现在为美国农业部林务局的志愿研究员。他积极参与许多专业技术团体，同时也是国际林业研究组织联盟（IUFRO）木文化工作小组的主席（5.10.01）。国际木文化学会副会长。

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