Dr. John C. HermansonAdjunct Assistant Professor
Wood Materials & Engineering Laboratory
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-1806
USDA Forest Service
Forest Products Laboratory
One Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726-2398
Phone: (608) 231-9229
Fax: (608) 231-9303
Email: jhermanson@fs.fed.us
TECHNICAL INTERESTS
- Mechanics of materials
- Multi-axial testing
- Numerical modeling including finite elements, finite difference, and statistical physics.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering - 1996, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
- M.S., Civil Engineering - 1992, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- B.S., Civil Engineering - 1986, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2003 - present, Research Engineer, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI
- Assistant Research Scientist - 1997 to 2003, Wood Materials and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- Postdoctoral Research Associate - 1996 to 1997, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI
- Research Assistant - 1994 to 1997, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
- Research Engineer - 1991 to 1994, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI
- Engineer in Training - 1986 to 1990, Pneuman Engineering, Inc., Bellevue, WA
AWARDS
- Resident Research Scholarship, 1996, National Research Council, Washington, D.C.
- Charles Church Moore Scholarship, 1985, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Mirbagheri, J., M. Tajvidi, J.C. Hermanson and I. Ghasemi. 2007. Tensile properties of wood flour/kenaf fiber polypropylene hybrid composites. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 105(5):3054-3059.
- Tajvidi, M., R.H. Falk, and J.C. Hermanson. 2006. Effect of natural fibers on thermal and mechanical properties of natural fiber polypropylene composites studied by dynamic mechanical analysis. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 101(6):4341-4349.
- Englund, K.R., M.P. Wolcott and J.C. Hermanson. 2004. The compression of wood/thermoplastic fiber mats during consolidation. Composites Part A. Applied Science and Manufacturing. 35(2):273-279.
- Saliklis, E.P., S.M. Cramer and J.C. Hermanson. 1998. Measuring the triaxial load-deformation response of orthotropic materials subjected to large and small strain regimes. Journal of Testing and Evaluation. 26(5): 444-454.
- Hermanson, J.C., D. Stahl, S. Cramer and S. Shaler. 1997. Transformation of elastic properties for lumber with cross grain. Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE. 123(10):1402-1408.